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Tran TX, Jang YJ, Vu VT, Jung CW, Do VD, Jin Y, Lee J, Kim H, Kim JH. Augmented Extraction Efficiency of a Hot D Exciton in MoS 2 via Intervalley Scattering. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 39225119 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Prolonging hot carrier cooling, a crucial factor in optoelectronic applications, including hot carrier photovoltaics, presents a significant challenge. High-energy band-nesting excitons within parallel bands offer a promising and underexplored avenue for addressing this issue. Here, we exploit an exceptional D exciton cooling prolongation of 2 to 3 orders of magnitude compared to sub-picosecond in typical transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) owing to the complex Coulomb environment and the sequential and mismatch-valley relaxation. Simultaneously, the intervalley scattering upconversion of band-edge excitons with the slow D exciton formation in the metastable Γ valley/hill also reduces the cooling rate. We successfully extract D and C excitons as hot carriers through integrating with various thicknesses of TiOx, achieving the highest efficiency of 98% and 85% at a Ti thickness of 2 nm. Our findings highlight the potential of band-nesting excitons for extending hot carrier cooling time, paving the way for advancements in hot carrier-based optoelectronic devices.
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- Thanh-Xuan Tran
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- Center for Ultrafast Phase Transformation, Department of Physics, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 117574
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Ultrafast Phase Transformation, Department of Physics, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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Kambhampati P. Unraveling the excitonics of light emission from metal-halide perovskite quantum dots. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:15033-15058. [PMID: 39052235 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01481b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Metal halide semicondictor perovskites have been under intense investigation for their promise in light absorptive applications like photovoltaics. They have more recently experienced interest for their promise in light emissive applications. A key aspect of perovskites is their glassy, ionic lattice that exhibits dynamical disorder. One possible result of this dynamical disorder is their strong coupling between electronic and lattice degrees of freedom which may confer remarkable properties for light emission such as defect tolerance. How does the system, comprised of excitons, couple to the bath, comprised of lattice modes? How does this system-bath interaction give rise to novel light emissive properties and how do these properties give insight into the nature of these materials? We review recent work from this group in which time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy is used to reveal such insights. Based upon a fast time resolution of 3 ps, energy resolution, and temperature dependence, a wide variety of insights are gleaned. These insights include: lattice contributions to the emission linewidths, multiexciton formation, hot carrier cooling, excitonic fine structure, single dot superradiance, and a breakdown of the Condon approximation, all due to complex structural dynamics in these materials.
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Lim VY, Righetto M, Yan S, Patel JB, Siday T, Putland B, McCall KM, Sirtl MT, Kominko Y, Peng J, Lin Q, Bein T, Kovalenko M, Snaith HJ, Johnston MB, Herz LM. Contrasting Ultra-Low Frequency Raman and Infrared Modes in Emerging Metal Halides for Photovoltaics. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2024; 9:4127-4135. [PMID: 39144815 PMCID: PMC11320646 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 07/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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Lattice dynamics are critical to photovoltaic material performance, governing dynamic disorder, hot-carrier cooling, charge-carrier recombination, and transport. Soft metal-halide perovskites exhibit particularly intriguing dynamics, with Raman spectra exhibiting an unusually broad low-frequency response whose origin is still much debated. Here, we utilize ultra-low frequency Raman and infrared terahertz time-domain spectroscopies to provide a systematic examination of the vibrational response for a wide range of metal-halide semiconductors: FAPbI3, MAPbI x Br3-x , CsPbBr3, PbI2, Cs2AgBiBr6, Cu2AgBiI6, and AgI. We rule out extrinsic defects, octahedral tilting, cation lone pairs, and "liquid-like" Boson peaks as causes of the debated central Raman peak. Instead, we propose that the central Raman response results from an interplay of the significant broadening of Raman-active, low-energy phonon modes that are strongly amplified by a population component from Bose-Einstein statistics toward low frequency. These findings elucidate the complexities of light interactions with low-energy lattice vibrations in soft metal-halide semiconductors emerging for photovoltaic applications.
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- Vincent
J.-Y. Lim
- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), University of Munich (LMU), Butenandtstr. 11, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Key Lab of
Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education of
China, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of
Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education of
China, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), University of Munich (LMU), Butenandtstr. 11, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University
of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom
- Institute
for Advanced Study, Technical University
of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse
2a, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Kuan CH, Liao TS, Narra S, Tsai YW, Lin JM, Chen GR, Diau EWG. Co-Cation Engineering via Mixing of Acetamidinium and Rubidium in FASnI 3 for Tin Perovskite Solar Cells to Attain 14.5% Efficiency. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:7763-7769. [PMID: 39046929 PMCID: PMC11299185 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2024] [Revised: 07/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Tin perovskite solar cells (TPSCs) were developed by adding the co-cations acetamidinium (AC) and rubidium (Rb) in varied proportions based on the FASnI3 structure (E1). We found that adding 10% AC and 3% Rb can optimize the device (E1AC10Rb3) to attain an efficiency of power conversion of 14.5% with great shelf- and light-soaking stability. The films at varied AC and Rb proportions were characterized using XPS, SEM, AFM, GIWAXS, XRD, TOPAS, TOF-SIMS, UV-vis, PL, TCSPC, and femtosecond TAS techniques to show the excellent optoelectronic properties of the E1AC10Rb3 film in comparison to those of the other films. AC was found to have the effect of passivating the vacancy defects on the surface and near the bottom of the film, while Rb plays a pivotal role in passivating the bottom interface between perovskite and PEDOT:PSS. Therefore, the E1AC10Rb3 device with a band gap of 1.43 eV becomes a promising candidate as a narrow band gap device for tandem lead-free perovskite solar cell development.
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- Chun-Hsiao Kuan
- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
- Center
for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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Wang S, Wu T, Guo J, Zhao R, Hua Y, Zhao Y. Engineering the Hole Transport Layer with a Conductive Donor-Acceptor Covalent Organic Framework for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2024; 10:1383-1395. [PMID: 39071056 PMCID: PMC11273455 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Spiro-OMeTAD doped with lithium-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)-imide (Li-TFSI) and tertbutyl-pyridine (t-BP) is widely used as a hole transport layer (HTL) in n-i-p perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Spiro-OMeTAD based PSCs typically show poor stability owing to the agglomeration of Li-TFSI, the migration of lithium ions (Li+), and the existence of potential mobile defects originating from the perovskite layer. Thus, it is necessary to search for a strategy that suppresses the degradation of PSCs and overcomes the Shockley Queisser efficiency limit via harvesting excess energy from hot charge carrier. Herein, two covalent organic frameworks (COFs) including BPTA-TAPD-COF and a well-defined donor-acceptor COF (BPTA-TAPD-COF@TCNQ) were developed and incorporated into Spiro-OMeTAD HTL. BPTA-TAPD-COF and BPTA-TAPD-COF@TCNQ could act as multifunctional additives of Spiro-OMeTAD HTL, which improve the photovoltaic performance and stability of the PSC device by accelerating charge-carrier extraction, suppressing the Li+ migration and Li-TFSI agglomeration, and capturing mobile defects. Benefiting from the increased conductivity, the addition of BPTA-TAPD-COF@TCNQ in the device led to the highest power conversion efficiency of 24.68% with long-term stability in harsh conditions. This work provides an example of using COFs as additives of HTL to enable improvements of both efficiency and stability for PSCs.
