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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]
Abstract
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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Chen EY, Monserrat B. Lattice Dynamics of Quasi-2D Perovskites from First Principles. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2024; 128:12194-12205. [PMID: 39081556 PMCID: PMC11284783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 06/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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We present the vibrational properties and phonon dispersion for quasi-2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (BA)2CsPb2I7, (HA)2CsPb2I7, (BA)2(MA)Pb2I7, and (HA)2(MA)Pb2I7 calculated from first principles. Given the highly complex nature of these compounds, we first perform careful benchmarking and convergence testing to identify suitable parameters to describe their structural features and vibrational properties. We find that the inclusion of van der Waals corrections on top of generalized gradient approximation (GGA) exchange-correlation functionals provides the best agreement for the equilibrium structure relative to experimental data. We also investigate the impact of the molecular orientation on the equilibrium structure of these layered perovskite systems. Our results suggest ground state ferroelectric alignment of molecular dipoles in the out-of-plane direction is unlikely and support the assignment of the centrosymmetric space group for the low-temperature phase of (HA)2(MA)Pb2I7. Finally, we compute vibrational properties under the harmonic approximation. We find that stringent energy cut-offs are required to obtain well-converged phonon properties, and once converged, the harmonic approximation can capture key physics for such a large, hybrid inorganic-organic system with vastly different atom types, masses, and interatomic interactions. We discuss the obtained phonon modes and dispersion behavior in the context of known properties for bulk 3D perovskites and ligand molecular crystals. While many vibrational properties are inherited from the parent systems, we also observe unique coupled vibrations that cannot be associated with vibrations of the pure constituent perovskite and ligand subphases. Energy dispersion of the low energy phonon branches primarily occurs in the in-plane direction and within the perovskite subphase and arises from bending and breathing modes of the equatorial Pb-I network within the perovskite octahedral plane. The analysis herein provides the foundation for future investigations on this class of materials, such as exciton-phonon coupling, phase transitions, and general temperature-dependent properties.
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- Emily Y. Chen
- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford
University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Department
of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University
of Cambridge, 27 Charles
Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
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Kim DH, Woo SJ, Huelmo CP, Park MH, Schankler AM, Dai Z, Heo JM, Kim S, Reuveni G, Kang S, Kim JS, Yun HJ, Park J, Park J, Yaffe O, Rappe AM, Lee TW. Surface-binding molecular multipods strengthen the halide perovskite lattice and boost luminescence. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6245. [PMID: 39048540 PMCID: PMC11269598 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49751-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
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Reducing the size of perovskite crystals to confine excitons and passivating surface defects has fueled a significant advance in the luminescence efficiency of perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, the persistent gap between the optical limit of electroluminescence efficiency and the photoluminescence efficiency of colloidal perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs) suggests that defect passivation alone is not sufficient to achieve highly efficient colloidal PeNC-LEDs. Here, we present a materials approach to controlling the dynamic nature of the perovskite surface. Our experimental and theoretical studies reveal that conjugated molecular multipods (CMMs) adsorb onto the perovskite surface by multipodal hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions, strengthening the near-surface perovskite lattice and reducing ionic fluctuations which are related to nonradiative recombination. The CMM treatment strengthens the perovskite lattice and suppresses its dynamic disorder, resulting in a near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield of PeNC films and a high external quantum efficiency (26.1%) of PeNC-LED with pure green emission that matches the Rec.2020 color standard for next-generation vivid displays.
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- Dong-Hyeok Kim
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Materials Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Institute of Engineering Research, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Soft Foundry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- SN Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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A Bird T, Chen J, Songvilay M, Stock C, T Wharmby M, C Bristowe N, S Senn M. Large dynamic scissoring mode displacements coupled to band gap opening in the cubic phase of the methylammonium lead halide perovskites. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:415402. [PMID: 38914103 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad5b44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Hybrid perovskites are a rapidly growing research area, having reached photovoltaic power conversion efficiencies of over 25%. There is a increasing consensus that the structures of these materials, and hence their electronic structures, cannot be understood purely from the time and space averaged crystal structures observable by conventional methods. We apply a symmetry-motivated analysis method to analyse x-ray pair distribution function data of the cubic phases of the hybrid perovskites MAPbX3(X= I, Br, Cl). We demonstrate that, even in the cubic phase, the local structure of the inorganic components of MAPbX3(X= I, Br, Cl), are dominated by scissoring type deformations of the PbX6octahedra. We find these modes to have a larger amplitude than equivalent distortions in theA-site deficient perovskite ScF3and demonstrate that they show a significant departure from the harmonic approximation. Calculations performed on an inorganic perovskite analogue, FrPbBr3, show that the large amplitudes of the scissoring modes are coupled to a dynamic opening of the electronic band gap. Finally, we use density functional theory calculations to show that the organic MA cations reorientate to accommodate the large amplitude scissoring modes.
