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ConspectusThe optical and electronic properties of metal halide perovskites provide insight into the operation of solar cells as well as their long-term operational stability. Halide mobility in perovskite films is an important factor influencing solar cell performance. One can visualize halide ion migration through halide exchange between two nanocrystal suspensions or between physically paired films of two different metal halide perovskites. The ability to tune band gap by varying halide ratios (Cl:Br or Br:I) allows the synthesis of mixed halide perovskites with tailored absorption and emission across the entire visible spectrum. Interestingly, mixed halide (e.g., MAPb(Br0.5I0.5)3) films undergo phase segregation to form Br-rich and I-rich sites under steady state illumination. Upon halting illumination, segregated phases mix to restore original mixed halide compositions. Introducing multiple cations (Cs, formamidinium) at the A site or alloying with Cl greatly suppresses halide mobilities. Long-term irradiation of MAPb(Br0.5I0.5)3 films also cause expulsion of iodide leaving behind Br-rich phases. Hole trapping at I-rich sites in MAPb(Br0.5I0.5)3 is considered to be an important step in inducing halide mobility in photoirradiated films. This Account focuses on halide ion migration in nanocrystals and nanostructured films driven by entropy of mixing in dark and phase segregation under light irradiation.
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Ke F, Wang C, Jia C, Wolf NR, Yan J, Niu S, Devereaux TP, Karunadasa HI, Mao WL, Lin Y. Preserving a robust CsPbI 3 perovskite phase via pressure-directed octahedral tilt. Nat Commun 2021; 12:461. [PMID: 33469021 PMCID: PMC7815753 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20745-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Functional CsPbI3 perovskite phases are not stable at ambient conditions and spontaneously convert to a non-perovskite δ phase, limiting their applications as solar cell materials. We demonstrate the preservation of a black CsPbI3 perovskite structure to room temperature by subjecting the δ phase to pressures of 0.1 - 0.6 GPa followed by heating and rapid cooling. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy indicate that this perovskite phase is consistent with orthorhombic γ-CsPbI3. Once formed, γ-CsPbI3 could be then retained after releasing pressure to ambient conditions and shows substantial stability at 35% relative humidity. First-principles density functional theory calculations indicate that compression directs the out-of-phase and in-phase tilt between the [PbI6]4- octahedra which in turn tune the energy difference between δ- and γ-CsPbI3, leading to the preservation of γ-CsPbI3. Here, we present a high-pressure strategy for manipulating the (meta)stability of halide perovskites for the synthesis of desirable phases with enhanced materials functionality.
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- Feng Ke
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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Di Liberto G, Fatale O, Pacchioni G. Role of surface termination and quantum size in α-CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) 2D nanostructures for solar light harvesting. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3031-3040. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06245f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Quantum confinement of CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets.
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- Giovanni Di Liberto
- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali
- Università di Milano – Bicocca
- 20125 Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali
- Università di Milano – Bicocca
- 20125 Milano
- Italy
- Università di Pisa
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali
- Università di Milano – Bicocca
- 20125 Milano
- Italy
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Yanagida M, Shirai Y, Khadka DB, Miyano K. Photoinduced ion-redistribution in CH 3NH 3PbI 3 perovskite solar cells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:25118-25125. [PMID: 33118563 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04350h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We use photoinduced absorption spectroscopy (PAS) to study the ionic motion in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells, consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO)/NiOx/perovskite/phenyl-C61-butyric-acid-methyl ester (PCBM)/aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO)/ITO. We observed a slow (∼50 mHz) spectral blue shift (∼10-4 eV) under modulated 520 nm illumination, which we interpreted in terms of the modulation in the bulk ion density. Numerical simulation shows that the mobile ion moves in and out from the double layers at the perovskite/charge transport layer interfaces in order to recover the bulk charge neutrality tipped off-balance by the photocarriers. The diffusion coefficient of the ion is 10-10 to 10-11 cm2 s-1, when we assume that the characteristic time constant of the ion motion is governed by the diffusion.
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- Masatoshi Yanagida
- Centre for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
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Ma X, Li Z. Half-filled intermediate bands in doped inorganic perovskites for solar cells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:23804-23809. [PMID: 33064115 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04197a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Efficiency of solar cells can be improved by introducing intermediate bands. However, width and occupation requirements on the intermediate bands bring challenges for materials design. In this study, we systematically investigate the electronic structure of doped CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, or I). A screening in transition metals suggests that Cr and Mo doped perovskites have dispersive and half-filled intermediate bands, which is desirable for building solar cells. However, intermediate bands originated from degenerated d orbitals are easily split when the octahedral symmetry of the local chemical environment around the dopant is broken. To avoid this problem, we further perform a screening of non-transition metals aiming to generate sp orbital-based intermediate bands. It turns out that In and Ga can generate a half-filled intermediate band, which is not sensitive to the local symmetry. The estimated efficiency of In and Ga doped CsPbCl3 at a doping concentration of 8.3% is 57.97% and 54.21%, notably higher than the Shockley-Queisser limit (40.7%). Results presented here demonstrate the potential of intermediate band engineering in photovoltaic applications.
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- Xinbo Ma
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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Sa R, Ma Z, Wang J, Liu D. The effect of organic cation doping on the stability and optoelectronic properties of α-CsPbI3. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Yang J. Composition-dependent chemical and structural stabilities of mixed tin-lead inorganic halide perovskites. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:19787-19794. [PMID: 32844822 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03170d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Alloying tin into lead-based halide perovskites is one of the strategies to reduce the chemical toxicities associated with lead-containing compounds, while retaining comparable physical properties. However, tin-based compounds possess their own shortcomings, with the most critical ones being their increased thermodynamic tendencies towards oxidative degradation, as well as vibrational anharmonicities due to the presence of shallow Sn-5s2 lone-pair electrons. Hereby, we performed density-functional-theory calculations to systematically examine the composition-dependent chemical and structural stabilities for Cs(PbxSn1-x)X3 (X = Cl, Br and I) alloys. We found that oxidative degradation to rhombohedral Cs2SnX6, SnO2 and cubic CsSnX3 tends to be the most favored pathway with no observable composition-dependent 'bowing behaviour', the latter is primarily governed by the bowing-effects in the demixing energies which are generated when the perovskite alloy phase-segregates into the two cubic end-members, which are two orders of magnitude smaller. Potential surface energy scans for the off-center B-site ion displacements further reveal the nonlinearity in the change of vibrational anharmonicity with respect to a linear change of Sn concentrations. Such nonlinearity is strongly modulated by the nature of the halide ions, in order to minimize the exchange repulsion between the charge densities of Sn-5s2 lone pairs and the octahedrally coordinating halogen anions.
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- Jack Yang
- Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, School of Material Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia. and Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, 2234, Australia
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Zhang MN, Wu X, Riaud A, Wang XL, Xie F, Liu WJ, Mei Y, Zhang DW, Ding SJ. Spectrum projection with a bandgap-gradient perovskite cell for colour perception. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:162. [PMID: 33014357 PMCID: PMC7492220 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-00400-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Optoelectronic devices for light or spectral signal detection are desired for use in a wide range of applications, including sensing, imaging, optical communications, and in situ characterization. However, existing photodetectors indicate only light intensities, whereas multiphotosensor spectrometers require at least a chip-level assembly and can generate redundant signals for applications that do not need detailed spectral information. Inspired by human visual and psychological light perceptions, the compression of spectral information into representative intensities and colours may simplify spectrum processing at the device level. Here, we propose a concept of spectrum projection using a bandgap-gradient semiconductor cell for intensity and colour perception. Bandgap-gradient perovskites, prepared by a halide-exchanging method via dipping in a solution, are developed as the photoactive layer of the cell. The fabricated cell produces two output signals: one shows linear responses to both photon energy and flux, while the other depends on only photon flux. Thus, by combining the two signals, the single device can project the monochromatic and broadband spectra into the total photon fluxes and average photon energies (i.e., intensities and hues), which are in good agreement with those obtained from a commercial photodetector and spectrometer. Under changing illumination in real time, the prepared device can instantaneously provide intensity and hue results. In addition, the flexibility and chemical/bio-sensing of the device via colour comparison are demonstrated. Therefore, this work shows a human visual-like method of spectrum projection and colour perception based on a single device, providing a paradigm for high-efficiency spectrum-processing applications.