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- Shihuai Wang
- Yunnan
Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of
Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, P. R. China
- School
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Yunnan
Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of
Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Yunnan
Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of
Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, P. R. China
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- Yunnan
Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of
Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Tian C, Sun A, Zhuang R, Zheng Y, Wu X, Ouyang B, Du J, Li Z, Wu X, Chen J, Cai J, Hua Y, Chen CC. Minimizing Interfacial Energy Loss and Volatilization of Formamidinium via Polymer-Assisted D-A supramolecular Self-Assembly Interface for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with 25.78% Efficiency. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2404797. [PMID: 39030758 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202404797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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2D perovskite passivation strategies effectively reduce defect-assisted carrier nonradiative recombination losses on the perovskite surface. Nonetheless, severe energy losses are causing by carrier thermalization, interfacial nonradiative recombination, and conduction band offset still persist at heterojunction perovskite/PCBM interfaces, which limits further performance enhancement of inverted heterojunction PSCs. Here, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (5FTPP) is introduced between 3D/2D perovskite heterojunction and PCBM. Compared to tetraphenylporphyrin without electron-withdrawing fluoro-substituents, 5FTPP can self-assemble with PCBM at interface into donor-acceptor (D-A) complex with stronger supramolecular interaction and lower energy transfer losses. This rapid energy transfer from donor (5FTPP) to acceptor (PCBM) within femtosecond scale is demonstrated to enlarge hot carrier extraction rates and ranges, reducing thermalization losses. Furthermore, the incorporation of polystyrene derivative (PD) reinforces D-A interaction by inhibiting self-π-π stacking of 5FTPP, while fine-tuning conduction band offset and suppressing interfacial nonradiative recombination via Schottky barrier, dipole, and n-doping. Notably, the multidentate anchoring of PD-5FTPP with FA+, Pb2+, and I- mitigates the adverse effects of FA+ volatilization during thermal stress. Ultimately, devices with PD-5FTPP achieve a power conversion efficiency of 25.78% (certified: 25.36%), maintaining over 90% of initial efficiency after 1000 h of continuous illumination at the maximum power point (65 °C) under ISOS-L-2 protocol.
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- Congcong Tian
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Fan K, Sergeeva KA, Sergeev AA, Zhang L, Chan CCS, Li Z, Zhong X, Kershaw SV, Liu J, Rogach AL, Wong KS. Slow Hot-Exciton Cooling and Enhanced Interparticle Excitonic Coupling in HgTe Quantum Dots. ACS NANO 2024; 18:18011-18021. [PMID: 38935537 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c05061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Rapid hot-carrier/exciton cooling constitutes a major loss channel for photovoltaic efficiency. How to decelerate the hot-carrier/exciton relaxation remains a crux for achieving high-performance photovoltaic devices. Here, we demonstrate slow hot-exciton cooling that can be extended to hundreds of picoseconds in colloidal HgTe quantum dots (QDs). The energy loss rate is 1 order of magnitude smaller than bulk inorganic semiconductors, mediated by phonon bottleneck and interband biexciton Auger recombination (BAR) effects, which are both augmented at reduced QD sizes. The two effects are competitive with the emergence of multiple exciton generation. Intriguingly, BAR dominates even under low excitation fluences with a decrease in interparticle distance. Both experimental evidence and numerical evidence reveal that such efficient BAR derives from the tunneling-mediated interparticle excitonic coupling induced by wave function overlap between neighboring HgTe QDs in films. Thus, our study unveils the potential for realizing efficient hot-carrier/exciton solar cells based on HgTe QDs. Fundamentally, we reveal that the delocalized nature of quantum-confined wave function intensifies BAR. The interparticle excitonic coupling may cast light on the development of next-generation photoelectronic materials, which can retain the size-tunable confinement of colloidal semiconductor QDs while simultaneously maintaining high mobilities and conductivities typical for bulk semiconductor materials.
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- Kezhou Fan
- Department of Physics and William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
- Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation and Control Processes, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Center for Quantum Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- TRACE EM Unit and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
- City University of Hong Kong Matter Science Research Institute (Futian, Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518048, P. R. China
- Nanomanufacturing Laboratory (NML), City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
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- TRACE EM Unit and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
- City University of Hong Kong Matter Science Research Institute (Futian, Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518048, P. R. China
- Nanomanufacturing Laboratory (NML), City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Quantum Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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Lv S, Bai H, Ren J, Zhang B, Lai Y, Yang J, Chang Z, Xie S, Deng Y, Ji Y. Maximizing electrical power through the synergistic utilization of solar and space energy sources. iScience 2024; 27:109952. [PMID: 38812537 PMCID: PMC11134926 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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The sun and outer space are two crucial renewable thermodynamic resources that work together to maintain the delicate energy balance of our planet. The challenge lies in harvesting both resources synergistically and converting them into high-quality electricity. Here, we introduce a photovoltaic thermoelectric radiative cooling (PV-TE-RC) system. This system uses the full spectrum of the sun and the atmospheric window to generate electricity and achieve high-quality collaborative utilization of solar energy and space energy. Outdoor experiments have demonstrated the system's capacity to operate efficiently around the clock. Notably, during the peak solar concentration, the thermoelectric generator (TEG) and the system achieved power outputs of 870 mW/m2 and 85.87 W/m2, respectively. We have further developed a three-dimensional transient coupled simulation model, which can accurately predict its operational limits. Therefore, this study provides practical insights and recommendations for large-scale and efficient collaborative power generation using these two thermodynamic resources.
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- Song Lv
- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
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Chen X, Kamat PV, Janáky C, Samu GF. Charge Transfer Kinetics in Halide Perovskites: On the Constraints of Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Measurements. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2024; 9:3187-3203. [PMID: 38911533 PMCID: PMC11190987 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
Abstract
Understanding photophysical processes in lead halide perovskites is an important aspect of optimizing the performance of optoelectronic devices. The determination of exact charge carrier extraction rate constants remains elusive, as there is a large and persistent discrepancy in the reported absolute values. In this review, we concentrate on experimental procedures adopted in the literature to obtain kinetic estimates of charge transfer processes and limitations imposed by the spectroscopy technique employed. Time-resolved techniques (e.g., transient absorption-reflection and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy) are commonly employed to probe charge transfer at perovskite/transport layer interfaces. The variation in sample preparation and measurement conditions can produce a wide dispersion of the measured kinetic parameters. The selected time window and the kinetic fitting model employed introduce additional uncertainty. We discuss here evaluation strategies that rely on multiexponential fitting protocols (regular or stretched) and show how the dispersion in the reported values for carrier transfer rate constants can be resolved.
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- Xiangtian Chen
- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence
Centre, University of Szeged, Aradi Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- 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, Aradi Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
- ELI-ALPS,
ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Wolfgang Sandner street 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS,
ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Wolfgang Sandner street 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary
- Department
of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University
of Szeged, Dóm
Square 7-8. Szeged H-6721, Hungary
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Cao R, Sun K, Liu C, Mao Y, Guo W, Ouyang P, Meng Y, Tian R, Xie L, Lü X, Ge Z. Structurally Flexible 2D Spacer for Suppressing the Electron-Phonon Coupling Induced Non-Radiative Decay in Perovskite Solar Cells. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:178. [PMID: 38656466 PMCID: PMC11043286 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01401-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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This study presents experimental evidence of the dependence of non-radiative recombination processes on the electron-phonon coupling of perovskite in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Via A-site cation engineering, a weaker electron-phonon coupling in perovskite has been achieved by introducing the structurally soft cyclohexane methylamine (CMA+) cation, which could serve as a damper to alleviate the mechanical stress caused by lattice oscillations, compared to the rigid phenethyl methylamine (PEA+) analog. It demonstrates a significantly lower non-radiative recombination rate, even though the two types of bulky cations have similar chemical passivation effects on perovskite, which might be explained by the suppressed carrier capture process and improved lattice geometry relaxation. The resulting PSCs achieve an exceptional power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.5% with a record-high open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 1.20 V for narrow bandgap perovskite (FAPbI3). The established correlations between electron-phonon coupling and non-radiative decay provide design and screening criteria for more effective passivators for highly efficient PSCs approaching the Shockley-Queisser limit.
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- Ruikun Cao
- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China.
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China.
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
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Wang Z, Zheng Z, Zheng Q, Zhao J. Real-Time Ab Initio Investigation on Hot Electron Relaxation Dynamics in Silicon. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:3907-3913. [PMID: 38564372 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The relaxation of hot electrons in semiconductors is pivotal for both energy harvesting processes and optoelectronics. Utilizing a self-developed non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulation approach in the momentum space (NAMD_k), we have examined the dynamics of hot electrons in silicon. Whether excited from the Γ or L point, the relaxation dynamics exhibit two distinct stages. Initially, within 100 fs, electrons scatter with phonons throughout the Brillouin zone. Subsequently, over a few picoseconds, they further relax toward the conduction band minimum as a whole. This picture of hot electron relaxation is highly consistent with the quasi-equilibrium hot electron ensemble (HEE) concept. Throughout the hot electron relaxation process, energy transfer to phonons is efficient, leading to time-dependent phonon excitation, which is thoroughly analyzed. This investigation provides a novel perspective on hot electron relaxation in silicon, which holds substantive implications for the realm of photovoltaic and optoelectronic device applications.