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- Tobias A Bird
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut Néel, CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Materials Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Nambiraj B, Kunka Ravindran A, Muthu SP, Perumalsamy R. Cost-Effective Synthesis Method: Toxic Solvent-Free Approach for Stable Mixed Cation Perovskite Powders in Photovoltaic Applications. SMALL METHODS 2024:e2400768. [PMID: 38923854 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Organometallic lead halide perovskite powders have gained widespread attention for their intriguing properties, showcasing remarkable performance in the optoelectronic applications. In this study, formamidinium lead iodide (α-FAPbI3) microcrystals (MCs) is synthesized using retrograde solubility-driven crystallization. Additionally, methylammonium lead bromide (MAPbBr3) and cesium lead iodide (δ-CsPbI3) MCs are prepared through a sonochemical process, employing low-grade PbX2 (X = I & Br) precursors and an eco-friendly green solvent (γ-Valerolactone). The study encompasses an analysis of the structural, optical, thermal, elemental, and morphological characteristics of FAPbI3, MAPbBr3, and CsPbI3 MCs. Upon analysing phase stability, a phase transition in FAPbI3 MCs is observed after 2 weeks. To address this issue, a powder-based mechanochemical method is employed to synthesize stable mixed cation perovskite powders (MCPs) by subjecting FAPbI3 and MAPbBr3 MCs with varying concentrations of CsPbI3. Furthermore, the performance of mixed cation perovskites are examined using the Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS-1D) software. The impact of cesium incorporation in the photovoltaic characteristics is elucidated. All mixed cation absorbers exhibited optimal device performance with a thickness ranging between 0.6-1.5 µm. It's worth noting that the MCPs exhibit impressive ambient stability, remaining structurally intact and retaining their properties without significant degradation for 70 days of ambient exposure.
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- Balagowtham Nambiraj
- Department of Physics, SSN Research Centre, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, TN, 603110, India
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- Department of Physics, SSN Research Centre, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, TN, 603110, India
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- Department of Physics, SSN Research Centre, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, TN, 603110, India
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- Department of Physics, SSN Research Centre, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, TN, 603110, India
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Junaid SB, Naqvi FH, Ko JH. The Effect of Cesium Incorporation on the Vibrational and Elastic Properties of Methylammonium Lead Chloride Perovskite Single Crystals. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:2862. [PMID: 38930231 PMCID: PMC11204745 DOI: 10.3390/ma17122862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have emerged as a highly significant class of materials due to their tunable and adaptable properties, which make them suitable for a wide range of applications. One of the strategies for tuning and optimizing LHP-based devices is the substitution of cations and/or anions in LHPs. The impact of Cs substitution at the A site on the structural, vibrational, and elastic properties of MAxCs1-xPbCl3-mixed single crystals was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman and Brillouin light scattering techniques. The XRD results confirmed the successful synthesis of impurity-free single crystals, which exhibited a phase coexistence of dominant cubic and minor orthorhombic symmetries. Raman spectroscopy was used to analyze the vibrational modes associated with the PbCl6 octahedra and the A-site cation movements, thereby revealing the influence of cesium incorporation on the lattice dynamics. Brillouin spectroscopy was employed to investigate the changes in elastic properties resulting from the Cs substitution. The incorporation of Cs cations induced lattice distortions within the inorganic framework, disrupting the hydrogen bonding between the MA cations and PbCl6 octahedra, which in turn affected the elastic constants and the sound velocities. The substitution of the MA cations with smaller Cs cations resulted in a stiffer lattice structure, with the two elastic constants increasing up to a Cs content of 30%. The current findings facilitate a fundamental understanding of mixed lead chloride perovskite materials, providing valuable insights into their structural and vibrational properties.
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- School of Nano Convergence Technology, Nano Convergence Technology Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Gangwondo, Republic of Korea; (S.B.J.); (F.H.N.)
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Droseros N, Ferdowsi P, Martinez EO, Saliba M, Banerji N, Tsokkou D. Excited-State Dynamics of MAPbBr 3: Coexistence of Excitons and Free Charge Carriers at Ultrafast Times. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2024; 128:8637-8648. [PMID: 38835933 PMCID: PMC11145650 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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Methylammonium lead tribromide perovskite (MAPbBr3) is an important material, for example, for light-emitting applications and tandem solar cells. The relevant photophysical properties are governed by a plethora of phenomena resulting from the complex and relatively poorly understood interplay of excitons and free charge carriers in the excited state. In this study, we combine transient spectroscopies in the visible and terahertz range to investigate the presence and evolution of excitons and free charge carriers at ultrafast times upon excitation at various photon energies and densities. For above- and resonant band-gap excitation, we find that free charges and excitons coexist and that both are mainly promptly generated within our 50-100 fs experimental time resolution. However, the exciton-to-free charge ratio increases upon decreasing the phonon energy toward resonant band gap excitation. The free charge signatures dominate the transient absorption response for above-band-gap excitation and low excitation densities, masking the excitonic features. With resonant band gap excitation and low excitation densities, we find that although the exciton density increases, free charges remain. We show evidence that the excitons localize into shallow trap and/or Urbach tail states to form localized excitons (within tens of picoseconds) that subsequently get detrapped. Using high excitation densities, we demonstrate that many-body interactions become pronounced and effects such as the Moss-Burstein shift, band gap renormalization, excitonic repulsion, and the formation of Mahan excitons are evident. The coexistence of excitons and free charges that we demonstrate here for photoexcited MAPbBr3 at ultrafast time scales confirms the high potential of the material for both light-emitting diode and tandem solar cell applications.
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- Nikolaos Droseros
- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Adolphe
Merkle Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- Helmholtz
Young Investigator Group FRONTRUNNER, IEK5-Photovoltaics,
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
- Institute
for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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Mączka M, Smółka S, Ptak M. Phonon Properties and Lattice Dynamics of Two- and Tri-Layered Lead Iodide Perovskites Comprising Butylammonium and Methylammonium Cations-Temperature-Dependent Raman Studies. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:2503. [PMID: 38893767 PMCID: PMC11172726 DOI: 10.3390/ma17112503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Hybrid lead iodide perovskites are promising photovoltaic and light-emitting materials. Extant literature data on the key optoelectronic and luminescent properties of hybrid perovskites indicate that these properties are affected by electron-phonon coupling, the dynamics of the organic cations, and the degree of lattice distortion. We report temperature-dependent Raman studies of BA2MAPb2I7 and BA2MA2Pb3I10 (BA = butylammonium; MA = methylammonium), which undergo two structural phase transitions. Raman data obtained in broad temperature (360-80 K) and wavenumber (1800-10 cm-1) ranges show that ordering of BA+ cations triggers the higher temperature phase transition, whereas freezing of MA+ dynamics occurs below 200 K, leading to the onset of the low-temperature phase transition. This ordering is associated with significant deformation of the inorganic sublattice, as evidenced by changes observed in the lattice mode region. Our results show, therefore, that Raman spectroscopy is a very valuable tool for monitoring the separate dynamics of different organic cations in perovskites, comprising "perovskitizer" and interlayer cations.
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- Mirosław Mączka
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna 2 str., 50-422 Wroclaw, Poland; (S.S.); (M.P.)
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Navarro N, Nelson R, Gallardo K, Castillo R. Exploring the Influence of Cation and Halide Substitution in the Structure and Optical Properties of CH 3NH 3NiCl 3 Perovskite. Molecules 2024; 29:2141. [PMID: 38731632 PMCID: PMC11085610 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29092141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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This manuscript details a comprehensive investigation into the synthesis, structural characterization, thermal stability, and optical properties of nickel-containing hybrid perovskites, namely CH3NH3NiCl3, CsNiCl3, and CH3NH3NiBrCl2. The focal point of this study is to unravel the intricate crystal structures, thermal behaviors, and optical characteristics of these materials, thereby elucidating their potential application in energy conversion and storage technologies. X-ray powder diffraction measurements confirm that CH3NH3NiCl3 adopts a crystal structure within the Cmcm space group, while CsNiCl3 is organized in the P63/mmc space group, as reported previously. Such structural diversity underscores the complex nature of these perovskites and their potential for tailored applications. Thermal analysis further reveals the stability of CH3NH3NiCl3 and CH3NH3NiBrCl2, which begin to decompose at 260 °C and 295 °C, respectively. The optical absorption properties of these perovskites studied by UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy revealed the bands characteristic of Ni2+ ions in an octahedral environment. Notably, these absorption bands exhibit subtle shifts upon bromide substitution, suggesting that optical properties can be finely tuned through halide modification. Such tunability is paramount for the design and development of materials with specific optical requirements. By offering a detailed examination of these properties, the study lays the groundwork for future advancements in material science, particularly in the development of innovative materials for sustainable energy technologies.
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- Natalí Navarro
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile; (N.N.); (R.N.)
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile; (N.N.); (R.N.)
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- Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Av. El Llano Subercaseaux 2801, Santiago 8910060, Chile;
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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Dai D, Agrawal S, Prezhdo OV, Long R. Impact of large A-site cations on electron-vibrational interactions in 2D halide perovskites: Ab initio quantum dynamics. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:114704. [PMID: 38506296 DOI: 10.1063/5.0202251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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Using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics, we study the effect of large A-site cations on nonradiative electron-hole recombination in two-dimensional Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites HA2APb2I7, HA = n-hexylammonium, A = methylammonium (MA), or guanidinium (GA). The steric hindrance created by large GA cations distorts and stiffens the inorganic Pb-I lattice, reduces thermal structural fluctuations, and maintains the delocalization of electrons and holes at ambient and elevated temperatures. The delocalized charges interact more strongly in the GA system than in the MA system, and the charge recombination is accelerated. In contrast, replacement of only some MA cations with GA enhances disorder and increases charge lifetime, as seen in three-dimensional perovskites. This study highlights the key influence of structural fluctuations and disorder on the properties of charge carriers in metal halide perovskites, providing guidance for tuning materials' optoelectronic performance.
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- Dandan Dai
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Simenas M, Gagor A, Banys J, Maczka M. Phase Transitions and Dynamics in Mixed Three- and Low-Dimensional Lead Halide Perovskites. Chem Rev 2024; 124:2281-2326. [PMID: 38421808 PMCID: PMC10941198 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Lead halide perovskites are extensively investigated as efficient solution-processable materials for photovoltaic applications. The greatest stability and performance of these compounds are achieved by mixing different ions at all three sites of the APbX3 structure. Despite the extensive use of mixed lead halide perovskites in photovoltaic devices, a detailed and systematic understanding of the mixing-induced effects on the structural and dynamic aspects of these materials is still lacking. The goal of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge on mixing effects on the structural phase transitions, crystal symmetry, cation and lattice dynamics, and phase diagrams of three- and low-dimensional lead halide perovskites. This review analyzes different mixing recipes and ingredients providing a comprehensive picture of mixing effects and their relation to the attractive properties of these materials.
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- Mantas Simenas
- Faculty
of Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute
of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna 2, PL-50-422 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute
of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna 2, PL-50-422 Wroclaw, Poland
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Qiao L, Guo M, Long R. Unveiling the Dual Role of Humidity: The Interplay with Defects Manipulating the Charge Carrier Lifetime in Metal Halide Perovskites. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:1546-1552. [PMID: 38299495 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Humidity has exhibited experimentally either beneficial or detrimental effects on the charge carrier lifetime of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites, leaving the mechanism unresolved. By using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations, we unveil the dual role of humidity stemming from the complex interplay between water and defects. Beneficially, water passivates iodine vacancies (VI) or grain boundaries (GBs), mitigating electron trapping by reducing nonadiabatic coupling and delaying charge recombination. However, when VI and GBs coexist, water molecules make the two unsaturated lead atoms approach closer and exacerbate electron trapping by deepening the Pb-dimer electron trap that was created by the VI defect, shortening the carrier lifetime to half of pristine CH3NH3PbI3. The study uncovers the origin of the positive and negative effects of humidity on the charge carrier lifetime of perovskites and offers strategies for improving perovskite devices, particularly by avoiding simultaneous point defects and GBs.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Shandong Computer Science Center (National Supercomputing Center in Jinan), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong 250013, P. R. China
- Jinan Institute of Supercomputing Technology, Jinan, Shandong 250103, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Yu C, Kawakita Y, Kikuchi T, Kofu M, Honda T, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Liu Y, Liu SF, Li B. Atomic Structure and Dynamics of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Formamidinium Lead Iodide. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:329-338. [PMID: 38170631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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The atomic dynamic behaviors of formamidinium lead iodide [HC(NH2)2PbI3] are critical for understanding and improving photovoltaic performances. However, they remain unclear. Here, we investigate the structural phase transitions and the reorientation dynamics of the formamidinium cation [HC(NH2)2+, FA+] of FAPbI3 using neutron scattering techniques. Two structural phase transitions occur with decreasing temperature, from cubic to tetragonal phase at 285 K and then to another tetragonal at 140 K, accompanied by gradually frozen reorientation of FA cations. The nearly isotropic reorientation in the cubic phase is suppressed to reorientation motions involving a two-fold (C2) rotation along the N···N axis and a four-fold (C4) rotation along the C-H axis in the tetragonal phase, and eventually to local disordered motion as a partial C4 along the C-H axis in another tetragonal phase, thereby indicating an intimate interplay between lattice and orientation degrees of freedom in the hybrid perovskite materials. The present complete atomic structure and dynamics provide a solid standing point to understand and then improve photovoltaic properties of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites in the future.
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- Chenyang Yu
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
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- J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai 319-1195, Japan
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- J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai 319-1195, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai 319-1195, Japan
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Gallop NP, Maslennikov DR, Mondal N, Goetz KP, Dai Z, Schankler AM, Sung W, Nihonyanagi S, Tahara T, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Vaynzof Y, Rappe AM, Bakulin AA. Ultrafast vibrational control of organohalide perovskite optoelectronic devices using vibrationally promoted electronic resonance. NATURE MATERIALS 2024; 23:88-94. [PMID: 37985838 PMCID: PMC10769873 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01723-w] [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: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Vibrational control (VC) of photochemistry through the optical stimulation of structural dynamics is a nascent concept only recently demonstrated for model molecules in solution. Extending VC to state-of-the-art materials may lead to new applications and improved performance for optoelectronic devices. Metal halide perovskites are promising targets for VC due to their mechanical softness and the rich array of vibrational motions of both their inorganic and organic sublattices. Here, we demonstrate the ultrafast VC of FAPbBr3 perovskite solar cells via intramolecular vibrations of the formamidinium cation using spectroscopic techniques based on vibrationally promoted electronic resonance. The observed short (~300 fs) time window of VC highlights the fast dynamics of coupling between the cation and inorganic sublattice. First-principles modelling reveals that this coupling is mediated by hydrogen bonds that modulate both lead halide lattice and electronic states. Cation dynamics modulating this coupling may suppress non-radiative recombination in perovskites, leading to photovoltaics with reduced voltage losses.
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- Nathaniel P Gallop
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Mączka M, Ptak M, Gągor A, Zaręba JK, Liang X, Balčiu̅nas S, Semenikhin OA, Kucheriv OI, Gural’skiy IA, Shova S, Walsh A, Banys J, Šimėnas M. Phase Transitions, Dielectric Response, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Aziridinium Lead Halide Perovskites. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:9725-9738. [PMID: 38047186 PMCID: PMC10687860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites are promising candidates for next-generation solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, and lasers. The structural, dynamic, and phase-transition properties play a key role in the performance of these materials. In this work, we use a multitechnique experimental (thermal, X-ray diffraction, Raman scattering, dielectric, nonlinear optical) and theoretical (machine-learning force field) approach to map the phase diagrams and obtain information on molecular dynamics and mechanism of the structural phase transitions in novel 3D AZRPbX3 perovskites (AZR = aziridinium; X = Cl, Br, I). Our work reveals that all perovskites undergo order-disorder phase transitions at low temperatures, which significantly affect the structural, dielectric, phonon, and nonlinear optical properties of these compounds. The desirable cubic phases of AZRPbX3 remain stable at lower temperatures (132, 145, and 162 K for I, Br, and Cl) compared to the methylammonium and formamidinium analogues. Similar to other 3D-connected hybrid perovskites, the dielectric response reveals a rather high dielectric permittivity, an important feature for defect tolerance. We further show that AZRPbBr3 and AZRPbI3 exhibit strong nonlinear optical absorption. The high two-photon brightness of AZRPbI3 emission stands out among lead perovskites emitting in the near-infrared region.
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- Mirosław Mączka
- Institute
of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute
of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute
of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department
of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National
University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- Department
of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National
University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- Department
of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National
University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- Department
of Inorganic Polymers, Petru Poni Institute
of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda 41-A, Iasi 700487, Romania
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- Department
of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
- Department
of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Faculty
of Physics, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Faculty
of Physics, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Movilla JL, Planelles J, Climente JI. Excitons in metal halide perovskite nanoplatelets: an effective mass description of polaronic, dielectric and quantum confinement effects. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:6093-6101. [PMID: 37941960 PMCID: PMC10628976 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00592e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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A theoretical model for excitons confined in metal halide perovskite nanoplatelets is presented. The model accounts for quantum confinement, dielectric confinement, short and long range polaron interactions by means of effective mass theory, image charges and Haken potentials. We use it to describe the band edge exciton of MAPbI3 structures surrounded by organic ligands. It is shown that the quasi-2D quantum and dielectric confinement squeezes the exciton radius, and this in turn enhances short-range polaron effects as compared to 3D structures. Dielectric screening is then weaker than expected from the static dielectric constant. This boosts the binding energies and radiative recombination probabilities, which is a requisite to match experimental data in related systems. The thickness dependence of Coulomb polarization and self-energy potentials is in fair agreement with sophisticated atomistic models.
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- Jose L Movilla
- Departament d'Educació i Didàctiques Específiques, Universitat Jaume I Av. Sos Baynat, s/n 12071 Castelló Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I Av. Sos Baynat, s/n 12071 Castelló Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I Av. Sos Baynat, s/n 12071 Castelló Spain
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Navarro N, Núñez C, Espinoza D, Gallardo K, Brito I, Castillo R. Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoelectric and Electrochemical Behavior of (CH 3NH 3) 2Zn 1-xCo xBr 4 Perovskites. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:17046-17051. [PMID: 37814970 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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We report the synthesis, characterization, and photoelectric and electrochemical properties of (CH3NH3)2Zn1-xCoxBr4 (x = 0.0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 1.0) samples. X-ray powder and single-crystal diffraction confirm the formation of solid solution across the entire range. Additionally, as the cobalt concentration increases, the crystallinity of the samples decreases, as indicated by the powder diffraction patterns. All samples remain stable up to 560 K, beyond which they decompose into CH3NH3Br and the respective bromide. The semiconductor behavior of the compounds is confirmed through optical absorption measurements, and band gap values are determined by using the Tauc method from diffuse reflectance spectra. Raman spectroscopy reveals a slight redshift in all vibration modes with increasing cobalt content. Finally, photovoltaic measurements on solar cells constructed with (MA)2CoBr4 perovskite exhibit modest performance, and electrochemical measurements indicate that the compound with the composition (MA)2Zn0.3Co0.7Br4 exhibits the highest current for electrochemical water reduction during oxygen evolution.
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- Natalí Navarro
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Avda. Universidad de Antofagasta 02800, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
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Ardimas, Pakornchote T, Sukmas W, Chatraphorn S, Clark SJ, Bovornratanaraks T. Phase transformations and vibrational properties of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite MAPbI 3 bulk at high pressure. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16854. [PMID: 37803050 PMCID: PMC10558557 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43020-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
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The structural stability and internal properties of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have been widely investigated over the past few years. The interplay between organic cations and inorganic framework is one of the prominent features. Herein we report the evolution of Raman modes under pressure in the hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite MAPbI[Formula: see text] by combining the experimental approach with the first-principles calculations. A bulk MAPbI[Formula: see text] single crystal was synthesized via inverse temperature crystallization (ITC) technique and characterized by Raman spectroscopy, while the diamond anvil cells (DACs) was employed to compress the sample. The classification and behaviours of their Raman modes are presented. At ambient pressure, the vibrations of inorganic PbI[Formula: see text] octahedra and organic MA dominate at a low-frequency range (60-760 cm[Formula: see text]) and a fingerprint range (900-1500 cm[Formula: see text]), respectively. The applied pressure exhibits two significant changes in the Raman spectrum and indicates of phase transition. The results obtained from both experiment and calculations of the second phase at 3.26 GPa reveal that the internal vibration intensity of the PbI[Formula: see text] octahedra (< 110 cm[Formula: see text]) reduces as absences of MA libration (150-270 cm[Formula: see text]) and internal vibration of MA (450-750 cm[Formula: see text]). Furthermore, the hydrogen interactions around 1300 cm[Formula: see text] remain strong high pressure up to 5.34 GPa.
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- Ardimas
- Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Extreme Conditions Physics Research Laboratory (ECPRL) and Center of Excellence in Physics of Energy Materials (CE:PEM), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Extreme Conditions Physics Research Laboratory (ECPRL) and Center of Excellence in Physics of Energy Materials (CE:PEM), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, Commission on Higher Education, 328 Si Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Extreme Conditions Physics Research Laboratory (ECPRL) and Center of Excellence in Physics of Energy Materials (CE:PEM), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Soi Chula 12, Phayathai Rd., Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Extreme Conditions Physics Research Laboratory (ECPRL) and Center of Excellence in Physics of Energy Materials (CE:PEM), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, Commission on Higher Education, 328 Si Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
- Extreme Conditions Physics Research Laboratory (ECPRL) and Center of Excellence in Physics of Energy Materials (CE:PEM), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
- Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, Commission on Higher Education, 328 Si Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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Jung Y, Lee W, Han S, Kim BS, Yoo SJ, Jang H. Thermal Transport Properties of Phonons in Halide Perovskites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2204872. [PMID: 36036368 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Halide perovskites have emerged as promising candidates for various applications, such as photovoltaic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric applications. The knowledge of the thermal transport of halide perovskites is essential for enhancing the device performance for these applications and improving the understanding of heat transport in complicated material systems with atomic disorders. In this work, the current understanding of the experimentally and theoretically obtained thermal transport properties of halide perovskites is reviewed. This study comprehensively examines the reported thermal conductivity of methylammonium lead iodide, which is a prototype material, and provides theoretical frameworks for its lattice vibrational properties. The frameworks and discussions are extended to other halide perovskites and derivative structures. The implications for device applications, such as solar cells and thermoelectrics, are discussed.
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- Yoonseong Jung
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM), Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM), Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM), Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, 34114, South Korea
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- Future Technology, LG Chem, Seoul, 07796, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM), Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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Higashimura C, Yumoto G, Yamada T, Nakamura T, Harata F, Hirori H, Wakamiya A, Kanemitsu Y. Spontaneous Polarization Induced Optical Responses in a Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric Halide Perovskite. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:8360-8366. [PMID: 37703207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskites exhibit unique structural and optical properties because large organic molecular cations distort the perovskite structure and the excitons confined in the 2D layers are stable. Here, we report the temperature dependences of the absorption spectra, second harmonic generation (SHG) intensity, and lattice constants of 2D perovskite (BA)2(EA)2Pb3I10 single crystals, where BA is n-butylammonium and EA is ethylammonium. We found that the Urbach tail of the absorption spectrum significantly changes at around 200 K and that the change is correlated with the SHG intensity and the in-plane lattice distortion. We concluded that a random distribution of spontaneous polarizations in the ferroelectric phase modifies the linewidth of the band-edge exciton transition and is the cause of the anomalous temperature dependence of the steepness parameter of the Urbach tail.
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- Chika Higashimura
- 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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- 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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Gan JQ, Xu ZK, Gan T, Qin Y, Wang ZX. Large Phase-Transition Temperature Enhancement Achieved in a Layered Lead Iodide Hybrid Crystal by H/F Substitution. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:14469-14476. [PMID: 37603465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Organic-inorganic hybrid metal halides with structural flexibility and solution processability have been widely investigated for different application scenarios. However, the effective construction of phase-transition materials with a high phase-transition temperature (Ttr) for potential practical applications remains a great challenge, and reports on the regulation of Ttr with significant enhancement have been rare. In this manuscript, we have realized a large Ttr increase of 148 K in a layered hybrid lead iodide crystal (4-FTMBA)4Pb3I10 (4-FTMBA = 4-fluoro-N,N,N-trimethylbenzenaminium) by the H/F substitution strategy. Compared to the parent (TMBA)4Pb3I10 (TMBA = N,N,N-trimethylbenzenaminium), H/F substitution preserves the structural framework and crystal symmetry in (4-FTMBA)4Pb3I10. The introduction of heavier fluorine will significantly increase the motion barrier for the order-disorder transition, resulting in the remarkably improved Ttr. Temperature-dependent crystal structures, Raman spectra, and dielectric analyses well support the phase-transition behavior. In addition, evident thermochromism with a tunable direct band gap in (4-FTMBA)4Pb3I10 has been observed using UV-vis spectra. To the best of our knowledge, the achieved Ttr enhancement of 148 K by H/F substitution is the highest among the organic-inorganic hybrid lead halide phase-transition materials. This finding would greatly inspire the rational design of functional materials with high performance.
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- Jia-Qi Gan
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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Tian X, Fang Q, Long R, Fang WH. Great Influence of Pressure and Isotope Effects on Nonradiative Charge Loss in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7134-7140. [PMID: 37534991 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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The intrinsic softness of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) allows their lattice and optoelectronic performance to be tunable to external pressure. Using nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics, we demonstrate that a mild pressure accelerates hot electron relaxation and suppresses nonradiative electron-hole recombination in CH3NH3PbI3. Both processes are governed by NA coupling, which is enhanced between the electronic states of the quasi-continuous bands while is decreased between the band-edge states by reducing the electron-hole wave function overlap. Hydrogen/deuterium isotope exchange alleviates the pressure-induced NA coupling by increasing lattice rigidity and decreasing wave function overlap, slowing down both the hot electron relaxation and electron-hole recombination processes. The simulated time scales of sub-3 ps for hot electron relaxation and half nanoseconds for recombination agree well with the experiments. The study suggests that the isotope exchange can mitigate the pressure-caused fast losses of hot electrons and further prolong the charge carrier lifetime in HOIPs.
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- Xuesong Tian
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Xu K, Pérez-Fidalgo L, Charles BL, Weller MT, Alonso MI, Goñi AR. Using pressure to unravel the structure-dynamic-disorder relationship in metal halide perovskites. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9300. [PMID: 37291135 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36501-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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The exceptional optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are presumed to arise, at least in part, from the peculiar interplay between the inorganic metal-halide sublattice and the atomic or molecular cations enclosed in the cage voids. The latter can exhibit a roto-translative dynamics, which is shown here to be at the origin of the structural behavior of MHPs as a function of temperature, pressure and composition. The application of high hydrostatic pressure allows for unraveling the nature of the interaction between both sublattices, characterized by the simultaneous action of hydrogen bonding and steric hindrance. In particular, we find that under the conditions of unleashed cation dynamics, the key factor that determines the structural stability of MHPs is the repulsive steric interaction rather than hydrogen bonding. Taking as example the results from pressure and temperature-dependent photoluminescence and Raman experiments on MAPbBr[Formula: see text] but also considering the pertinent MHP literature, we provide a general picture about the relationship between the crystal structure and the presence or absence of cationic dynamic disorder. The reason for the structural sequences observed in MHPs with increasing temperature, pressure, A-site cation size or decreasing halide ionic radius is found principally in the strengthening of the dynamic steric interaction with the increase of the dynamic disorder. In this way, we have deepened our fundamental understanding of MHPs; knowledge that could be coined to improve performance in future optoelectronic devices based on this promising class of semiconductors.
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- Kai Xu
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queens Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Wales, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
- ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
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Naqvi FH, Junaid SB, Ko JH. Influence of Halides on Elastic and Vibrational Properties of Mixed-Halide Perovskite Systems Studied by Brillouin and Raman Scattering. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:ma16113986. [PMID: 37297119 DOI: 10.3390/ma16113986] [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: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The relationship between halogen content and the elastic/vibrational properties of MAPbBr3-xClx mixed crystals (x = 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3) with MA = CH3NH3+ has been studied using Brillouin and Raman spectroscopy at room temperature. The longitudinal and transverse sound velocities, the absorption coefficients and the two elastic constants C11 and C44 could be obtained and compared for the four mixed-halide perovskites. In particular, the elastic constants of the mixed crystals have been determined for the first time. A quasi-linear increase in the sound velocity and the elastic constant C11 with increasing chlorine content was observed for the longitudinal acoustic waves. C44 was insensitive to the Cl content and very low, indicating a low elasticity to shear stress in mixed perovskites regardless of the Cl content. The acoustic absorption of the LA mode increased with increasing heterogeneity in the mixed system, especially for the intermediate composition where the Br and Cl ratio was 1:1. In addition, a significant decrease in the Raman-mode frequency of the low-frequency lattice modes and the rotational and torsional modes of the MA cations was observed with decreasing Cl content. It clearly showed that the changes in the elastic properties as the halide composition changes were correlated with the lattice vibrations. The present findings may facilitate a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between halogen substitution, vibrational spectra and elastic properties, and may also pave the way for optimizing the operation of perovskite-based photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices by tailoring their chemical composition.
