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Maziviero FV, Melo DMA, Medeiros RLBA, Oliveira ÂAS, Macedo HP, Braga RM, Morgado E. Advancements and Prospects in Perovskite Solar Cells: From Hybrid to All-Inorganic Materials. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:332. [PMID: 38392705 PMCID: PMC10892290 DOI: 10.3390/nano14040332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Hybrid perovskites, materials composed of metals and organic substances in their structure, have emerged as potential materials for the new generation of photovoltaic cells due to a unique combination of optical, excitonic and electrical properties. Inspired by sensitization techniques on TiO2 substrates (DSSC), CH3NH3PbBr3 and CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites were studied as a light-absorbing layer as well as an electron-hole pair generator. Photovoltaic cells based on per-ovskites have electron and hole transport layers (ETL and HTL, respectively), separated by an ac-tive layer composed of perovskite itself. Major advances subsequently came in the preparation methods of these devices and the development of different architectures, which resulted in an efficiency exceeding 23% in less than 10 years. Problems with stability are the main barrier to the large-scale production of hybrid perovskites. Partially or fully inorganic perovskites appear promising to circumvent the instability problem, among which the black perovskite phase CsPbI3 (α-CsPbI3) can be highlighted. In more advanced studies, a partial or total substitution of Pb by Ge, Sn, Sb, Bi, Cu or Ti is proposed to mitigate potential toxicity problems and maintain device efficiency.
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- Fernando Velcic Maziviero
- Postgraduate Program in Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil;
- Laboratório de Tecnologia Ambiental—LABTAM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil; (R.L.B.A.M.); (Â.A.S.O.); (H.P.M.); (R.M.B.)
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- Postgraduate Program in Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil;
- Laboratório de Tecnologia Ambiental—LABTAM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil; (R.L.B.A.M.); (Â.A.S.O.); (H.P.M.); (R.M.B.)
- Postgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Ambiental—LABTAM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil; (R.L.B.A.M.); (Â.A.S.O.); (H.P.M.); (R.M.B.)
- Postgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Ambiental—LABTAM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil; (R.L.B.A.M.); (Â.A.S.O.); (H.P.M.); (R.M.B.)
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Ambiental—LABTAM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil; (R.L.B.A.M.); (Â.A.S.O.); (H.P.M.); (R.M.B.)
- Postgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Ambiental—LABTAM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil; (R.L.B.A.M.); (Â.A.S.O.); (H.P.M.); (R.M.B.)
- Agricultural School of Jundiaí, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Macaíba 59280-000, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil
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- PETROBRAS R&D Centre (CENPES), Rio de Janeiro 21941-915, Brazil;
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Mehrabian M, Taleb-Abbasi M, Akhavan O. Effects of electron transport layer type on the performance of Pb-free Cs 2AgBiBr 6 double perovskites: a SCAPS-1D solar simulator-based study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:118754-118763. [PMID: 37917266 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30732-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Recently, due to the superior stability and lower risk of toxicity, the development of Pb-free halide double perovskite materials has revived excellent interest. In this work, Pb-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with ITO/ETL/Cs2AgBiBr6/Cu2O/Au multilayer structures with Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite as the solar light absorber layer, some electron transport layers (ETLs) and Cu2O as a hole transport layer have been introduced. Then, the effects of various thicknesses of the absorber layer and also ETL materials, like ZnO, C60, CdS, SnO2, phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), and TiO2, on the device performance (including photoelectronic conversion efficiency (PCE), fill factor (FF%), short circuit current density (Jsc), and open-circuit voltage (VOC)) were examined with the help of a solar cell simulator (SCAPS-1D). It is noteworthy that, in the case of all ETL materials, the optimal thickness of the absorber layer was determined to be 400 nm. Then, the maximum PCE values of 20.08%, 17.63%, 14.07%, 12.11%, 14.94%, and 18.83% were obtained for the solar cells containing ZnO, C60, CdS, SnO2, PCBM, and TiO2 as the ETL, respectively. These results show that designing/developing Pb-free halide double perovskite devices having comparable PCEs with the Pb-based PSCs is feasible, provided that proper/compatible materials will be used in the multilayer structure of the next generations of solar cells.