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- Zhenyu Wang
- Department of Physics and ICQD/Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and ICQD/Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and ICQD/Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and ICQD/Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Li Z, Sun A, Zheng Y, Zhuang R, Wu X, Tian C, Tang C, Liu Y, Ouyang B, Du J, Li Z, Cai J, Wu X, Chen J, Hua Y, Chen CC. Efficient Charge Transport in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells via 2D/3D Ferroelectric Heterojunction. SMALL METHODS 2024:e2400425. [PMID: 38593370 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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While the 2D/3D heterojunction is an effective method to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), carriers are often confined in the quantum wells (QWs) due to the unique structure of 2D perovskite, which makes the charge transport along the out-of-plane direction difficult. Here, a 2D/3D ferroelectric heterojunction formed by 4,4-difluoropiperidine hydrochloride (2FPD) in inverted PSCs is reported. The enriched 2D perovskite (2FPD)2PbI4 layer with n = 1 on the perovskite surface exhibits ferroelectric response and has oriented dipoles along the out-of-plane direction. The ferroelectricity of the oriented dipole layer facilitates the enhancement of the built-in electric field (1.06 V) and the delay of the cooling process of hot carriers, reflected in the high carrier temperature (above 1400 K) and the prolonged photobleach recovery time (139.85 fs, measured at bandgap), improving the out-of-plane conductivity. In addition, the alignment of energy levels is optimized and exciton binding energy (32.8 meV) is reduced by changing the dielectric environment of the surface. Finally, the 2FPD-treated PSCs achieve a PCE of 24.82% (certified: 24.38%) with the synergistic effect of ferroelectricity and defect passivation, while maintaining over 90% of their initial efficiency after 1000 h of maximum power point tracking.
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- Zihao Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 20024, P. R. China
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Huang X, Qin Y, Guo T, Liu J, Hu Z, Shang J, Li H, Deng G, Wu S, Chen Y, Lin T, Shen H, Ge J, Meng X, Wang X, Chu J, Wang J. Long-Range Hot-Carrier Transport in Topologically Connected HgTe Quantum Dots. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2307396. [PMID: 38225755 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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The utilization of hot carriers as a means to surpass the Shockley-Queasier limit represents a promising strategy for advancing highly efficient photovoltaic devices. Quantum dots, owing to their discrete energy states and limited multi-phonon cooling process, are regarded as one of the most promising materials. However, in practical implementations, the presence of numerous defects and discontinuities in colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films significantly curtails the transport distance of hot carriers. In this study, the harnessing of excess energies from hot-carriers is successfully demonstrated and a world-record carrier diffusion length of 15 µm is observed for the first time in colloidal systems, surpassing existing hot-carrier materials by more than tenfold. The observed phenomenon is attributed to the specifically designed honeycomb-like topological structures in a HgTe CQD superlattice, with its long-range periodicity confirmed by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy(HR-TEM), Selected Area Electron Diffraction(SAED) patterns, and low-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD). In such a superlattice, nonlocal hot carrier transport is supported by three unique physical properties: the wavelength-independent responsivity, linear output characteristics and microsecond fast photoresponse. These findings underscore the potential of HgTe CQD superlattices as a feasible approach for efficient hot carrier collection, thereby paving the way for practical applications in highly sensitive photodetection and solar energy harvesting.
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- Xinning Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 330106, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China
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- Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- Frontier Institute of Chip and System, Institute of Optoelectronics, Shanghai, Frontier Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- Frontier Institute of Chip and System, Institute of Optoelectronics, Shanghai, Frontier Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai, 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 330106, China
- Frontier Institute of Chip and System, Institute of Optoelectronics, Shanghai, Frontier Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Niu G, Jiang J, Wang X, Che L, Sui L, Wu G, Yuan K, Yang X. Time-Resolved Dynamics of Metal Halide Perovskite under High Pressure: Recent Progress and Challenges. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:1623-1635. [PMID: 38306470 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Metal halide perovskites have garnered significant attention in the scientific community for their promising applications in optoelectronic devices. The application of pressure engineering, a viable technique, has played a crucial role in substantially improving the optoelectronic characteristics of perovskites. Despite notable progress in understanding ground-state structural changes under high pressure, a comprehensive exploration of excited-state dynamics influencing luminescence remains incomplete. This Perspective delves into recent advances in time-resolved dynamics studies of photoexcited metal halide perovskites under high pressure. With a focus on the intricate interplay between structural alterations and electronic properties, we investigate electron-phonon interactions, carrier transport mechanisms, and the influential roles of self-trapped excitons (STEs) and coherent phonons in luminescence. However, significant challenges persist, notably the need for more advanced measurement techniques and a deeper understanding of the phenomena induced by high pressure in perovskites.
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- Guangming Niu
- Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics School of Science, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
- Department of Chemistry College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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Tiede D, Romero-Pérez C, Koch KA, Ucer KB, Calvo ME, Srimath Kandada AR, Galisteo-López JF, Míguez H. Effect of Connectivity on the Carrier Transport and Recombination Dynamics of Perovskite Quantum-Dot Networks. ACS NANO 2024; 18:2325-2334. [PMID: 38206821 PMCID: PMC10811662 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Quantum-dot (QD) solids are being widely exploited as a solution-processable technology to develop photovoltaic, light-emission, and photodetection devices. Charge transport in these materials is the result of a compromise between confinement at the individual QD level and electronic coupling among the different nanocrystals in the ensemble. While this is commonly achieved by ligand engineering in colloidal-based systems, ligand-free QD assemblies have recently emerged as an exciting alternative where nanostructures can be directly grown into porous matrices with optical quality as well as control over their connectivity and, hence, charge transport properties. In this context, we present a complete photophysical study comprising fluence- and temperature-dependent time-resolved spectroscopy to study carrier dynamics in ligand-free QD networks with gradually varying degrees of interconnectivity, which we achieve by changing the average distance between the QDs. Analysis of the photoluminescence and absorption properties of the QD assemblies, involving both static and time-resolved measurements, allows us to identify the weight of the different recombination mechanisms, both radiative and nonradiative, as a function of QD connectivity. We propose a picture where carrier diffusion, which is needed for any optoelectronic application and implies interparticle transport, gives rise to the exposure of carriers to a larger defect landscape than in the case of isolated QDs. The use of a broad range of fluences permits extracting valuable information for applications demanding either low- or high-carrier-injection levels and highlighting the relevance of a judicious design to balance recombination and diffusion.
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- David
O. Tiede
- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Department
of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Department
of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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Fang J, Li P, Zhang L, Li X, Zhang J, Qin C, Debnath T, Huang W, Chen R. Stimulating Phonon Bottleneck Effect in Organic Semiconductors by Charge-Transfer-Mediated J-Aggregation. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:961-969. [PMID: 38157246 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Hot carriers rapidly lose kinetic energies on a subpicosecond time scale, posing significant limitations on semiconductors' photon-conversion efficiencies. To slow the hot carrier cooling, the phonon bottleneck effect is constructed prevalently in quantum-confined structures with discrete energy levels. However, the maximum energy separation (ΔEES) between the energy levels is in a range of several hundred meV, leading to unsatisfactory cooling time. To address this, we design a novel organic semiconductor capable of forming intermolecular charge transfer (CT) in J-aggregates, where the lowest singlet excited state (S1) splits into two states due to the significant interplay between the Coulomb interaction and intermolecular CT coupling. The ΔEES between the two states can be adjusted up to 1.02 eV, and an extremely slow carrier cooling process of ∼72.3 ps was observed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Moreover, the phonon bottleneck effect was identified in organic materials for the first time, and CT-mediated J-aggregation with short-range interactions was found to be the key to achieving large ΔEES. The significantly prolonged carrier cooling time, compared to <100 fs in the isolated molecule (10-6 M), highlights the potential of organic molecules with diversified aggregation structures in achieving long-lived hot carriers. These findings provide valuable insights into the intrinsic photophysics of electron-phonon scattering in organic semiconductors.
