Silver-Doped CsPbI2Br Perovskite Semiconductor Thin Films
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
2.3. Thin Film Characterizations
2.4. Computational Method
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chemical | (MPa1/2) | [(cal/cm3)2] | MW (g/mol) | (g/cm3) | (cm3/mol) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMSO | 29.7 | 14.5 | 78.13 | 1.10 | 71.03 |
CB | 19.4 | 9.5 | 112.56 | 1.11 | 101.41 |
CsPbI2Br | 29.7 | 14.5 | 673.82 | 4.79 a | 140.67 |
Plane | AgBr (%) | 2θ (°) | B (rad) | D (nm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
(100) | 0 | 15 | 0.003036 | 46.1 |
1 | 15 | 0.003601 | 38.8 | |
2 | 15 | 0.003334 | 41.9 | |
3 | 15 | 0.003573 | 39.1 | |
(200) | 0 | 30 | 0.003640 | 45.4 |
1 | 30 | 0.004319 | 33.2 | |
2 | 30 | 0.003140 | 45.7 | |
3 | 30 | 0.004347 | 33.0 |
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Kebede, T.; Abebe, M.; Mani, D.; Thankappan, A.; Thomas, S.; Kim, J.Y. Silver-Doped CsPbI2Br Perovskite Semiconductor Thin Films. Electron. Mater. 2024, 5, 56-70. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat5020005
Kebede T, Abebe M, Mani D, Thankappan A, Thomas S, Kim JY. Silver-Doped CsPbI2Br Perovskite Semiconductor Thin Films. Electronic Materials. 2024; 5(2):56-70. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat5020005
Chicago/Turabian StyleKebede, Tamiru, Mulualem Abebe, Dhakshnamoorthy Mani, Aparna Thankappan, Sabu Thomas, and Jung Yong Kim. 2024. "Silver-Doped CsPbI2Br Perovskite Semiconductor Thin Films" Electronic Materials 5, no. 2: 56-70. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat5020005