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- Masood Mehrabian
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Science, University of Maragheh, P.O. Box 55181-83111, Maragheh, Iran
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9161, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Mehra S, Mamta, Singh V, Gupta G, Srivastava A, Sharma SN. Experimental analysis of methylammonium and Formamidinium-based halide perovskite properties for optoelectronic applications. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21701. [PMID: 38027742 PMCID: PMC10651522 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Nowadays, the toxicity of lead in metal-halide perovskites is the most precarious obstruction in the commercialization of perovskite-based optoelectronic devices. However, Pb-free metal halide perovskites as environment-friendly materials because of their exceptional properties, such as band-gap tunability, narrow emission spectra, low toxicity and easy solution-processability, are potential candidates for optoelectronic applications. Recently, literature reported the poor structural stability and low-emission intensity of Bi-based perovskite NCs. Still, this paper focuses on the fabrication of Formamidinium (FA)-based Bi mixed halide and Methylammonium(MA)-based Bi-pure halide perovskites using Ligand-Assisted Reprecipitation Technique (LARP) technique. XRD diffraction patterns of FA-based perovskites were slightly broad, signifying the nanocrystalline form and limited size of perovskite nanocrystals. While the XRD diffraction patterns of MA3Bi2X9 (X = Cl/Br/I) perovskites were narrow, signifying the amorphous nature and larger size of perovskite nanocrystals. The peak positions were varied in MA-based bismuth halide perovskites with respect to the halide variation from Br to Cl to I ions. The optical study shows the variation in band gap and average lifetime with respect to halide variation leading to enhanced optical properties for device applications. The band-gap of FA3Bi2BrxCl1-x & FA3Bi2IxCl1-x perovskites was calculated to be around 3.7 & 3.8 eV, respectively, while in MA-halide perovskites the band-gap was calculated to be 2.8 eV, 3.1 eV & 3.4 eV with respect to halide variation from I to Cl to Br in perovskite samples using Tauc's plot respectively. Moreover, simulation is carried out using the SCAPS-1D software to study the various parameters in MA & FA-based Bi-pure or mixed halide perovskites. Here, we discussed the variation in efficiency with respect to the thickness variation from 100 to 500 nm for MA3Bi2I9 halide perovskites. These MA3Bi2I9 halide perovskites show minimum efficiency of 4.65 % at 100 nm thickness, while the perovskite sample exhibits maximum efficiency of 10.32 % at 500 nm thickness. Thus, the results stated that the thickness of absorber layers directly affects the device characteristics for optoelectronic applications.
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- Sonali Mehra
- CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- CSIR- Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Tailor NK, Maity P, Satapathi S. Phonon-Mediated Slow Hot Carrier Dynamics in Lead-Free Cs 3Bi 2I 9 Perovskite Single Crystal. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5260-5266. [PMID: 35674417 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this report, we study the hot carrier cooling mechanism of the Cs3Bi2I9 single crystal by using femtosecond transient reflectance (fs-TR) spectroscopy. We find an unusual slow hot carrier cooling associated with longitudinal optical (LO) and coherent longitudinal acoustic phonons (CLAPs) emission during the deexcitation of the hot carriers. We posit the interplay between the hot-carriers and the LO and CLA phonons in subpicosecond to subnanosecond time scales, respectively, by analyzing the TR kinetics upon perturbation with excess energy. Furthermore, we measured the CLAPs propagation velocity in Cs3Bi2I9, the crystal, ranging from 1820 to 2000 ms-1. The elastic constants and frequency of Brillouin oscillations were estimated as 20.08 GPa and 14.66 GHz, respectively. Our discovery delivers new physical insights into how the hot carriers in Cs3Bi2I9 single crystal are coupled with a crystal lattice that controls the hot carrier dynamics.