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- Jiawen Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Spectrum Measures and Applications, School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Spectrum Measures and Applications, School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Lim JWM, Guo Y, Feng M, Cai R, Sum TC. Making and Breaking of Exciton Cooling Bottlenecks in Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:437-449. [PMID: 38158611 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Harnessing quantum confinement (QC) effects in semiconductors to retard hot carrier cooling (HCC) is an attractive approach for enabling efficient hot carrier extraction to overcome the Shockley-Queisser limit. However, there is a debate about whether halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) can effectively exploit these effects. To address this, we utilized pump-probe and multipulse pump-push-probe spectroscopy to investigate HCC behavior in PNCs of varying sizes and cation compositions. Our results validate the presence of an intrinsic phonon bottleneck with clear manifestations of QC effects in small CsPbBr3 PNCs exhibiting slower HCC rates compared to those of larger PNCs. However, the replacement of inorganic Cs+ with organic cations suppresses this intrinsic bottleneck. Furthermore, PNCs exhibit distinct size-dependent HCC behavior in response to changes in the cold carrier densities. We attribute this to the enhanced exciton-exciton interactions in strongly confined PNCs that facilitate Auger heating. Importantly, our findings dispel the existing controversy and provide valuable insights into design principles for engineering QC effects in PNC hot carrier applications.
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- Jia Wei Melvin Lim
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Strandell DP, Zenatti D, Nagpal P, Ghosh A, Dirin DN, Kovalenko MV, Kambhampati P. Hot Excitons Cool in Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals as Fast as CdSe Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2024; 18:1054-1062. [PMID: 38109401 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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The idea of phonon bottlenecks has long been pursued in nanoscale materials for their application in hot exciton devices, such as photovoltaics. Decades ago, it was shown that there is no quantum phonon bottleneck in strongly confined quantum dots due to their physics of quantum confinement. More recently, it was proposed that there are hot phonon bottlenecks in metal halide perovskites due to their physics. Recent work has called into question these bottlenecks in metal halide perovskites. Here, we compare hot exciton cooling in a range of sizes of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals from weakly to strongly confined. These results are compared to strongly confined CdSe quantum dots of two sizes and degrees of quantum confinement. CdSe is a model system as a ruler for measuring hot exciton cooling being fast, by virtue of its efficient Auger-assisted processes. By virtue of 3 ps time resolution, the hot exciton photoluminescence can now be directly observed, which is the most direct measure of the presence of hot excitons and their lifetimes. The hot exciton photoluminescence decays on nearly the same 2 ps time scale on both the weakly confined perovskite and the larger CdSe quantum dots, much faster than the 10 ps cooling predicted by transient absorption experiments. The smaller CdSe quantum dot has still faster cooling, as expected from quantum size effects. The quantum dots of perovskites show extremely fast hot exciton cooling, decaying faster than detection limits of <1 ps, even faster than the CdSe system, suggesting the efficiency of Auger processes in these metal halide perovskite nanocrystals and especially in their quantum dot form. These results across a range of sizes of nanocrystals reveal extremely fast hot exciton cooling at high exciton density, independent of composition, but dependent upon size. Hence these metal halide perovskite nanocrystals seem to cool heavily following quantum dot physics.
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
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Zhao Y, Wang P, Wu T, Zhao R, Xie L, Hua Y. Additive effect on hot carrier cooling in a hybrid perovskite. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 60:67-70. [PMID: 38018425 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04001a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Slowing hot carrier (HC) cooling in lead halide perovskites is important to further improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, we found that HC cooling can be efficiently prolonged by incorporating an organic small molecule (TDGA) into the perovskite film as an additive through transient absorption spectroscopy measurements, which is conducive to the extraction of the HC energies by the carrier transport layers and reduces charge carrier recombination, consequently improving the efficiency of the TDGA-doped device.
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- Yuanju Zhao
- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
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- Department of Physics, Center for Optoelectronics Engineering Research, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
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Shi H, Zhang X, Li R, Zhang X. A Strategy for Tuning Electron-Phonon Coupling and Carrier Cooling in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:3134. [PMID: 38133031 PMCID: PMC10745929 DOI: 10.3390/nano13243134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Perovskites have been recognized as a class of promising materials for optoelectronic devices. We intentionally include excessive Cs+ cations in precursors in the synthesis of perovskite CsPbBr3 nanocrystals and investigate how the Cs+ cations influence the lattice strain in these perovskite nanocrystals. Upon light illumination, the lattice strain due to the addition of alkali metal Cs+ cations can be compensated by light-induced lattice expansion. When the Cs+ cation in precursors is about 10% excessive, the electron-phonon coupling strength can be reduced by about 70%, and the carrier cooling can be slowed down about 3.5 times in lead halide perovskite CsPbBr3 nanocrystals. This work reveals a new understanding of the role of Cs+ cations, which take the A-site in ABX3 perovskite and provide a new way to improve the performance of perovskites and their practical devices further.
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- Huafeng Shi
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Center of Attosecond Science, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory (SLAB), Dongguan 523808, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, School of Physics and Opto–Electronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Li H, Zhang J, Zhang Q. Manipulation of hot-carrier cooling dynamics in CsPbBr3 quantum dots via site-selective ligand engineering. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:214707. [PMID: 38047513 DOI: 10.1063/5.0175915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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Prolonging the lifetime of photoinduced hot carriers in lead-halide perovskite quantum dots (QDs) is highly desirable because it can help improve the photovoltaic conversion efficiency. Ligand engineering has recently become a promising strategy to achieve this; nevertheless, mechanistic studies in this field remain limited. Herein, we propose a new scenario of ligand engineering featuring Pb2+/Br- site-selective capping on the surface of CsPbBr3 QDs. Through joint observations of temperature-dependent photoluminescence, ultrafast transient absorption, and Raman spectroscopy of the two contrasting model systems of CsPbBr3 QDs (i.e., capping with organic ligand only vs hybrid organic/inorganic ligands), we reveal that the phononic regulation of Pb-Br stretching at the Br-site (relative to Pb-site) leads to a larger suppression of charge-phonon coupling due to a stronger polaronic screening effect, thereby more effectively retarding the hot-carrier cooling process. This work opens a new route for the manipulation of hot-carrier cooling dynamics in perovskite systems via site-selective ligand engineering.
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- Hui Li
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230088, China
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Ravali V, Ghosh T. Charge carrier dynamics and transient spectral evolutions in lead halide perovskites. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:13939-13950. [PMID: 37934456 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04297a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have emerged as promising materials for solar cell applications due to their unique photophysical properties. Most of the crucial properties related to solar cell performance such as carrier mobility, diffusion length, recombination rates, etc. have been estimated using ultrafast spectroscopic methods. While various methods have been developed to prepare and fabricate high-quality perovskite films for photovoltaic applications, understanding the charge carrier dynamics is also crucial at each stage of the charge generation, cooling, and recombination processes. Using femtosecond (fs) transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy, various stages of charge carrier dynamics in perovskite materials could be monitored. In this article, we focus on some of the recent experimental developments related to charge carrier dynamics in perovskites and discuss the current understanding of (1) exciton dissociation, (2) charge carrier thermalization, (3) hot carrier cooling, and (4) electron-phonon coupling along with some of the crucial spectral emergence in the pump-probe experiments of LHP materials.
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- Vanga Ravali
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, 522237, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, 522237, India.
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Mondal N, Carwithen BP, Bakulin AA. Alloying metal cations in perovskite nanocrystals is a new route to controlling hot carrier cooling. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:276. [PMID: 37985751 PMCID: PMC10662473 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01316-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Hot carrier cooling is slowed down upon alloying tin in lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals through the engineering of carrier-phonon and carrier-defect interactions.
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- Navendu Mondal
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK.
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Brosseau P, Ghosh A, Seiler H, Strandell D, Kambhampati P. Exciton-polaron interactions in metal halide perovskite nanocrystals revealed via two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:184711. [PMID: 37962451 DOI: 10.1063/5.0173369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Metal halide perovskite nanocrystals have been under intense investigation for their promise in optoelectronic devices due to their remarkable physics, such as liquid/solid duality. This liquid/solid duality may give rise to their defect tolerance and other such useful properties. This duality means that the electronic states are fluctuating in time, on a distribution of timescales from femtoseconds to picoseconds. Hence, these lattice induced energy fluctuations that are connected to polaron formation are also connected to exciton formation and dynamics. We observe these correlations and dynamics in metal halide perovskite nanocrystals of CsPbI3 and CsPbBr3 using two-dimensional electronic (2DE) spectroscopy, with its unique ability to resolve dynamics in heterogeneously broadened systems. The 2DE spectra immediately reveal a previously unobserved excitonic splitting in these 15 nm NCs that may have a coarse excitonic structure. 2D lineshape dynamics reveal a glassy response on the 300 fs timescale due to polaron formation. The lighter Br system shows larger amplitude and faster timescale fluctuations that give rise to dynamic line broadening. The 2DE signals enable 1D transient absorption analysis of exciton cooling dynamics. Exciton cooling within this doublet is shown to take place on a slower timescale than within the excitonic continuum. The energy dissipation rates are the same for the I and Br systems for incoherent exciton cooling but are very different for the coherent dynamics that give rise to line broadening. Exciton cooling is shown to take place on the same timescale as polaron formation, revealing both as coupled many-body excitation.