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- Mei-Na Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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Enhanced stability in CH 3NH 3PbI 3 hybrid perovskite from mechano-chemical synthesis: structural, microstructural and optoelectronic characterization. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11228. [PMID: 32641694 PMCID: PMC7343856 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68085-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Among the hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites MAPbX3 (MA: methyl-ammonium CH3-NH3+, X = halogen), the triiodide specimen (MAPbI3) is still the material of choice for solar energy applications. Although it is able to absorb light above its 1.6 eV bandgap, its poor stability in humid air atmosphere has been a major drawback for its use in solar cells. However, we discovered that this perovskite can be prepared by ball milling in a straightforward way, yielding specimens with a superior stability. This fact allowed us to take atomic-resolution STEM images for the first time, with sufficient quality to unveil microscopic aspects of this material. We demonstrated full Iodine content, which might be related to the enhanced stability, in a more compact PbI6 framework with reduced unit-cell volume. A structural investigation from neutron powder diffraction (NPD) data of an undeuterated specimen was essential to determine the configuration of the organic MA unit in the 100-298 K temperature range. A phase transition is identified, from the tetragonal structure observed at RT (space group I4/mcm) to an orthorhombic (space group Pnma) phase where the methyl-ammonium organic units are fully localized. Our NPD data reveal that the MA changes are gradual and start before reaching the phase transition. Optoelectronic measurements yield a photocurrent peak at an illumination wavelength of 820 nm, which is redshifted by 30 nm with respect to previously reported measurements on MAPbI3 perovskites synthesized by crystallization from organic solvents.
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Shen Z, Zhao S, Song D, Xu Z, Qiao B, Song P, Bai Q, Cao J, Zhang G, Swelm W. Improving the Quality and Luminescence Performance of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanomaterials for Light-Emitting Devices by Surface Engineering. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1907089. [PMID: 32431070 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201907089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lead halide perovskites and their applications in the optoelectronic field have garnered intensive interest over the years. Inorganic perovskites (IHP), though a novel class of material, are considered as one of the most promising optoelectronic materials. These materials are widely used in detectors, solar cells, and other devices, owing to their excellent charge-transport properties, high defect tolerance, composition- and size-dependent luminescence, narrow emission, and high photoluminescence quantum yield. In recent years, numerous encouraging achievements have been realized, especially in the research of CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystals (NCs) and surface engineering. Therefore, it is necessary to summarize the principles and effects of these surface engineering optimization methods. It is also important to scientifically guide the applications and promote the development of perovskites more efficiently. Herein, the principles of surface ligands are reviewed, and various surface treatment methods used in CsPbX3 NCs as well as quantum-dot light-emitting diodes are presented. Finally, a brief outlook on CsPbX3 NC surface engineering is offered, illustrating the present challenges and the direction in which future investigations are intended to obtain high-quality CsPbX3 NCs that can be utilized in more applications.
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- Zhaohui Shen
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information (Beijing Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Chen Y, Liu Y, Hong M. Cation-doping matters in caesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals: from physicochemical fundamentals to optoelectronic applications. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:12228-12248. [PMID: 32507865 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr02922j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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All-inorganic caesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs) with different dimensionalities have recently fascinated the research community due to their extraordinary optoelectronic properties including tunable bandgaps over the entire visible spectral region, high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) close to unity and narrow emission line widths down to 10-20 nm, making them particularly suitable as promising candidates for numerous applications ranging from light-emitting diodes (LEDs), solar cells to scintillators. Despite the considerable progress made in the past six years, the real-world applications of caesium lead halide PeNCs themselves especially in the category of CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br and I) are still restricted by their labile crystal lattices and downgraded luminescence when exposed to ambient air conditions. Recent experimental and theoretical studies on cation doping have proven to be an effective way to significantly improve the physicochemical properties of cesium lead halide PeNCs, which would have profound implications for a range of applications. In this review, we provide a brief overview of the most recent advances in cation-doped all-inorganic caesium lead halide PeNCs, aimed at developing high-performance and long-term stable optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices, which covers areas from their fundamental considerations of cation doping, controlled synthesis methodology and novel physicochemical properties to the optoelectronic applications with an emphasis on perovskite-based LEDs and solar cells. And finally, some possible directions of future efforts toward this active research field are also proposed.
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- Yameng Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China. and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China. and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China. and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Puppin M, Polishchuk S, Colonna N, Crepaldi A, Dirin DN, Nazarenko O, De Gennaro R, Gatti G, Roth S, Barillot T, Poletto L, Xian RP, Rettig L, Wolf M, Ernstorfer R, Kovalenko MV, Marzari N, Grioni M, Chergui M. Evidence of Large Polarons in Photoemission Band Mapping of the Perovskite Semiconductor CsPbBr_{3}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:206402. [PMID: 32501104 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.206402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lead-halide perovskite (LHP) semiconductors are emergent optoelectronic materials with outstanding transport properties which are not yet fully understood. We find signatures of large polaron formation in the electronic structure of the inorganic LHP CsPbBr_{3} by means of angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. The experimental valence band dispersion shows a hole effective mass of 0.26±0.02 m_{e}, 50% heavier than the bare mass m_{0}=0.17 m_{e} predicted by density functional theory. Calculations of the electron-phonon coupling indicate that phonon dressing of the carriers mainly occurs via distortions of the Pb-Br bond with a Fröhlich coupling parameter α=1.81. A good agreement with our experimental data is obtained within the Feynman polaron model, validating a viable theoretical method to predict the carrier effective mass of LHPs ab initio.
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- M Puppin
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Theory and Simulations of Materials (THEOS), and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Theory and Simulations of Materials (THEOS), and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Research Council of Italy-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Theory and Simulations of Materials (THEOS), and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Xie N, Zhang J, Raza S, Zhang N, Chen X, Wang D. Generation of low-symmetry perovskite structures for ab initiocomputation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:315901. [PMID: 32163934 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab7f6a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ion displacements are the fundamental cause of ferroelectricity in perovskites. By properly shifting ions,ab initiocomputations have been extensively used to investigate the properties of perovskites in various structural phases. In addition to the relatively simple ion displacements, perovskites have another type of structural distortion known as antiferrodistortion or oxygen octahedron tilting. The interplay between these two types of distortions have generated abundant structural phases that can be tedious to prepare forab initiocomputation, especially for large supercells. Here, we design and implement a computer program to facilitate the generation of distorted perovskite structures, which can be readily used forab initiocomputation to gain further insight into the perovskite of a given structural phase.
