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Ionic Conductivity of Organic–Inorganic Perovskites: Relevance for Long-Time and Low Frequency Behavior

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This chapter is focused on the relevance of the ionic transport in hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites. The occurrence of significant ionic conductivity along with electronic conductivity leads to stoichiometric polarization on current flow. Such a polarization yields a large apparent dielectric constant at low frequencies and a pronounced hysteresis behavior in i-V sweep experiments. We describe electrochemical background, precise measurements, and the impact of these phenomena for the photo-perovskites.

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Gregori, G., Yang, TY., Senocrate, A., Grätzel, M., Maier, J. (2016). Ionic Conductivity of Organic–Inorganic Perovskites: Relevance for Long-Time and Low Frequency Behavior. In: Park, NG., Grätzel, M., Miyasaka, T. (eds) Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35114-8_5

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