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- Patrick Brosseau
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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Wang Y, Ye S, Lim JWM, Giovanni D, Feng M, Fu J, Krishnamoorthy HNS, Zhang Q, Xu Q, Cai R, Sum TC. Carrier multiplication in perovskite solar cells with internal quantum efficiency exceeding 100. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6293. [PMID: 37813878 PMCID: PMC10562407 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41758-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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Carrier multiplication (CM) holds great promise to break the Shockley-Queisser limit of single junction photovoltaic cells. Despite compelling spectroscopic evidence of strong CM effects in halide perovskites, studies in actual perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are lacking. Herein, we reconcile this knowledge gap using the testbed Cs0.05FA0.5MA0.45Pb0.5Sn0.5I3 system exhibiting efficient CM with a low threshold of 2Eg (~500 nm) and high efficiency of 99.4 ± 0.4%. Robust CM enables an unbiased internal quantum efficiency exceeding 110% and reaching as high as 160% in the best devices. Importantly, our findings inject fresh insights into the complex interplay of various factors (optical and parasitic absorption losses, charge recombination and extraction losses, etc.) undermining CM contributions to the overall performance. Surprisingly, CM effects may already exist in mixed Pb-Sn PSCs but are repressed by its present architecture. A comprehensive redesign of the existing device configuration is needed to leverage CM effects for next-generation PSCs.
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- Yue Wang
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, TPI, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanapally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.
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Feng M, Ye S, Lim JWM, Guo Y, Cai R, Zhang Q, He H, Sum TC. Insights to Carrier-Phonon Interactions in Lead Halide Perovskites via Multi-Pulse Manipulation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301831. [PMID: 37279774 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A fundamental understanding of the hot-carrier dynamics in halide perovskites is crucial for unlocking their prospects for next generation photovoltaics. Presently, a coherent picture of the hot carrier cooling process remains patchy due to temporally overlapping contributions from many-body interactions, multi-bands, band gap renormalization, Burstein-Moss shift etc. Pump-push-probe (PPP) spectroscopy recently emerges as a powerful tool complementing the ubiquitous pump-probe (PP) spectroscopy in the study of hot-carrier dynamics. However, limited information from PPP on the initial excitation density and carrier temperature curtails its full potential. Herein, this work bridges this gap in PPP with a unified model that retrieves these essential hot carrier metrics like initial carrier density and carrier temperature under the push conditions, thus permitting direct comparison with traditional PP spectroscopy. These results are well-fitted by the phonon bottleneck model, from which the longitudinal optical phonon scattering time τLO , for MAPbBr3 and MAPbI3 halide perovskite thin film samples are determined to be 240 ± 10 and 370 ± 10 fs, respectively.
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- Minjun Feng
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
- Energy Research Institute @NTU (ERI@N), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, S2-B3a-01, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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Yang W, Jo SH, Tang Y, Park J, Ji SG, Cho SH, Hong Y, Kim DH, Park J, Yoon E, Zhou H, Woo SJ, Kim H, Yun HJ, Lee YS, Kim JY, Hu B, Lee TW. Overcoming Charge Confinement in Perovskite Nanocrystal Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2304533. [PMID: 37390092 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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The small nanoparticle size and long-chain ligands in colloidal metal halide perovskite quantum dots (PeQDs) cause charge confinement, which impedes exciton dissociation and carrier extraction in PeQD solar cells, so they have low short-circuit current density Jsc , which impedes further increases in their power conversion efficiency (PCE). Here, a re-assembling process (RP) is developed for perovskite nanocrystalline (PeNC) films made of colloidal perovskite nanocrystals to increase Jsc in PeNC solar cells. The RP of PeNC films increases their crystallite size and eliminates long-chain ligands, and thereby overcomes the charge confinement in PeNC films. These changes facilitate exciton dissociation and increase carrier extraction in PeNC solar cells. By use of this method, the gradient-bandgap PeNC solar cells achieve a Jsc = 19.30 mA cm-2 without compromising the photovoltage, and yield a high PCE of 16.46% with negligible hysteresis and good stability. This work provides a new strategy to process PeNC films and pave the way for high performance PeNC optoelectronic devices.
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- Wenqiang Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1001-1099 Estabrook Rd, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nano Research Group, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 169-148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nano Research Group, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 169-148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1001-1099 Estabrook Rd, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- SN Display Co. Ltd., 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Engineering Research, Soft Foundry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Tao S, Kan L, Li Y, Zhang X, Xie Y, Tang J, Zhu X, Yu H, Li J, Wang K. Impact of Bychkov-Rashba Spin Splitting on Dual Emissions for Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7751-7758. [PMID: 37610071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Bychkov-Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is decisive for photoinduced photoluminescence (PL) in terms of double emissions. It turns out to be remarkable for one-dimensional lead halide perovskite nanowires (PeNWs). This is primarily due to large surface to volume ratios and structural symmetry breaking fields in the reduced dimension. Systematic studies of the effect of Rashba SOC on PL and its discrimination with the self-trapped exciton in wide temperature and illumination intensity ranges are considerably important and, heretofore, have not been performed. Here, highly crystalline methylammonium lead triiodine (MAPbI3) PeNWs are demonstrated to be able to produce remarkable dual emissions at low temperatures. With extensive analyses by a photoelectrical device-based spin-photogalvanic effect and magnetophotoluminescence, the Rashba effect is proven to be the only factor that governs the dual emissions. We believe a complete understanding of the PL character of PeNWs is beneficial for the development of novel perovskite nanophotonic devices.
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- Sheng Tao
- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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Hu XL, Li F, Xu SH, Liu WJ. Design of a binary metal micron grating and its application in near-infrared hot-electron photodetectors. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:4033-4036. [PMID: 37527111 DOI: 10.1364/ol.497058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Metal plasmonic nano-gratings possess a high absorption ability and exhibit potential applications in sensing, hot-electron photodetection, metasurfaces, etc. However, the fabrication techniques of high-quality nano-gratings are challenging. In this article, a binary metal micron grating for near-infrared hot-electron photodetectors (HEPDs) is designed in which the surface plasmons are excited by high-diffraction-order modes. The high-diffraction-order micron grating can be fabricated by conventional lithography and has a significantly higher tolerance in the grating parameters than a nano-grating. The range of absorption greater than 70% is ∼3 times that of a nano-grating. Moreover, an interesting relationship between the resonant wavelength and the grating duty cycle is found. When the high-diffraction-order micron grating is applied in metal-insulator-metal HEPDs, a high zero-biased responsivity of 0.533 mA/W is achieved.
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Marjit K, Ghosh G, Ghosh S, Ghosh D, Medda A, Patra A. Electron Transfer Dynamics from CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals to Au 144 Clusters. ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU 2023; 3:348-357. [PMID: 37520319 PMCID: PMC10375896 DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.2c00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals have received significant attention as an absorber material for designing efficient optoelectronic devices. The fundamental understanding of the hot carrier (HC) dynamics as well as its extraction in hybrid systems is essential to further boost the performance of solar cells. Herein, we have explored the electron transfer dynamics in the CsPbBr3-Au144 cluster hybrid using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. Our analysis reveals faster HC cooling time (from 515 to 334 fs) and a significant drop in HC temperature from 1055 to 860 K in hybrid, suggesting the hot electron transfer from CsPbBr3 nanocrystals to the Au nanoclusters (NCs). Eventually, we observe a much faster hot electron transfer compared to the band-edge electron transfer, and 45% hot-electron transfer efficiency was achieved at 0.64 eV, above band-edge photoexcitation. Furthermore, the significant enhancement of the photocurrent to the dark current ratio in this hybrid system confirms the charge separation via the electron transfer from CsPbBr3 nanocrystals to Au144 NCs. These findings on HC dynamics could be beneficial for optoelectronic devices.