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- N Xie
- School of Microelectronics & State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics & State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory-Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo 00076, Finland
- BroadBit Batteries Oy, Espoo 02150, Finland
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- School of Microelectronics & State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures. Nature 2020; 580:614-620. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2219-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Jbara AS, Munir J, Ul Haq B, Saeed MA. Density functional theory study of mixed halide influence on structures and optoelectronic attributes of CsPb(I/Br) 3. APPLIED OPTICS 2020; 59:3751-3759. [PMID: 32400502 DOI: 10.1364/ao.389100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This paper reports on the influence of the bromine (Br) atoms substitution on the structures and optoelectronic traits of ${\text{CsPbI}_3}$CsPbI3, wherein the density functional theory (DFT) simulation was performed, using all electrons full potential linearized augmented plane-wave method. Furthermore, the generalized gradient approximation, local density approximation, and modified Becke-Johnson exchange-correlation potential were used to improve the optimization and band structure calculations. The calculated lattice constants of ${\text{CsPbI}_3}$CsPbI3 and ${\text{CsPbBr}_3}$CsPbBr3 were consistent with the experimental values. All the studied compounds revealed wide and direct bandgap energies at the R-symmetry point, which varied from 1.74-2.23 eV. The obtained refractive indices of the ${\text{CsPbI}_3}$CsPbI3, ${\text{CsPbBrI}_2}$CsPbBrI2, ${\text{CsPbIBr}_2}$CsPbIBr2, and ${\text{CsPbBr}_3}$CsPbBr3 compounds were correspondingly 2.265, 2.245, 2.090, and 2.086. Present findings may contribute towards the development of experimental studies on the proposed compounds with controlled properties useful for the solar cells.
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Hudait B, Dutta SK, Patra A, Nasipuri D, Pradhan N. Facets Directed Connecting Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:7207-7217. [PMID: 32207966 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Connecting nanocrystals with removal of interface ligand barriers is one of the key steps for efficient carrier transportation in optoelectronic device fabrication. Typically, ion migration for crystal deformation or connection with other nanocrystals needs a solvent as medium. However, on the contrary, this has been observed for CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals in film where nanocrystals were swollen to get wider and fused with adjacent nanocrystals in self-assembly on film during solvent evaporation. Depending on precursor composition and exposed facets, again these connections could be programmed for tuning their connecting directions leading to different shapes. Aging further on solid substrate, these were also turned to continuous film of nanostructures eliminating all interparticle gaps on the film. This transformation could be ceased at any point of time, simply by heating or adding sufficient ligands. Analysis suggested that these unique and controlled connections were only observed with polyhedron shaped nanostructures with certain compositions and not with traditionally cubes. Details of this solid-surface transformation during solvent evaporation were analyzed, and an interparticle material transfer type mechanism was proposed. As these observations were not seen in chalcogenide and oxide nanocrystals and exclusively observed in perovskite nanocrystals, this would add new fundamentals to the insights of crystal growths of nanocrystals and would also help in obtaining films of connecting nanocrystals.
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- Biswajit Hudait
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India
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Shi R, Zhang Z, Fang WH, Long R. Ferroelastic domains drive charge separation and suppress electron-hole recombination in all-inorganic halide perovskites: time-domain ab initio analysis. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2020; 5:683-690. [PMID: 32226964 DOI: 10.1039/c9nh00717b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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All-inorganic perovskites have great potential in photovoltaic applications and their performance is subject to phonon-assisted charge recombination dynamics. Local microstructures, such as ferroelastic domains, are considered to have a significant influence on the charge carrier lifetime in the CsPbBr3 perovskite. Employing a combination of time-domain density functional theory and nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that the formation of ferroelastic domains weakens the NA coupling and suppresses the non-radiative electron-hole recombination. This effect originates from the ferroelastic domains separating electron and hole wave functions spatially and decreasing the NA coupling by a factor of 2.4 compared to pristine CsPbBr3, delaying electron-hole recombination by a factor of 4.2. We also show that symmetry breaking enhances electronic-vibrational interactions, activating more phonon modes and accelerating quantum decoherence by 1 fs or so, which further slows recombination. Both factors compete successfully with the slightly reduced bandgap of about 0.2 eV and prolong the charge carrier lifetime to several nanoseconds. Our study advances the understanding of the atomistic mechanism for inhibited recombination in the CsPbBr3 perovskite in the presence of ferroelastic domains, providing an effective route to design high-performance all-inorganic halide perovskites.
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- Ran Shi
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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Liang J, Chen D, Yao X, Zhang K, Qu F, Qin L, Huang Y, Li J. Recent Progress and Development in Inorganic Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots for Photoelectrochemical Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1903398. [PMID: 31583803 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201903398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots (IHPQDs) have recently emerged as a new class of optoelectronic nanomaterials that can outperform the existing hybrid organometallic halide perovskite (OHP), II-VI and III-V groups semiconductor nanocrystals, mainly due to their relatively high stability, excellent photophysical properties, and promising applications in wide-ranging and diverse fields. In particular, IHPQDs have attracted much recent attention in the field of photoelectrochemistry, with the potential to harness their superb optical and charge transport properties as well as spectacular characteristics of quantum confinement effect for opening up new opportunities in next-generation photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems. Over the past few years, numerous efforts have been made to design and prepare IHPQD-based materials for a wide range of applications in photoelectrochemistry, ranging from photocatalytic degradation, photocatalytic CO2 reduction and PEC sensing, to photovoltaic devices. In this review, the recent advances in the development of IHPQD-based materials are summarized from the standpoint of photoelectrochemistry. The prospects and further developments of IHPQDs in this exciting field are also discussed.
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- Junhui Liang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, Shandong, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Cheng XR, Kuang XY, Cheng H, Tian H, Yang SM, Yu M, Dou XL, Mao AJ. Strain-induced structural phase transition, electric polarization and unusual electric properties in photovoltaic materials CsMI 3 (M = Pb, Sn). RSC Adv 2020; 10:12432-12438. [PMID: 35497588 PMCID: PMC9051086 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra10791f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The structural phase transition, ferroelectric polarization, and electric properties have been investigated for photovoltaic films CsMI3 (M = Pb, Sn) epitaxially grown along (001) direction based on the density functional theory. The calculated results indicate that the phase diagrams of two epitaxial CsPbI3 and CsSnI3 films are almost identical, except critical transition strains varying slightly. The epitaxial tensile strains induce two ferroelectric phases Pmc21, and Pmn21, while the compressive strains drive two paraelectric phases P212121, P21212. The larger compressive strain enhances the ferroelectric instability in these two films, eventually rendering them another ferroelectric state Pc. Whether CsPbI3 or CsSnI3, the total polarization of Pmn21 phase comes from the main contribution of B-position cations (Pb or Sn), whereas, for Pmc21 phase, the main contributor is the I ion. Moreover, the epitaxial strain effects on antiferrodistortive vector, polarization and band gap of CsMI3 (M = Pb, Sn) are further discussed. Unusual electronic properties under epitaxial strains are also revealed and interpreted.
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- Xiao-Rong Cheng
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210093 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University Nanjing 210093 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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Zhang J, He J, Yang L, Gan Z. Photoluminescent Spectral Broadening of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Investigated by Emission Wavelength Dependent Lifetime. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25051151. [PMID: 32143454 PMCID: PMC7179216 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Despite intensive efforts, the fluorescence of perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) still suffers from a poor color purity, which limits the applications in light emitting and multicolor display. A deep understanding on the fundamental of the photoluminescent (PL) spectral broadening is thus of great significance. Herein, the PL decay curves of the CsPbClxBr3-x NCs are monitored at different wavelengths covering the entire PL band. Moreover, energy relaxation time τ and radiative recombination time β are obtained by numerical fittings. The dependences of τ and 1/β on the detection wavelength agree well with the steady-state PL spectrum, indicating the observed PL broadening is an intrinsic effect due to the resonance and off-resonance exciton radiative recombination processes. This work not only provides a new analysis method for time-resolved PL spectra of perovskites, but also gains a deep insight into the spectral broadening of the lead halide perovskite NCs.