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- Naveen Kumar Tailor
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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Amraoui S, Feraoun A, Kerouad M. Electronic and optical properties of the lead free halide double perovskites Cs2AgBiX6(X=F,Cl,Br and I) for the photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Tailor NK, Senanayak SP, Abdi-Jalebi M, Satapathi S. Low-frequency carrier kinetics in triple cation perovskite solar cells probed by impedance and modulus spectroscopy. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Islam MN, Podder J, Saha T, Rani P. Semiconductor to metallic transition under induced pressure in Cs 2AgBiBr 6 double halide perovskite: a theoretical DFT study for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. RSC Adv 2021; 11:24001-24012. [PMID: 35479028 PMCID: PMC9036663 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03161a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Inorganic double halide perovskites have a wide range of applications in low-cost photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices. In this manuscript, we have studied their structural, electronic, mechanical and optical properties using density functional theory (DFT) simulations. In this work, hydrostatic pressure is induced from 0 to 50 GPa. Disordered Ag and Bi atoms have a large impact on band gap energy; in this case, the indirect band gap is transferred towards a direct band gap. We have seen that pressure-driven samples have transformed a band energy semiconductor into a metallic one. Under the induced hydrostatic pressure, the covalent bond is transformed into a metallic bond and the bond lengths are reduced. Meanwhile, pressure-induced samples enhance symmetry breaking in [AgBr6]5− and [BiBr6]3− octahedra, which reduces the density of states of the Fermi surface and lowers the total energy. The mechanical behaviors demonstrated that the studied materials are mechanically stable as well as ductile and their ductile nature is enhanced by the driving pressure. The absorption peak is shifted towards the low energy region with increased hydrostatic pressure. The absorptivity and dielectric constant values are also increased with driving pressure. Phase transformed double halide perovskites triggered by outside stimuli produce several outstanding materials properties, giving great scope for a broad range of applications. This type of pristine and disordered double halide perovskite with pressure-driven semiconductor-to-metal phase transition samples may have potential applications in optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices. Inorganic double halide perovskites have a wide range of applications in low-cost photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices.![]()
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- Md Nurul Islam
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh
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Tailor NK, Maity P, Saidaminov MI, Pradhan N, Satapathi S. Dark Self-Healing-Mediated Negative Photoconductivity of a Lead-Free Cs 3Bi 2Cl 9 Perovskite Single Crystal. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:2286-2292. [PMID: 33646788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Recently, halide perovskites have emerged as a promising material for device applications. Lead-based perovskites have been widely explored, while investigation of the optical properties of lead-free perovskites remains limited. Lead-halide perovskite single crystals have shown light-induced positive photoconductivity, and as lead-free perovskites are optically active, they are expected to demonstrate similar properties. However, we report here light-induced negative photoconductivity with slow recovery in lead-free Cs3Bi2Cl9 perovskite. Femtosecond transient reflectance (fs-TR) spectroscopy studies further reveal that these electronic transport properties are due to the formation of light-activated metastable trap states within the perovskite crystal. The figure of merits were calculated for Cs3Bi2Cl9 single-crystal detectors, including responsivity (17 mA/W), detectivity (6.23 × 1011 Jones), and the ratio of current in dark to light (∼7160). These observations for Cs3Bi2Cl9 single crystals, which were optically active but showed retroactive photocurrent on irradiation, remain unique for such materials.
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- Naveen Kumar Tailor
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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Kubicki D, Saski M, MacPherson S, Gal̷kowski K, Lewiński J, Prochowicz D, Titman JJ, Stranks SD. Halide Mixing and Phase Segregation in Cs 2AgBiX 6 (X = Cl, Br, and I) Double Perovskites from Cesium-133 Solid-State NMR and Optical Spectroscopy. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2020; 32:8129-8138. [PMID: 33071455 PMCID: PMC7558408 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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All-inorganic double perovskites (elpasolites) are a promising potential alternatives to lead halide perovskites in optoelectronic applications. Although halide mixing is a well-established strategy for band gap tuning, little is known about halide mixing and phase segregation phenomena in double perovskites. Here, we synthesize a wide range of single- and mixed-halide Cs2AgBiX6 (X = Cl, Br, and I) double perovskites using mechanosynthesis and probe their atomic-level microstructure using 133Cs solid-state MAS NMR. We show that mixed Cl/Br materials form pure phases for any Cl/Br ratio while Cl/I and Br/I mixing is only possible within a narrow range of halide ratios (<3 mol % I) and leads to a complex mixture of products for higher ratios. We characterize the optical properties of the resulting materials and show that halide mixing does not lead to an appreciable tunability of the PL emission. We find that iodide incorporation is particularly pernicious in that it quenches the PL emission intensity and radiative charge carrier lifetimes for iodide ratios as low as 0.3 mol %. Our study shows that solid-state NMR, in conjunction with optical spectroscopies, provides a comprehensive understanding of the structure-activity relationships, halide mixing, and phase segregation phenomena in Cs2AgBiX6 (X = Cl, Br, and I) double perovskites.
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- Dominik
J. Kubicki
- Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics, University
of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, U.K.
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01−224, Poland
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics, University
of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, U.K.
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics, University
of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Institute
of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń 87−100, Poland
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01−224, Poland
- Faculty
of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, Warsaw 00-664, Poland
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01−224, Poland
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- School
of
Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics, University
of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, U.K.
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