DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201600014 unexpectedly clean electronic properties of these semiconductors have led to the demonstration of proof-of-concept PV devices with an initial effi ciency that outperforms competing ‘next-generation’ technologies such as dye-sensitized, organic, and quantum dot solar cells, and even matches that of commercially deployed PV. [ 6 ] Other attractive characteristics of hy...

Perovskites are mixed-metal oxides that are attracting much scientific and application interest owing to their low price, adaptability, and thermal stability, which often depend on bulk and surface characteristics. These materials have been extensively explored for their catalytic, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties. They are promising candidates for the photocatalytic splitting of wa...

The optical properties of perovskites at ambient temperatures are important both to the design of optimised solar cells as well as in other areas such as the refinement of electronic band structure calculations. Limited previous information on the optical modelling has been published. The experimental fitting parameters for optical constants of CH3NH3PbI3-x Cl x and CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films ...

Recently, metal-halide perovskites have demonstrated an extraordinarily rapid advance in single junction cell efficiency to over 20%, while still offering potentially low costs. Since the bandgap is larger than the ideal single-junction value, perovskite-based tandem cells can theoretically offer even higher efficiencies. Instead, however, the record tandem cell performance in experiments to da...

Resolving Chemical States in Sn-Based Perovskites In article 2201828, Alexander Wieczorek, Sebastian Siol, and colleagues demonstrate how Auger parameter analysis enables more reliable chemical state of Sn-based perovskites. Through systematic compositional variation a high sensitivity this on the X-site composition oxidation perovskites is demonstrated. The latter aspect can be used to detect ...

Correction for 'Strain effects on oxygen migration in perovskites' by Tam Mayeshiba et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 2715-2721.

The effect of preparing lead-based organohalide perovskites under inert conditions has been investigated. We find that when prepared under anhydrous conditions, only poorly crystalline powders were obtained. On exposure to small amounts of moisture a rapid crystallization into the expected cubic unit cell for CH3NH3PbBr3 and tetragonal cell for CH3NH3PbI3 is observed. While the as-prepared iodi...