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- Jinlei Zhang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application, School of Mathematics and Physics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China;
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China;
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- Institute for Advanced Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
- Correspondence: (L.Y.); (Z.G.)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
- Correspondence: (L.Y.); (Z.G.)
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Baek S, Kim Y, Kim SW. Highly photo-stable CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots via thiol ligand exchange and their polymer film application. J IND ENG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2019.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wang Y, Long R. Rapid Decoherence Induced by Light Expansion Suppresses Charge Recombination in Mixed Cation Perovskites: Time-Domain ab Initio Analysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:1601-1608. [PMID: 32017852 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Using time-domain density functional theory combined with nonadiabatic molecular dynamics, we have investigated the effect of light-induced lattice expansion on the nonradiative electron-hole recombination in the mixed-cation perovskite FA0.75MA0.25PbI3. We demonstrate that charge carrier lifetime extends by a factor of 1.5 within 1% lattice expansion; the bandgap grows only by 0.04 eV; the electron-phonon coupling increases by 13%; and the decoherence time shortens by 37%. The small bandgap change has negligible influence on recombination times. Lattice expansion enhances atomic fluctuations that lead to the enhancement of electron-phonon coupling and acceleration of decoherence. By creating several high-frequency phonon modes, the lattice expansion shortens the decoherence time further. As a result, rapid decoherence beats an enhanced electron-phonon coupling, playing the dominant role in suppressing the nonradiative electron-hole recombination. The light-induced lattice expansion or strain effects provide a rational route to improve the perovskite photovoltaic and photoelectronic device performance.
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- Yutong Wang
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , P. R. China
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Zu Y, Xi J, Li L, Dai J, Wang S, Yun F, Jiao B, Dong H, Hou X, Wu Z. High-Brightness and Color-Tunable FAPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals 2.0 Enable Ultrapure Green Luminescence for Achieving Recommendation 2020 Displays. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:2835-2841. [PMID: 31865697 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b18140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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To best catch human eyes in next-generation displays, the updated recommendation 2020 (Rec. 2020) standard has called for ultrapure green emitters to be qualified with a narrow emission of 525-535 nm with a full width at half-maximum (fwhm) below 25 nm. However, it is still challenging to find an emitter which can simultaneously cover these two criteria. Instead of traditional II-VI group semiconductor quantum dots, perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) can render versatile emitting tunability to allow them access to the Rec. 2020 standard. Herein, to realize the critical window of Rec. 2020, we have proposed a scalable, room temperature synthesis route of formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) NCs using a sole ligand of sulfobetaine-18 (SBE-18). The as-synthesized FAPbBr3 NCs exhibit an ideal emission at 534 nm with an ultranarrow fwhm of 20.5 nm and a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 90.6%, overwhelming the FAPbBr3 nanoplates capped with oleic acid/oleylamine (OA/OAM). Introducing these high quality NCs into backlight displays, an ultrapure green backlight which covers ≈85.7% of the Rec. 2020 standard in the CIE 1931 color space is achieved, signifying the "greenest" backlight till now. Thus, we can foresee perovskite NCs as the most potential candidates for next-generation displays.
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- Yanqing Zu
- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
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- Global Frontier Center for Multiscale Energy Systems , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Korea
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , Groningen 9747 AG , The Netherlands
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
- Ningbo Exciton Innovation Materials Research Institute Company Limited , Ningbo 315040 , Zhejiang , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering , University of Macau , Avenida da Universidade , Taipa 999078 , Macau , China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , Shaanxi , People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics , Shanxi University , Taiyuan 030006 , Shanxi , People's Republic of China
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Liu D, Zha W, Guo Y, Sa R. Insight into the Improved Phase Stability of CsPbI 3 from First-Principles Calculations. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:893-896. [PMID: 31956842 PMCID: PMC6964504 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The effect of organic cation doping with aziridinium (Az+) on the material properties of CsPbI3 was investigated by applying first-principles calculations. The results showed that the phase stability is greatly improved by incorporating the organic cation Az+ at the A site of CsPbI3. However, the band gap of CsPbI3 is further enlarged from 1.76 to 2.27 eV when 12.5% of Az doping is used. The optical absorption coefficient of Cs0.875Az0.125PbI3 is also decreased in the visible light region. The reasons of the improved phase stability and the enlargement of band gap arising from the organic cation doping are revealed. Our calculated results can provide theoretical guidance for improving the phase stability of halide perovskites.
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- Diwen Liu
- State
Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College
of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- Institute
of Oceanography, Ocean College and Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel
Functional Textile Fibers and Materials, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, P. R. China
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- Institute
of Oceanography, Ocean College and Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel
Functional Textile Fibers and Materials, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, P. R. China
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Gualdrón-Reyes AF, Rodríguez-Pereira J, Amado-González E, Rueda-P J, Ospina R, Masi S, Yoon SJ, Tirado J, Jaramillo F, Agouram S, Muñoz-Sanjosé V, Giménez S, Mora-Seró I. Unravelling the Photocatalytic Behavior of All-Inorganic Mixed Halide Perovskites: The Role of Surface Chemical States. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:914-924. [PMID: 31805231 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Within the most mesmerizing materials in the world of optoelectronics, mixed halide perovskites (MHPs) have been distinguished because of the tunability of their optoelectronic properties, balancing both the light-harvesting efficiency and the charge extraction into highly efficient solar devices. This feature has drawn the attention of analogous hot topics as photocatalysis for carrying out more efficiently the degradation of organic compounds. However, the photo-oxidation ability of perovskite depends not only on its excellent light-harvesting properties but also on the surface chemical environment provided during its synthesis. Accordingly, we studied the role of surface chemical states of MHP-based nanocrystals (NCs) synthesized by hot-injection (H-I) and anion-exchange (A-E) approaches on their photocatalytic (PC) activity for the oxidation of β-naphthol as a model system. We concluded that iodide vacancies are the main surface chemical states that facilitate the formation of superoxide ions, O2●-, which are responsible for the PC activity in A-E-MHP. Conversely, the PC performance of H-I-MHP is related to the appropriate balance between band gap and a highly oxidizing valence band. This work offers new insights on the surface properties of MHP related to their catalytic activity in photochemical applications.