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- Kritiman Marjit
- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
- Institute
of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali 140306, India
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Pokryshkin NS, Mantsevich VN, Timoshenko VY. Anti-Stokes Photoluminescence in Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: From Understanding the Mechanism towards Application in Fully Solid-State Optical Cooling. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1833. [PMID: 37368263 DOI: 10.3390/nano13121833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Anti-Stokes photoluminescence (ASPL) is an up-conversion phonon-assisted process of radiative recombination of photoexcited charge carriers when the ASPL photon energy is above the excitation one. This process can be very efficient in nanocrystals (NCs) of metalorganic and inorganic semiconductors with perovskite (Pe) crystal structure. In this review, we present an analysis of the basic mechanisms of ASPL and discuss its efficiency depending on the size distribution and surface passivation of Pe-NCs as well as the optical excitation energy and temperature. When the ASPL process is sufficiently efficient, it can result in an escape of most of the optical excitation together with the phonon energy from the Pe-NCs. It can be used in optical fully solid-state cooling or optical refrigeration.
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- Nikolay S Pokryshkin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Phys-Bio Institute, University "MEPhI", 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Fu J, Ramesh S, Melvin Lim JW, Sum TC. Carriers, Quasi-particles, and Collective Excitations in Halide Perovskites. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37276018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Halide perovskites (HPs) are potential game-changing materials for a broad spectrum of optoelectronic applications ranging from photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, lasers to radiation detectors, ferroelectrics, thermoelectrics, etc. Underpinning this spectacular expansion is their fascinating photophysics involving a complex interplay of carrier, lattice, and quasi-particle interactions spanning several temporal orders that give rise to their remarkable optical and electronic properties. Herein, we critically examine and distill their dynamical behavior, collective interactions, and underlying mechanisms in conjunction with the experimental approaches. This review aims to provide a unified photophysical picture fundamental to understanding the outstanding light-harvesting and light-emitting properties of HPs. The hotbed of carrier and quasi-particle interactions uncovered in HPs underscores the critical role of ultrafast spectroscopy and fundamental photophysics studies in advancing perovskite optoelectronics.
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- Jianhui Fu
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
- Energy Research Institute @NTU (ERI@N), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
- Energy Research Institute @NTU (ERI@N), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Qiu H, Li F, He S, Shi R, Han Y, Abudukeremu H, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Wang S, Liu W, Ma C, Fang H, Long R, Wu K, Zhang H, Li J. Epitaxial CsPbBr 3 /CdS Janus Nanocrystal Heterostructures for Efficient Charge Separation. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2206560. [PMID: 36840658 PMCID: PMC10161108 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202206560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Epitaxial heterostructures of colloidal lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with other semiconductors, especially the technologically important metal chalcogenides, can offer an unprecedented level of control in wavefunction design and exciton/charge carrier engineering. These NC heterostructures are ideal material platforms for efficient optoelectronics and other applications. Existing methods, however, can only yield heterostructures with random connections and distributions of the two components. The lack of epitaxial relation and uniform geometry hinders the structure-function correlation and impedes the electronic coupling at the heterointerface. This work reports the synthesis of uniform, epitaxially grown CsPbBr3 /CdS Janus NC heterostructures with ultrafast charge separation across the electronically coupled interface. Each Janus NC contains a CdS domain that grows exclusively on a single {220} facet of CsPbBr3 NCs. Varying reaction parameters allows for precise control in the sizes of each domain and readily modulates the optical properties of Janus NCs. Transient absorption measurements and modeling results reveal a type II band alignment, where photoexcited electrons rapidly transfer (within ≈9 picoseconds) from CsPbBr3 to CdS. The promoted charge separation and extraction in epitaxial Janus NCs leads to photoconductors with drastically improved (approximately three orders of magnitude) responsivity and detectivity, which is promising for ultrasensitive photodetection.
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- Hengwei Qiu
- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department of Precision Instrument, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology & Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Precision Instrument, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology & Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Das A, Acharjee D, Panda MK, Mahato AB, Ghosh S. Dodecahedron CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals Enable Facile Harvesting of Hot Electrons and Holes. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:3953-3960. [PMID: 37078668 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This Letter reports the facile harvesting of hot carriers (HCs) in a composite of 12-faceted dodecahedron CsPbBr3 nanocrystal (NC) and a scavenger molecule. We recorded ∼3.3 × 1011 s-1 HC cooling rate in NC when excited with ∼1.4 times the band gap energy (Eg), increasing to >3 × 1012 s-1 in the presence of scavengers at high concentration due to the HC extractions. Since the observed intrinsic charge transfer rate (∼1.7 × 1012 s-1) in our NC-scavenger complex is about an order of magnitude higher than the HC cooling rate (∼3.3 × 1011 s-1), carriers are harvested before their cooling. Further, a fluorescence correlation spectroscopy study reveals NC tends to form a quasi-stable complex with a scavenger molecule, ensuring charge transfer completed (τct ≈ 0.6 ps) much before the complex breaks apart (>600 μs). The overall results of our study highlight the promise shown by 12-faceted NCs and their implications in modern applications, including hot carrier solar cells.
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- Ayendrila Das
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Khurda 752050, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Khurda 752050, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Khurda 752050, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Khurda 752050, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Khurda 752050, Odisha, India
- Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences (CIS), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Khurda 752050, Odisha, India
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Lou X, Yao L, Zhang J, Sui N, Wu M, Zhang W, Kang Z, Chi X, Zhou Q, Zhang H, Wang Y. Competition of Carrier Kinetics Contributes to Amplified Spontaneous Emission in Quasi-2D/3D (PBA) 2MA n-1Pb nBr 3n+1 Thin Films under Strip Light Mode. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:4050-4057. [PMID: 37093818 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Quasi-2D halide perovskites have potential in lasing due to their amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) properties. The ASE of (PBA)2MAn-1PbnBr3n+1 thin films has been confirmed by photoluminescence (PL) testing using stripe light excitation (SLE). The ASE threshold decreases with decreasing environmental temperature (TE) or increasing number of inorganic layers (n). Using the transient absorption technique, the Auger recombination and the cooling process of the high-activity carrier are accelerated with the decrease of n or TE. A new ASE mechanism is proposed where high-activity carriers directly emit photons under photon perturbation from adjacent sites, leading to the accumulation and amplification of emitted photons only in the SLE region for ASE to occur. In addition, the reduction of n promotes light scattering between nano-thin layers, which supports a rapid increase in the ASE signal after the ASE threshold is crossed.
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- Xue Lou
- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, School of Physics Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Research Center for Advanced Information Materials (CAIM), Huangpu Research and Graduate School of Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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Carwithen BP, Hopper TR, Ge Z, Mondal N, Wang T, Mazlumian R, Zheng X, Krieg F, Montanarella F, Nedelcu G, Kroll M, Siguan MA, Frost JM, Leo K, Vaynzof Y, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Bakulin AA. Confinement and Exciton Binding Energy Effects on Hot Carrier Cooling in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanomaterials. ACS NANO 2023; 17:6638-6648. [PMID: 36939330 PMCID: PMC10100565 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The relaxation of the above-gap ("hot") carriers in lead halide perovskites (LHPs) is important for applications in photovoltaics and offers insights into carrier-carrier and carrier-phonon interactions. However, the role of quantum confinement in the hot carrier dynamics of nanosystems is still disputed. Here, we devise a single approach, ultrafast pump-push-probe spectroscopy, to study carrier cooling in six different size-controlled LHP nanomaterials. In cuboidal nanocrystals, we observe only a weak size effect on the cooling dynamics. In contrast, two-dimensional systems show suppression of the hot phonon bottleneck effect common in bulk perovskites. The proposed kinetic model describes the intrinsic and density-dependent cooling times accurately in all studied perovskite systems using only carrier-carrier, carrier-phonon, and excitonic coupling constants. This highlights the impact of exciton formation on carrier cooling and promotes dimensional confinement as a tool for engineering carrier-phonon and carrier-carrier interactions in LHP optoelectronic materials.
