Optical characteristics of self-trapped excitons in 2D (iso-BA)2PbI4 perovskite crystals

Haolin Li; Xuanyu Zhang; Haizhen Wang; Jiahao Yu; Kexue Li; Zhipeng Wei; Dehui Li; Rui Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.444457

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