Rugut, Elkana K.Maluta, Nnditshedzeni E.Maphanga, Regina R.Mapasha, Refilwe EdwinKirui, Joseph K.2024-05-092024-05-092024-04Rugut, E.K.; Maluta, N.E.; Maphanga, R.R.; Mapasha, R.E.; Kirui, J.K. Structural, Mechanical, and Optoelectronic Properties of CH3NH3PbI3 as a Photoactive Layer in Perovskite Solar Cell. Photonics 2024, 11, 372. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11040372.2304-6732 (online)10.3390/photonics11040372http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95865DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : Data associated with this article, such as crystal structure information, averaged values of the real and imaginary parts of the complex dielectric function, and absorptivity data used to theoretically predict the upper limit of solar efficiency, is openly available at a github pseudo-cubic repository (https://github.com/elkana35/MAPbI3_pseudo-cubic.git (accessed on 3 May 2023)).Please read abstract in the article.en© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Pseudo-cubic structurePerovskite solar cellsElastic constantsOptoelectronic propertiesSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureArticle