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Shedding light on film crystallization

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A study on the formation of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite films reveals that light illumination influences the crystallization kinetics, therefore affecting the final photovoltaic performance of these materials.

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Figure 1: Effect of light on the crystallization of perovskite films.

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  1. Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), Osman M. Bakr and Omar F. Mohammed are at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia,

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Bakr, O., Mohammed, O. Shedding light on film crystallization. Nature Mater 16, 601–602 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4908

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