title: Nanowires of methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) prepared by low temperature solution-mediated crystallization.
abstract: We report the synthesis of Methylammonium Lead Iodide (CH(3)NH(3)PbI(3)) nanowires by a low temperature solution processed crystallization using a simple slip-coating method. The anisotropic particle shape exhibits advantages over nanoparticles in terms of charge transport under illumination. These results provide a basis for solvent-mediated tailoring of structural properties like the crystallite size and orientation in trihalide perovskite thin films, which, once implemented into a device, may ultimately result in an enhanced charge carrier extraction.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physics of Complex Matter (LPMC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Endre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spina
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szekrényes
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamarás
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaal
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gachet
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forró
keywords: Perovskite; crystallization; grain boundary; photodetector; solar cell