Synthesis and optical properties of lead-free cesium germanium halide perovskite quantum rods

RSC Adv. 2018 May 21;8(33):18396-18399. doi: 10.1039/c8ra01150h. eCollection 2018 May 17.

Abstract

Herein, the fabrication of a lead-free cesium germanium halide perovskite produced via a simple solvothermal process is reported for the first time. By tuning the composition of the CsGeX3 quantum rods, a power conversion efficiency of 4.92% under AM 1.5 G was achieved.