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Title: Hybrid perovskite bulk photovoltaic effect devices and methods of making the same

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a perovskite crystal having a ferroelectric domain aligned substantially parallel to a reference axis. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the perovskite crystal may include ABX3, where A is a first cation, B is a second cation, and X is an anion. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may include an alkyl ammonium cation. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, B may include a metal element. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the metal element may include lead. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, X may include a halogen. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the perovskite crystal may include methylammonium lead iodide.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1735244
Patent Number(s):
10,770,604
Application Number:
15/934,656
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO); Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/23/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Garten, Lauren Marie, Moore, David Todd, Ginley, David Samuel, and Gorman, Brian Patrick. Hybrid perovskite bulk photovoltaic effect devices and methods of making the same. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Garten, Lauren Marie, Moore, David Todd, Ginley, David Samuel, & Gorman, Brian Patrick. Hybrid perovskite bulk photovoltaic effect devices and methods of making the same. United States.
Garten, Lauren Marie, Moore, David Todd, Ginley, David Samuel, and Gorman, Brian Patrick. 2020. "Hybrid perovskite bulk photovoltaic effect devices and methods of making the same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1735244.
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