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Title: Identifying defect-tolerant semiconductors with high minority-carrier lifetimes: beyond hybrid lead halide perovskites

Journal Article · · MRS Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2015.26· OSTI ID:1351593

Abstract

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States); Center for Next Generation of Materials by Design: Incorporating Metastability (CNGMD)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308; AC36-99GO10337
OSTI ID:
1351593
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-64952
Journal Information:
MRS Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 02; ISSN 2159-6859
Publisher:
Materials Research Society - Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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