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- Ben P. Carwithen
- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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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, 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, 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, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747AG, The Netherlands
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- Center
for
Advancing Electronics Dresden, Technische
Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Integrated
Center for Applied Photophysics and Photonic Materials, Technische Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Chair
for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technische
Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Leibniz
Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Integrated
Center for Applied Photophysics and Photonic Materials, Technische Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Chair
for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technische
Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Leibniz
Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, 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, 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, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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Zhang L, Li X, Tian Y, Hao B, Han J, Chen H, Zou B, Du C. Ultrafast One-Step Deposition Route to Fabricate Single-Crystal CsPbX 3 (X = Cl, Cl/Br, Br, and Br/I) Photodetectors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:13270-13280. [PMID: 36877582 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Inorganic perovskites have received much attention due to their stability and high performance in luminescence, photoelectric conversion, and photodetection. However, perovskite optoelectronic devices prepared by the solution technique are still suffering from time-consuming and complex operations. In this paper, a single-crystal perovskite-based photodetector (PD) is prepared by very fast one-step deposition of synthesizing microplatelets (MPs) on the electrode directly. The saturated precursor is carefully optimized by adding appropriate antisolvent chlorobenzene (CB) to fabricate the MPs with their PL wavelength ranging from 418 to 600 nm. Furthermore, the PDs with a low dark current on order of nanoangstroms, high responsivity and detectivity of up to 10.7 A W-1 and 1012 Jones, respectively, and an ultrafast response rate featured by 278/287 μs (rise/decay time) are achieved. These all-inorganic perovskite PDs with a simple fabricating process and tunable detection wavelength meet the evolution tendency of PDs toward low cost and high performance, which is a high-profile strategy to realize high-performance perovskite PDs.
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- Li Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Material and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- The Yangtze River Delta Physics Research Center, Liyang, Jiangsu 213000, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Lab of Processing for Nonferrous Metals and Featured Materials and School of Resources, Environments and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Material and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- The Yangtze River Delta Physics Research Center, Liyang, Jiangsu 213000, P. R. China
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Baker H, Perez CM, Sonnichsen C, Strandell D, Prezhdo OV, Kambhampati P. Breaking Phonon Bottlenecks through Efficient Auger Processes in Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2023; 17:3913-3920. [PMID: 36796027 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The hot phonon bottleneck has been under intense investigation in perovskites. In the case of perovskite nanocrystals, there may be hot phonon bottlenecks as well as quantum phonon bottlenecks. While they are widely assumed to exist, evidence is growing for the breaking of potential phonon bottlenecks of both forms. Here, we perform state-resolved pump/probe spectroscopy (SRPP) and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy (t-PL) to unravel hot exciton relaxation dynamics in model systems of bulk-like 15 nm nanocrystals of CsPbBr3 and FAPbBr3, with FA being formamidinium. The SRPP data can be misinterpreted to reveal a phonon bottleneck even at low exciton concentrations, where there should be none. We circumvent that spectroscopic problem with a state-resolved method that reveals an order of magnitude faster cooling and breaking of the quantum phonon bottleneck that might be expected in nanocrystals. Since the prior pump/probe methods of analysis are shown to be ambiguous, we perform t-PL experiments to unambiguously confirm the existence of hot phonon bottlenecks as well. The t-PL experiments reveal there is no hot phonon bottleneck in these perovskite nanocrystals. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations reproduce experiments by inclusion of efficient Auger processes. This experimental and theoretical work reveals insight on hot exciton dynamics, how they are precisely measured, and ultimately how they may be exploited in these materials.
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- Harry Baker
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Yu X, Dai Y, Lu Y, Liu C, Yan Y, Shen R, Yang Z, Feng L, Sun L, Liu Y, Lin S. High Efficient Solar Cell Based on Heterostructure Constructed by Graphene and GaAs Quantum Wells. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2204058. [PMID: 36394152 PMCID: PMC9839879 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite the fascinating optoelectronic properties of graphene, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of graphene based solar cells remains to be lifted up. Herein, it is experimentally shown that the graphene/quantum wells/GaAs heterostructure solar cell can reach a PCE of 20.2% and an open-circuit voltage (Voc ) as high as 1.16 V at 90 K. The high efficiency is a result of carrier multiplication (CM) effect of graphene in the graphene/GaAs heterostructure. Especially, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) in the ultraviolet wavelength can be improved up to 72.2% based on the heterostructure constructed by graphene/In0.15 Ga0.85 As/GaAs0.75 P0.25 quantum wells/GaAs. The EQE increases as the light wavelength decreases, which indicates more carriers can be effectively excited by the higher energy photons through CM effect. Owing to these physical characters, the graphene/GaAs heterostructure solar cell will provide a possible way to exceed Shockley-Queisser (S-Q) limit.
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- Xutao Yu
- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai, 200245, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai, 200245, P. R. China
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- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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Ding J, Fu S, Hu K, Zhang G, Liu M, Zhang X, Wang R, Qiu X. Efficient Hot Electron Capture in CuPc/MoSe 2 Heterostructure Assisted by Intersystem Crossing. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8463-8469. [PMID: 36301844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Efficient hot electron extraction is a promising approach to develop photovoltaic devices that exceed the Shockley-Queisser limit. However, experimental evidence of hot electron harvesting employing an organic-inorganic interface is still elusive. Here, we reveal the hot electron dynamics at a CuPc/MoSe2 interface using steady-state spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy. A hot electron transfer efficiency of greater than 78% from MoSe2 to CuPc is observed, comparable to that achieved in quantum dot hybrid systems. The mechanism is proposed as follows: the photogenerated hot electrons in MoSe2 transfer to CuPc and form singlet charge transfer states, which subsequently transform into triplet charge transfer states assisted by the rapid intersystem crossing, inhibiting back-donation of electrons and facilitating exciton dissociation into CuPc polarons with a nanosecond lifetime. Our results demonstrate that the intersystem crossing of the hybrid electronic state at organic-inorganic interfaces may serve as a scheme to enable efficient hot electron extraction in photovoltaic devices.
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- Jianwei Ding
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Li ZH, He JX, Lv XH, Chi LF, Egbo KO, Li MD, Tanaka T, Guo QX, Yu KM, Liu CP. Optoelectronic properties and ultrafast carrier dynamics of copper iodide thin films. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6346. [PMID: 36289237 PMCID: PMC9606309 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34117-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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As a promising high mobility p-type wide bandgap semiconductor, copper iodide has received increasing attention in recent years. However, the defect physics/evolution are still controversial, and particularly the ultrafast carrier and exciton dynamics in copper iodide has rarely been investigated. Here, we study these fundamental properties for copper iodide thin films by a synergistic approach employing a combination of analytical techniques. Steady-state photoluminescence spectra reveal that the emission at ~420 nm arises from the recombination of electrons with neutral copper vacancies. The photogenerated carrier density dependent ultrafast physical processes are elucidated with using the femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Both the effects of hot-phonon bottleneck and the Auger heating significantly slow down the cooling rate of hot-carriers in the case of high excitation density. The effect of defects on the carrier recombination and the two-photon induced ultrafast carrier dynamics are also investigated. These findings are crucial to the optoelectronic applications of copper iodide.
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- Zhan Hua Li
- grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China ,grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XCenter of Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China
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- grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XDepartment of Chemistry, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China
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- grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China ,grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XCenter of Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China
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- grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China
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- grid.35030.350000 0004 1792 6846Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong ,grid.5336.30000 0004 0497 2560Paul-Drude-Institut fur Festkorperelektronik, Liebniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XDepartment of Chemistry, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China
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- grid.412339.e0000 0001 1172 4459Synchrotron Light Application Center, Saga University, Saga, 840-8502 Japan
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- grid.412339.e0000 0001 1172 4459Synchrotron Light Application Center, Saga University, Saga, 840-8502 Japan
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- grid.35030.350000 0004 1792 6846Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China ,grid.263451.70000 0000 9927 110XCenter of Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Shantou University, 515063 Shantou, Guangdong China
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Yao L, Lou X, Sui N, Zhang W, Xiao H, Chi X, Zhang HZ, Wang Y. Activity enhancement of a photo-generated carrier in CsPbBr 3 nanocrystals improved by Cd element. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:39840-39848. [PMID: 36298926 DOI: 10.1364/oe.471687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Doping Cd element into perovskite materials is an effective strategy to improve the photoelectric property. However, the further discussion for carrier dynamic behavior in perovskites affected by Cd element remains not sufficient. In this research letter, based on steady and transient spectroscopy, it is found that adding Cd element into CsPbBr3 nanocrystals can enhance the activity of photo-generated carriers and accompany with the optimization of crystal structure. The former improves the carrier heating effect, which makes carrier keep high temperature for a long time and accelerate the bimolecular and the Auger recombination simultaneously. The latter can restrict the monomolecular recombination through passivating the defect states. Finally, they together improve the photoluminescence characteristics of the Cd doped CsPbBr3 nanocrystals and make them exhibit a huge potential in the fields of optoelectronics or photo-catalysis.