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- Andrés F Gualdrón-Reyes
- Laboratorio de Biocombustibles Lab-IBEAR, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas , Universidad de Pamplona , Pamplona , Norte de Santander 543050 , Colombia
- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) , Universitat Jaume I (UJI) , Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n , 12071 Castellón de la Plana , Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica en Materiales y Nanociencias (CMN) , Universidad Industrial de Santander , Piedecuesta , Santander 681011 , Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Biocombustibles Lab-IBEAR, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas , Universidad de Pamplona , Pamplona , Norte de Santander 543050 , Colombia
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- Grupo de Óptica Moderna, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas , Universidad de Pamplona , Pamplona, Pamplona , Norte de Santander 543050 , Colombia
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- Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica en Materiales y Nanociencias (CMN) , Universidad Industrial de Santander , Piedecuesta , Santander 681011 , Colombia
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) , Universitat Jaume I (UJI) , Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n , 12071 Castellón de la Plana , Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) , Universitat Jaume I (UJI) , Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n , 12071 Castellón de la Plana , Spain
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science , Yeungnam University , 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan , Gyeongbuk 38541 , Republic of Korea
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- Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales CIDEMAT , Universidad de Antioquia UdeA , Calle 70 No. 52-21 , Medellín 1226 , Colombia
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- Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales CIDEMAT , Universidad de Antioquia UdeA , Calle 70 No. 52-21 , Medellín 1226 , Colombia
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- Department of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism , University of Valencia (UV) , 46100 Valencia , Spain
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER) , Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI , 46010 Valencia , Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism , University of Valencia (UV) , 46100 Valencia , Spain
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER) , Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI , 46010 Valencia , Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) , Universitat Jaume I (UJI) , Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n , 12071 Castellón de la Plana , Spain
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER) , Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI , 46010 Valencia , Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) , Universitat Jaume I (UJI) , Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n , 12071 Castellón de la Plana , Spain
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER) , Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI , 46010 Valencia , Spain
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Jong UG, Yu CJ, Kye YH. Computational prediction of structural, electronic, and optical properties and phase stability of double perovskites K2SnX6 (X = I, Br, Cl). RSC Adv 2020; 10:201-209. [PMID: 35492571 PMCID: PMC9048279 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09232c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The vacancy-ordered double perovskites K2SnX6 (X = I, Br, Cl) attract significant research interest due to their potential applications as light absorbing materials in perovskite solar cells. However, deeper insight into their material properties at the atomic scale is currently lacking. Here we present a systematic investigation of the structural, electronic, and optical properties and phase stabilities of the cubic, tetragonal, and monoclinic phases based on density functional theory calculations. Quantitatively reliable predictions of lattice constants, band gaps, effective masses of charge carriers, and exciton binding energies are provided and compared with the available experimental data, revealing the tendency of the band gap and exciton binding energy to increase on lowering the crystallographic symmetry from cubic to monoclinic and on moving from I to Cl. We highlight that cubic K2SnBr6 and monoclinic K2SnI6 are suitable for applications as light absorbers for solar cell devices due to their appropriate band gaps of 1.65 and 1.16 eV and low exciton binding energies of 59.4 and 15.3 meV, respectively. The constant-volume Helmholtz free energies are determined through phonon calculations, which predict phase transition temperatures of 449, 433 and 281 K for cubic–tetragonal and 345, 301 and 210 K for tetragonal–monoclinic transitions for X = I, Br and Cl, respectively. Our calculations provide an understanding of the material properties of the vacancy-ordered double perovskites K2SnX6, which could help in devising a low-cost and high performance perovskite solar cell. HSE + SOC were used to calculate the band structures of the cubic, tetragonal, and monoclinic phases of the double perovskites K2SnX6 (X = I, Br, Cl).![]()
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- Un-Gi Jong
- Chair of Computational Materials Design
- Faculty of Materials Science
- Kim Il Sung University
- Pyongyang
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Chair of Computational Materials Design
- Faculty of Materials Science
- Kim Il Sung University
- Pyongyang
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Chair of Computational Materials Design
- Faculty of Materials Science
- Kim Il Sung University
- Pyongyang
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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Xiang W, Tress W. Review on Recent Progress of All-Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites and Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1902851. [PMID: 31478275 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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All-inorganic perovskites are considered to be one of the most appealing research hotspots in the field of perovskite photovoltaics in the past 3 years due to their superior thermal stability compared to their organic-inorganic hybrid counterparts. The power-conversion efficiency has reached 17.06% and the number of important publications is ever increasing. Here, the progress of inorganic perovskites is systematically highlighted, covering materials design, preparation of high-quality perovskite films, and avoidance of phase instabilities. Inorganic perovskites, nanocrystals, quantum dots, and lead-free compounds are discussed and the corresponding device performances are reviewed, which have been realized on both rigid and flexible substrates. Methods for stabilization of the cubic phase of low-bandgap inorganic perovskites are emphasized, which is a prerequisite for highly efficient and stable solar cells. In addition, energy loss mechanisms both in the bulk of the perovskite and at the interfaces of perovskite and charge selective layers are unraveled. Reported approaches to reduce these charge-carrier recombination losses are summarized and complemented by methods proposed from our side. Finally, the potential of inorganic perovskites as stable absorbers is assessed, which opens up new perspectives toward the commercialization of inorganic perovskite solar cells.
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- Wanchun Xiang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Scheidt RA, Kamat PV. Temperature-driven anion migration in gradient halide perovskites. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:134703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5120270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Rebecca A. Scheidt
- Radiation Research Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Radiation Research Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Wang B, Novendra N, Navrotsky A. Energetics, Structures, and Phase Transitions of Cubic and Orthorhombic Cesium Lead Iodide (CsPbI3) Polymorphs. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:14501-14504. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Bin Wang
- Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory and NEAT ORU, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory and NEAT ORU, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory and NEAT ORU, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Li T, Ding Y, Kareem S, Qiao F, Ali G, Ji C, Zhao X, Xie Y. Hexamethyldisilazane-triggered room temperature synthesis of hydrophobic perovskite nanocrystals with enhanced stability for light-emitting diodes. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 552:101-110. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ščajev P, Litvinas D, Kreiza G, Stanionytė S, Malinauskas T, Tomašiūnas R, Juršėnas S. Highly efficient nanocrystalline Cs xMA 1-xPbBr x perovskite layers for white light generation. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:345702. [PMID: 30995629 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab1a69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Perovskite light converting layers optimization for cost-efficient white light emitting diodes (LED) was demonstrated. High excitation independent internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of 80% and weakly excitation dependent PL spectra suitable for white light generation were obtained in the mixed cation CsxMA1-xPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystal layers with optimal x = 0.3 being determined by effective surface passivation and phase mixing as revealed by x-ray diffraction. Enhancement of the PL homogeneity and the external quantum efficiency (EQE) were secured when using 2,2',2″-(1,3,5-Benzinetriyl)-tris(1-phenyl-1-H-benzimidazole (TPBi) additive in the layer preparation process. Excitation dependent PL intensity, decay time, and IQE revealed that the high emission efficiency of the layers originates from a dominant radiative localized exciton recombination (130 ns) weakly influenced by the nonradiative free carrier recombination (750 ns). Warm and cool white LEDs with correlated color temperature 3000 K and 5600 K, and color rendering index 82 and 74, respectively, were realized by using the optimized perovskite layers, poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) red emitter and a blue LED.
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- Patrik Ščajev
- Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology, Vilnius University, Sauletekio ave. 3, LT 10257, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Wang Y, Long R. Unravelling the Effects of Pressure-Induced Suppressed Electron-Hole Recombination in CsPbBr 3 Perovskite: Time-Domain ab Initio Analysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4354-4361. [PMID: 31317740 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Using nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate pressure-dependent electron-hole recombination in all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite. In particular, electron-hole recombination under 1 atm takes place in several hundred picoseconds, agreeing well with experiments. An increase of pressure causes PbBr6 octahedron distortion, including contraction of both Pb-Br-Pb angles and Pb-Br bond lengths, leading to a decrease in decoherence time and NA coupling and thus slowing electron-hole recombination. When the pressure reaches a critical pressure of 1.20 GPa, a phase transition occurs in which the charge carrier lifetime is longest and extends to several nanoseconds. When the pressure is increased over the threshold, the shrinkage of Pb-Br bond length is inhibited and the contraction of Pb-Br-Pb angles primarily induced the PbBr6 octahedron distortion. Such a situation gives rise to a mild NA coupling and decoherence time, restoring the recombination time to over half of a nanosecond. Our study uncovers the mechanisms for the pressure-suppressed charge recombination and provides an advanced route toward further development of photovoltaic performance of perovskite materials.
