Microstructural Study of Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanosheet Degradation under Illumination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials Development
2.2. Synthesis of 2D (BA)2PbBr4 Nanosheets
2.3. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nie, L.; Ke, X.; Sui, M. Microstructural Study of Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanosheet Degradation under Illumination. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 722. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9050722
Nie L, Ke X, Sui M. Microstructural Study of Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanosheet Degradation under Illumination. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(5):722. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9050722
Chicago/Turabian StyleNie, Lingfang, Xiaoxing Ke, and Manling Sui. 2019. "Microstructural Study of Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanosheet Degradation under Illumination" Nanomaterials 9, no. 5: 722. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9050722