A Study on the Effect of Ambient Air Plasma Treatment on the Properties of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Films
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Film Deposition
2.2. Plasma Processing
2.3. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Grain Size (µm) |
---|---|
Untreated | 0.92 |
1 s plasma | 1.36 |
2 s plasma | 1.81 |
5 s plasma | 1.93 |
10 s plasma | 0.78 |
20 s plasma | 0.54 |
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Shekargoftar, M.; Jurmanová, J.; Homola, T. A Study on the Effect of Ambient Air Plasma Treatment on the Properties of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Films. Metals 2019, 9, 991. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090991
Shekargoftar M, Jurmanová J, Homola T. A Study on the Effect of Ambient Air Plasma Treatment on the Properties of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Films. Metals. 2019; 9(9):991. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090991
Chicago/Turabian StyleShekargoftar, Masoud, Jana Jurmanová, and Tomáš Homola. 2019. "A Study on the Effect of Ambient Air Plasma Treatment on the Properties of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Films" Metals 9, no. 9: 991. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090991