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- Yutong Wang
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing , 100875 , P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing , 100875 , P.R. China
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Liu M, Zhang H, Gedamu D, Fourmont P, Rekola H, Hiltunen A, Cloutier SG, Nechache R, Priimagi A, Vivo P. Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Next-Generation Optoelectronics. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1900801. [PMID: 31012274 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Colloidal perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) combine the outstanding optoelectronic properties of bulk perovskites with strong quantum confinement effects at the nanoscale. Their facile and low-cost synthesis, together with superior photoluminescence quantum yields and exceptional optical versatility, make PNCs promising candidates for next-generation optoelectronics. However, this field is still in its early infancy and not yet ready for commercialization due to several open challenges to be addressed, such as toxicity and stability. Here, the key synthesis strategies and the tunable optical properties of PNCs are discussed. The photophysical underpinnings of PNCs, in correlation with recent developments of PNC-based optoelectronic devices, are especially highlighted. The final goal is to outline a theoretical scaffold for the design of high-performance devices that can at the same time address the commercialization challenges of PNC-based technology.
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- Maning Liu
- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723001, P. R. China
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- École de Technologie Supérieure, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
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- École de Technologie Supérieure, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland
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- École de Technologie Supérieure, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
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- École de Technologie Supérieure, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland
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Samu GF, Balog Á, De Angelis F, Meggiolaro D, Kamat PV, Janáky C. Electrochemical Hole Injection Selectively Expels Iodide from Mixed Halide Perovskite Films. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:10812-10820. [PMID: 31259546 PMCID: PMC6624782 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Halide ion mobility in metal halide perovskites remains an intriguing phenomenon, influencing their optical and photovoltaic properties. Selective injection of holes through electrochemical anodic bias has allowed us to probe the effect of hole trapping at iodide (0.9 V) and bromide (1.15 V) in mixed halide perovskite (CH3NH3PbBr1.5I1.5) films. Upon trapping holes at the iodide site, the iodide gradually gets expelled from the mixed halide film (as iodine and/or triiodide ion), leaving behind re-formed CH3NH3PbBr3 domains. The weakening of the Pb-I bond following the hole trapping (oxidation of the iodide site) and its expulsion from the lattice in the form of iodine provided further insight into the photoinduced segregation of halide ions in mixed halide perovskite films. Transient absorption spectroscopy revealed that the iodide expulsion process leaves a defect-rich perovskite lattice behind as charge carrier recombination in the re-formed lattice is greatly accelerated. The selective mobility of iodide species provides insight into the photoinduced phase segregation and its implication in the stable operation of perovskite solar cells.
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- Gergely F Samu
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre , University of Szeged , Rerrich Square 1 , Szeged , H-6720 , Hungary.,ELI-ALPS Research Institute , Dugonics Square 13 , Szeged , 6720 , Hungary.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre , University of Szeged , Rerrich Square 1 , Szeged , H-6720 , Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology , University of Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto , 8I-06123 Perugia , Italy.,Computational Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics (CLHYO) , CNR-ISTM, Via Elce di Sotto 8 , 06123 Perugia , Italy.,CompuNet , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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- Computational Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics (CLHYO) , CNR-ISTM, Via Elce di Sotto 8 , 06123 Perugia , Italy.,CompuNet , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States.,Radiation Laboratory , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre , University of Szeged , Rerrich Square 1 , Szeged , H-6720 , Hungary.,ELI-ALPS Research Institute , Dugonics Square 13 , Szeged , 6720 , Hungary
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Oto B, Gulebaglan SE, Madak Z, Kavaz E. Effective atomic numbers, electron densities and gamma rays buildup factors of inorganic metal halide cubic perovskites CsBX3 (B = Sn, Ge; X = I, Br, Cl). Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zou S, Liu C, Li R, Jiang F, Chen X, Liu Y, Hong M. From Nonluminescent to Blue-Emitting Cs 4 PbBr 6 Nanocrystals: Tailoring the Insulator Bandgap of 0D Perovskite through Sn Cation Doping. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1900606. [PMID: 31058382 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201900606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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All-inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with different dimensionalities have recently fascinated the research community due to their extraordinary optoelectronic performance such as tunable bandgaps over the entire visible spectral region. However, compared to well-developed 3D CsPbX3 perovskites (X = Cl, Br, and I), the bandgap tuning in 0D Cs4 PbX6 perovskite NCs remains an arduous task. Herein, a simple but valid strategy is proposed to tailor the insulator bandgap (≈3.96 eV) of Cs4 PbBr6 NCs to the blue spectral region by changing the local coordination environment of isolated [PbBr6 ]4- octahedra in the Cs4 PbBr6 crystal through Sn cation doping. Benefitting from the unique Pb2+ -poor and Br- -rich reaction environment, the Sn cation is successfully introduced into the Cs4 PbBr6 NCs, forming coexisting point defects comprising substitutional SnPb and interstitial Bri , thereby endowing these theoretically nonluminescent Cs4 PbBr6 NCs with an ultranarrow blue emission at ≈437 nm (full width at half maximum, ≈12 nm). By combining the experimental results with first-principles calculations, an unusual electronic dual-bandgap structure, comprising the newly emerged semiconducting bandgap of ≈2.87 eV and original insulator bandgap of ≈3.96 eV, is found to be the underlying fundamental reason for the ultranarrow blue emission.
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- Shenghan Zou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional, Nanostructures, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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Huang CY, Wu CC, Wu CL, Lin CW. CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Powder, a Robust and Mass-Producible Single-Source Precursor: Synthesis, Characterization, and Optoelectronic Applications. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:8081-8086. [PMID: 31459898 PMCID: PMC6647985 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A facile synthesis method is proposed for the mass production of high-quality CsPbBr3 perovskite powder. It is shown that the proposed synthesis protocol is capable of producing polycrystalline CsPbBr3 powder in quantities greater than 10 g. The derived thin films by thermal evaporation and spin-coating are of compact morphologies (root-mean-square roughness < 4 nm) without voids and pinholes. Moreover, the thin films show obvious photoluminescence (PL) with a narrow (bandwidth < 19 nm) peak centered at ∼520 nm, which is blue-shifted compared with the PL emission of the powder at 542 nm. The powder and the spin-coated film exhibit superior PL stability under long-term ambient conditions and in thermal cycling experiments performed at temperatures up to ∼120 °C. Accordingly, optoelectronic applications including the fabrication and characteristics of the electroluminescence device, the organic-inorganic powder doped with methylammonium and formamidinium ions, and fluorescent greenish-blue quantum dots are also demonstrated. On the basis of these demonstrations, the synthesized CsPbBr3 perovskite powder can be expected to empower the advances in perovskite-related optoelectronics in the future.
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Mondal N, De A, Das S, Paul S, Samanta A. Ultrafast carrier dynamics of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals and perovskite-composites. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:9796-9818. [PMID: 31070653 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr01745c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Perovskite nanocrystals (NCs), especially those based on cesium lead halides, have emerged in recent years as highly promising materials for efficient solar cells and photonic applications. The key to realization of full potential of these materials lies however in the molecular level understanding of the processes triggered by light. Herein we highlight the knowledge gained from photophysical investigations on these NCs of various sizes and compositions employing primarily the femtosecond pump-probe technique. We show how spectral and temporal characterization of the photo-induced transients provide insight into the mechanism and dynamics of relaxation of hot and thermalized charge carriers through their recombination and trapping. We discuss how the multiple excitons including the charged ones (trions), generated using high pump fluence or photon energy, recombine through the Auger-assisted process. We discussed the harvesting of hot carriers prior to their cooling and band-edge carriers from these perovskite NCs to wide band-gap metal oxides, metal chalcogenide NCs and molecular acceptors. How perovskites can influence the charge carrier dynamics in composites of organic and inorganic semiconductors is also discussed.
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- Navendu Mondal
- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India. E-mail:
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India. E-mail:
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India. E-mail:
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India. E-mail:
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India. E-mail:
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Zhang J, Yang L, Zhong Y, Hao H, Yang M, Liu R. Improved phase stability of the CsPbI 3 perovskite via organic cation doping. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:11175-11180. [PMID: 31098600 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01211g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have studied the effect of organic cation doping with dimethylammonium (DMA+), ethylammonium (EA+), and guanidinium (GA+) on the properties of the CsPbI3 perovskite by performing first-principles calculations. It was found that these dopants, especially DMA+, can significantly improve the phase stability of the desired α phase of CsPbI3 by compressing the transition temperature between the photoactive α phase (cubic perovskite structure) and the photoinactive δ phase (orthorhombic structure). However, the incorporation of organic cations decreases the absorption coefficient of the CsPbI3 perovskite in the visible spectrum. The details of the improvement of the phase stability and the degradation of the optical properties arising from the organic dopants are revealed. Our results are valuable for developing stable and high performance hybrid perovskite photovoltaic materials.
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- Jiajia Zhang
- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, People's Republic of China.
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Gupta Y, Palakkandy A, V.Syrotyuk S, Kumar K, Arora S. A Novel Route for Fabrication of Stable CsPbI
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Perovskite Thin Film by Thermal Evaporation. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201900458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yashika Gupta
- Department of Electronic ScienceUniversity of Delhi-South Campus New Delhi 110021 INDIA
- Department of ElectronicsS.G.T.B. Khalsa CollegeUniversity of Delhi Delhi 110007 INDIA
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- Department of ElectronicsS.G.T.B. Khalsa CollegeUniversity of Delhi Delhi 110007 INDIA
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- Semiconductor Electronics DepartmentNational University, Lviv Polytechnic S.Bandera Str. 12 Lviv 79013 Ukraine
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- Department of PhysicsS.G.T.B. Khalsa CollegeUniversity of Delhi Delhi 110007 INDIA
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- Department of ElectronicsS.G.T.B. Khalsa CollegeUniversity of Delhi Delhi 110007 INDIA
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Choi YJ, Debbichi L, Lee DK, Park NG, Kim H, Kim D. Light Emission Enhancement by Tuning the Structural Phase of APbBr 3 (A = CH 3NH 3, Cs) Perovskites. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2135-2142. [PMID: 30978290 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite (APbX3) has recently emerged as a promising active layer in light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as well as an absorber for photovoltaic devices. For better LED properties, it is important to understand the fundamental mechanism of the optoelectronic behaviors, e.g., how the nanostructure of the APbX3 thin film correlates with its emitting properties. We investigated the effect of APbBr3 (A = CH3NH3, Cs) crystallite size on the photophysical properties regarding its crystallographic changes and spin-orbit coupling. Photoluminescence lifetime measurements, X-ray and electron diffraction analyses, and density functional theory calculations were performed. We demonstrate that the emitting properties of mesoscale APbBr3 crystallites are improved due to the formation of a pure cubic phase that leads to the spin- and momentum-allowed carrier recombination. Our findings provide fundamental insights into the emitting behavior of APbBr3, which suggests a control of its optoelectronic properties by means of modulating the crystal morphology and resultant electronic band structures.
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- Yung Ji Choi
- Department of Chemistry , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , Korea
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- Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Korea
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Dong X, Acheampong Tsiwah E, Li T, Hu J, Li Z, Ding Y, Deng Z, Chen W, Xu L, Gao P, Zhao X, Xie Y. Trivalent ion mediated abnormal growth of all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals and their divergent emission properties. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:7903-7912. [PMID: 30964500 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr01764j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this work, a new trivalent ion-mediated one-pot synthetic protocol is reported to create two well-defined optical absorbance and photoluminescence (PL) emissions in all-inorganic halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs). The foreign M3+ cations (M = Bi, Al, In), typically from BiBr3, BiFeO3, BiCl3, AlBr3 or InBr3, function as capping ligands for generating a growth-constrained thinner nanoplatelet (NPL) population displaying the quantum confinement effect. The formation mechanism of the growth-constrained NPLs is proposed based on density functional theory (DFT) on the different slab energy of the representative NPLs achieved in the presence of Bi3+ ions and the density of states (DOS) of the supposed bulk perovskites. Notably, the formation of two groups of NCs with different sizes allows for the generation of dual optical absorbance and PL emissions. The influence of the M : Pb molar ratios on the precursors is systematically elucidated, from which the relative intensity and position of each PL emission can be fine-tuned. By virtue of the representative NPLs with well-defined green and blue emissions, the M3+-assisted synthetic protocol provides a facile and cost-effective route for producing unique NCs and nanostructures for optoelectronic device applications.
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- Xunyi Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China.
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Pradhan B, Mushtaq A, Roy D, Sain S, Das B, Ghorai UK, Pal SK, Acharya S. Postsynthesis Spontaneous Coalescence of Mixed-Halide Perovskite Nanocubes into Phase-Stable Single-Crystalline Uniform Luminescent Nanowires. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1805-1812. [PMID: 30929427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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All inorganic mixed-halide perovskite, CsPb(Br xI1- x)3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1), nanocrystals possess tunable photoluminescence with high quantum yield in the visible window. However, the photoluminescence degrades rapidly with postsynthetic aging due to the spontaneous ion separation and phase instability. Here we show that the postsynthetic aging of CsPb(Br xI1- x)3 nanocubes spontaneously forms highly uniform single-crystalline nanowires with a diameter of 9 ± 0.5 nm and length of up to several micrometers. The nanowires show bright photoluminescence with an absolute photoluminescence quantum yield of 41%. Rietveld refinement identifies the stable orthorhombic phase of the nanowires, implying a phase transition from the cubic crystallographic phase of the nanocubes during the morphology evolution. Transient absorption spectroscopy reveals a faster excited-state decay dynamic with a large exciton delocalization length in 1D nanowires. Our findings elucidate the insights into the postsynthesis morphology evolution of mixed-halide perovskite nanocrystals leading to luminescent nanowires with excellent crystal phase stability for potential optoelectronic applications.
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- School of Basic Sciences and Advanced Material Research Center , Indian Institute of Technology Mandi , Kamand , Himachal Pradesh 175005 , India
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- Department of Industrial & Applied Chemistry, Swami Vivekananda Research Center , Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira , Belur Math, Howrah , West Bengal 711202 , India
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- School of Basic Sciences and Advanced Material Research Center , Indian Institute of Technology Mandi , Kamand , Himachal Pradesh 175005 , India
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Zhao Y, Li J, Dong Y, Song J. Synthesis of Colloidal Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots/Nanocrystals: Progresses and Advances. Isr J Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201900009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yongli Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyInstitute of Optoelectronics & NanomaterialsCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringNanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing 210094 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyInstitute of Optoelectronics & NanomaterialsCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringNanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing 210094 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyInstitute of Optoelectronics & NanomaterialsCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringNanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing 210094 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyInstitute of Optoelectronics & NanomaterialsCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringNanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing 210094 China
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Wu H, Lin S, Wang R, You X, Chi Y. Water-stable and ion exchange-free inorganic perovskite quantum dots encapsulated in solid paraffin and their application in light emitting diodes. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:5557-5563. [PMID: 30860523 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr09384a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) with high quantum efficiency and broad spectral tunability are promising luminescent materials and show potential applications in light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, PQDs degrade rapidly in atmosphere moisture due to their easy hydrolysis and undergo undesirable spectral changes associated with ion exchanges. Herein, we encapsulated blue, green and red fluorescence-emitting all-inorganic PQDs respectively with hydrophobic solid paraffin to obtain multi-color luminescent paraffin-PQD composites (P-PQDs). The P-PQD composites not only preserve the bright luminescence, but also greatly improve the water resistance of PQDs. Moreover, the anion exchange phenomenon is effectively inhibited for the isolation of PQD nanoparticles by a solid paraffin layer. Finally, blue, green and red luminescent P-PQD microparticles have been synthesized and show promising applications in LEDs.
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- Haishan Wu
- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, P. R. China.
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Shamsi J, Urban AS, Imran M, De Trizio L, Manna L. Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Post-Synthesis Modifications, and Their Optical Properties. Chem Rev 2019; 119:3296-3348. [PMID: 30758194 PMCID: PMC6418875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 579] [Impact Index Per Article: 115.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Metal halide perovskites represent a flourishing area of research, which is driven by both their potential application in photovoltaics and optoelectronics and by the fundamental science behind their unique optoelectronic properties. The emergence of new colloidal methods for the synthesis of halide perovskite nanocrystals, as well as the interesting characteristics of this new type of material, has attracted the attention of many researchers. This review aims to provide an up-to-date survey of this fast-moving field and will mainly focus on the different colloidal synthesis approaches that have been developed. We will examine the chemistry and the capability of different colloidal synthetic routes with regard to controlling the shape, size, and optical properties of the resulting nanocrystals. We will also provide an up-to-date overview of their postsynthesis transformations, and summarize the various solution processes that are aimed at fabricating halide perovskite-based nanocomposites. Furthermore, we will review the fundamental optical properties of halide perovskite nanocrystals by focusing on their linear optical properties, on the effects of quantum confinement, and on the current knowledge of their exciton binding energies. We will also discuss the emergence of nonlinear phenomena such as multiphoton absorption, biexcitons, and carrier multiplication. Finally, we will discuss open questions and possible future directions.
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- Javad Shamsi
- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanospectroscopy
Group, Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Amalienstaße 54, 80799 Munich, Germany
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università
degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience and Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600AA Delft, The Netherlands
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Samu GF, Scheidt RA, Balog Á, Janáky C, Kamat PV. Tuning the Excited-State Dynamics of CuI Films with Electrochemical Bias. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2019; 4:702-708. [PMID: 30882041 PMCID: PMC6413481 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Owing to its high hole conductivity and ease of preparation, CuI was among the first inorganic hole-transporting materials that were introduced early on in metal halide perovskite solar cells, but its full potential as a semiconductor material is still to be realized. We have now performed ultrafast spectroelectrochemical experiments on ITO/CuI electrodes to show the effect of applied bias on the excited-state dynamics in CuI. Under operating conditions, the recombination of excitons is dependent on the applied bias, and it can be accelerated by decreasing the potential from +0.6 to -0.1 V vs Ag/AgCl. Prebiasing experiments show the persistent and reversible "memory" effect of electrochemical bias on charge carrier lifetimes. The excitation of CuI in a CuI/CsPbBr3 film provides synergy between both CuI and CsPbBr3 in dictating the charge separation and recombination.
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- Gergely F. Samu
- Radiation
Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence
Centre, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
- ELI-ALPS
Research Institute, Dugonics
Square 13, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Radiation
Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence
Centre, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence
Centre, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
- ELI-ALPS
Research Institute, Dugonics
Square 13, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Radiation
Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Zhang H, Fu X, Tang Y, Wang H, Zhang C, Yu WW, Wang X, Zhang Y, Xiao M. Phase segregation due to ion migration in all-inorganic mixed-halide perovskite nanocrystals. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1088. [PMID: 30842434 PMCID: PMC6403211 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Semiconductor mixed-halide perovskites featured with a tunable energy bandgap are ideal candidates for light absorbers in tandem solar cells as well as fluorescent materials in light-emitting diodes and nanoscale lasers. These device advancements are currently hindered by the light-induced phase segregation effect, whereby ion migration would yield smaller-bandgap domains with red-shifted photoluminescence. Here we show that upon laser excitation all-inorganic mixed-halide nanocrystals unexpectedly exhibit a blue shift in the photoluminescence peak that can revert back in the dark, thus depicting the processes of ion migration out of and back to the originally excited nanocrystals. Interestingly, this reversible photoluminescence shift can also be induced by electrical biasing of mixed-halide nanocrystals without the injection of charge carriers. The above findings suggest that it is the local electric field that breaks the ionic bonds in mixed-halide nanocrystals, which could be a universal origin for light-induced phase segregation observed in other mixed-halide perovskite materials. Mixed-halide perovskites possess excellent semiconductor properties but suffer severely from notorious light-induced phase segregation effect. Here Zhang et al. employ simple photoluminescence measurements to link the effect to the local electric field induced ion migration process.
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- Huichao Zhang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.,College of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Xiasha Campus, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics and College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics and College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics and College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China. .,Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
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Qiao L, Sun X, Long R. Mixed Cs and FA Cations Slow Electron-Hole Recombination in FAPbI 3 Perovskites by Time-Domain Ab Initio Study: Lattice Contraction versus Octahedral Tilting. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:672-678. [PMID: 30681858 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Using time domain density functional theory combined with nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics, we show that electron-hole recombination takes subnanoseconds in FAPbI3, showing excellent agreement with experiment. Cs doping retards charge recombination by factors of 1.1 and 3.1 due to lattice contraction and octahedral tilting, respectively. Lattice contraction decreases the NA coupling and increases the coherence time arising from the suppressed atomic fluctuations, slightly slowing recombination because the two factors have an opposite influence on quantum transition. In contrast, octahedral tilting simultaneously decreases the NA coupling, thanks to the reduced overlap between Pb and I orbitals, and the coherence time, extending the excited-state lifetime over 1 ns. Our simulations provide a mechanistic understanding for delayed charge losses in the mixed Cs and FA system, suggesting a rational strategy to improve perovskite solar cell performance.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering , Yantai University , Yantai 264005 , People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , People's Republic of China
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Su M, Fan B, Li H, Wang K, Luo Z. Hydroxyl terminated mesoporous silica-assisted dispersion of ligand-free CsPbBr 3/Cs 4PbBr 6 nanocrystals in polymer for stable white LED. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:1335-1342. [PMID: 30604823 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr08778d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Composite nanocrystals of CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 have gained significant attention because of their high stability and unique photoelectronic property. However, their dispersion within polymers is rather difficult due to the absence of ligands, which limits further enhancement of stability and practical applications. Herein, a feasible, effective, and general method was developed to assist the dispersion of CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 nanocrystals in polymer by using -OH terminated mesoporous silica as a micro-container. The composite film obtained is employed as the light emitter for the fabrication of white LEDs. It was found that silica loaded with composite nanocrystals disperse uniformly in the composite film which shows excellent stability with a half-life of 400 hours under the illumination with optical power density of 1.7 × 103 mW cm-2 and peak wavelength of 457 nm. The inner pore of the micro-container attracts precursors and confines the crystallization, leading to the incorporation of CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 nanocrystals. Meanwhile, the hydrogen bonding of the outer surface with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) enables good dispersion of the loaded micro-containers in PMMA as evidenced by the optical microscopy characterization and water resistance test. Moreover, this strategy can also be applied to other kinds of polymers since the outside -OH group can react with siliane coupling agents. On the basis of stability tests associated with silica and polymer encapsulation, a possible mechanism is proposed for the enhancement of the stability of composite films under working condition.
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- Mei Su
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China.
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