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Yumoto G, Kanemitsu Y. Biexciton dynamics in halide perovskite nanocrystals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:22405-22425. [PMID: 36106456 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02826c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are attracting considerable interest as next-generation optoelectronic materials. Optical responses of nanocrystals are determined by excitons and exciton complexes such as trions and biexcitons. Understanding of their dynamics is indispensable for the optimal design of optoelectronic devices and the development of new functional properties. Here, we summarize the recent advances on the exciton and biexciton photophysics in lead halide perovskite nanocrystals revealed by femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy and single-dot spectroscopy. We discuss the impact of the biexciton dynamics on controlling and improving the optical gain.
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- Go Yumoto
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Cho K, Tahara H, Yamada T, Suzuura H, Tadano T, Sato R, Saruyama M, Hirori H, Teranishi T, Kanemitsu Y. Exciton-Phonon and Trion-Phonon Couplings Revealed by Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Single CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7674-7681. [PMID: 36121354 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have outstanding photoluminescence (PL) properties and excellent potential for light-emitting diodes and single-photon sources. Here, we report the multiple-peak structures originating from excitons, trions, and biexcitons in low-temperature PL spectra of single CsPbBr3 NCs. We found fine-structure splitting in the PL peaks of bright excitons and biexcitons and also in the longitudinal-optical (LO)-phonon replicas of excitons. LO-phonon replicas of trions are clearly observed under strong photoexcitation, which do not show fine-structure splitting. From size-dependent analyses of these replicas, we clarified that both exciton-phonon and trion-phonon couplings become larger for smaller NCs and the coupling strengths of trions are larger than those of excitons in large NCs. These behaviors can be explained by the spatial distributions of the electron and hole wave functions in the NCs. Our findings provide essential information on electron-phonon couplings in perovskites and for the design of high-purity single-photon sources.
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- Kenichi Cho
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Zhou Z, He J, Frauenheim T, Prezhdo OV, Wang J. Control of Hot Carrier Cooling in Lead Halide Perovskites by Point Defects. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:18126-18134. [PMID: 36125494 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hot carriers (HCs) in lead halide perovskites are prone to rapidly relax at the band edge and waste plentiful photon energy, severely limiting their conversion efficiency as HC photovoltaic devices. Here, the HC cooling dynamics of MAPbI3 perovskite with common vacancy point defects (e.g., MAv+ and Iv-) and an interstitial point defect (e.g., Ii-) is elucidated, and the underlying physics is explicated using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics. Contrary to vacancy point defects, the interstitial point defect reduces the band degeneracy, decreases the HC -phonon interaction, weakens the nonadiabatic coupling, and ultimately slows down hot electron cooling by a factor of 1.5-2. Furthermore, the band-by-band relaxation pathway and direct relaxation pathway are uncovered for hot electron cooling and hot hole cooling, respectively, explaining why hot electrons can store more energy than hot holes during the cooling process. Besides, oxygen molecules interacting with Ii- sharply accelerate the hot electron cooling, making it even faster than that of the pristine system and revealing the detrimental effect of oxygen on HC cooling. This work provides significant insights into the defect-dependent HC cooling dynamics and suggests a new strategy to design high-efficiency HC photovoltaic devices.
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- Zhaobo Zhou
- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.,Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany.,Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 12843, Czech Republic
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany.,Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China.,Shenzhen JL Computational Science and Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen 518109, China
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- Departments of Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Fu J, Xu Q, Abdelwahab I, Cai R, Febriansyah B, Yin T, Loh KP, Mathews N, Sun H, Sum TC. Strain propagation in layered two-dimensional halide perovskites. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabq1971. [PMID: 36112683 PMCID: PMC9481117 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq1971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Impulsive light excitation presents a powerful tool for investigating the interdependent structural and electronic responses in layered two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskites. However, detailed understanding of the nonlinear lattice dynamics in these soft hybrid materials remains limited. Here, we explicate the intrinsic strain propagation mechanisms in 2D perovskite single crystals using transient reflection spectroscopy. Ultrafast photoexcitation leads to the generation of strain pulses via thermoelastic (TE) stress and deformation potential (DP) interaction whence their detection proceed via Brillouin scattering. Using a two-temperature model together with strain wave propagation, we discern the TE and DP contributions in strain generation. Hot carrier cooling plays a dominant role in effecting the weak modulation amplitude. Out-of-plane lattice stiffness is reduced by the weak van der Waals bond between organic layers, resulting in a slow strain propagation velocity. Our findings inject fresh insights into the basic strain properties of layered perovskites critical for manipulating their functional properties for new applications.
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- Jianhui Fu
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Energy Research Institute @NTU (ERI@N), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
- Corresponding author.
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A-site cation influence on the conduction band of lead bromide perovskites. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3839. [PMID: 35787623 PMCID: PMC9253039 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31416-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Hot carrier solar cells hold promise for exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit. Slow hot carrier cooling is one of the most intriguing properties of lead halide perovskites and distinguishes this class of materials from competing materials used in solar cells. Here we use the element selectivity of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and density functional theory to uncover a previously hidden feature in the conduction band states, the σ-π energy splitting, and find that it is strongly influenced by the strength of electronic coupling between the A-cation and bromide-lead sublattice. Our finding provides an alternative mechanism to the commonly discussed polaronic screening and hot phonon bottleneck carrier cooling mechanisms. Our work emphasizes the optoelectronic role of the A-cation, provides a comprehensive view of A-cation effects in the crystal and electronic structures, and outlines a broadly applicable spectroscopic approach for assessing the impact of chemical alterations of the A-cation on perovskite electronic structure.
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Polar methylammonium organic cations detune state coupling and extend hot-carrier lifetime in lead halide perovskites. Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Marjit K, Ghosh G, Biswas RK, Ghosh S, Pati SK, Patra A. Modulating the Carrier Relaxation Dynamics in Heterovalently (Bi 3+) Doped CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5431-5440. [PMID: 35679509 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Manipulation of intrinsic carrier relaxation is crucial for designing efficient lead halide perovskite nanocrystal (NC) based optoelectronic devices. The influence of heterovalent Bi3+ doping on the ultrafast carrier dynamics and hot carrier (HC) cooling relaxation of CsPbBr3 NCs has been studied using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and first-principles calculations. The initial HC temperature and LO phonon decay time point to a faster HC relaxation rate in the Bi3+-doped CsPbBr3 NCs. The first-principles calculations disclose the acceleration of carrier relaxation in Bi3+-doped CsPbBr3 NCs due to the appearance of localized bands (antitrap states) within the conduction band. The higher Born effective charges (Z*) and higher soft energetic optical phonon density of states cause higher electron-phonon scattering rates in the Bi-doped CsPbBr3 system, which is responsible for the faster HC cooling rate in doped systems.
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- Kritiman Marjit
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore 560064, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore 560064, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali 140306, India
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Tailor NK, Maity P, Satapathi S. Phonon-Mediated Slow Hot Carrier Dynamics in Lead-Free Cs 3Bi 2I 9 Perovskite Single Crystal. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5260-5266. [PMID: 35674417 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this report, we study the hot carrier cooling mechanism of the Cs3Bi2I9 single crystal by using femtosecond transient reflectance (fs-TR) spectroscopy. We find an unusual slow hot carrier cooling associated with longitudinal optical (LO) and coherent longitudinal acoustic phonons (CLAPs) emission during the deexcitation of the hot carriers. We posit the interplay between the hot-carriers and the LO and CLA phonons in subpicosecond to subnanosecond time scales, respectively, by analyzing the TR kinetics upon perturbation with excess energy. Furthermore, we measured the CLAPs propagation velocity in Cs3Bi2I9, the crystal, ranging from 1820 to 2000 ms-1. The elastic constants and frequency of Brillouin oscillations were estimated as 20.08 GPa and 14.66 GHz, respectively. Our discovery delivers new physical insights into how the hot carriers in Cs3Bi2I9 single crystal are coupled with a crystal lattice that controls the hot carrier dynamics.
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- Naveen Kumar Tailor
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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