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- Furqanul Hassan Naqvi
- School of Nano Convergence Technology, Nano Convergence Technology Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
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- School of Nano Convergence Technology, Nano Convergence Technology Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
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- School of Nano Convergence Technology, Nano Convergence Technology Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
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Frenzel M, Cherasse M, Urban JM, Wang F, Xiang B, Nest L, Huber L, Perfetti L, Wolf M, Kampfrath T, Zhu XY, Maehrlein SF. Nonlinear terahertz control of the lead halide perovskite lattice. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadg3856. [PMID: 37224256 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg3856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have emerged as an excellent class of semiconductors for next-generation solar cells and optoelectronic devices. Tailoring physical properties by fine-tuning the lattice structures has been explored in these materials by chemical composition or morphology. Nevertheless, its dynamic counterpart, phonon-driven ultrafast material control, as contemporarily harnessed for oxide perovskites, has not yet been established. Here, we use intense THz electric fields to obtain direct lattice control via nonlinear excitation of coherent octahedral twist modes in hybrid CH3NH3PbBr3 and all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskites. These Raman-active phonons at 0.9 to 1.3 THz are found to govern the ultrafast THz-induced Kerr effect in the low-temperature orthorhombic phase and thus dominate the phonon-modulated polarizability with potential implications for dynamic charge carrier screening beyond the Fröhlich polaron. Our work opens the door to selective control of LHP's vibrational degrees of freedom governing phase transitions and dynamic disorder.
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- Maximilian Frenzel
- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
- LSI, CEA/DRF/IRAMIS, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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- LSI, CEA/DRF/IRAMIS, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
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Folpini G, Palummo M, Cortecchia D, Moretti L, Cerullo G, Petrozza A, Giorgi G, Srimath Kandada AR. Plurality of excitons in Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides and the role of the B-site metal cation. MATERIALS ADVANCES 2023; 4:1720-1730. [PMID: 37026040 PMCID: PMC10068426 DOI: 10.1039/d2ma00136e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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We investigate the effect of metal cation substition on the excitonic structure and dynamics in a prototypical Ruddlesden-Popper metal halide. Through an in-depth spectroscopic and theoretical analysis, we identify the presence of multiple resonances in the optical spectra of a phenethyl ammonium tin iodide, a tin-based RPMH. Based on ab initio calculations, we assign these resonances to distinct exciton series that originate from the splitting of the conduction band due to spin-orbit coupling. While the splitting energy in the tin based system is low enough to enable the observation of the higher lying exciton in the visible-range spectrum of the material, the higher splitting energy in the lead counterpart prevents the emergence of such a feature. We elucidate the critical role played by the higher lying excitonic state in the ultrafast carrier thermalization dynamics.
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- Giulia Folpini
- CNST@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Universitá di Roma "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1 Roma Italy
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- CNST@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano Milano Italy
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- CNST@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3 Milano Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti, 93 06125 Perugia Italy
- CNR-SCITEC I-06123 Perugia Italy
- CIRIAF - Interuniversity Research Centre, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93 06125 Perugia Italy
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- Department of Physics and Center for Functional Materials 1834 Wake Forest Road Winston-Salem NC 27109 USA
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Sun L, Dong B, Sun J, Wang Y, Sun R, Hu S, Zhou B, Xu W, Bai X, Xu L, Zhou D, Song H. Fabrication, Optical Property, and White LED Application of Novel Lanthanide‐Based Family Cs 2NaLnX 6 (X = Cl, Br, I) Perovskite Nanomaterials. LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202300045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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- Liheng Sun
- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- Department of Cell Biology College of Basic Medical Sciences Jilin University Changchun Jilin 130021 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission School of Physics and Materials Engineering Dalian Minzu University 18 Liaohe West Road Dalian 116600 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics College of Electronic Science and Engineering Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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Reuveni G, Diskin-Posner Y, Gehrmann C, Godse S, Gkikas GG, Buchine I, Aharon S, Korobko R, Stoumpos CC, Egger DA, Yaffe O. Static and Dynamic Disorder in Formamidinium Lead Bromide Single Crystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:1288-1293. [PMID: 36722023 PMCID: PMC9923750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We show that formamidinium-based crystals are distinct from methylammonium-based halide perovskite crystals because their inorganic sublattice exhibits intrinsic local static disorder that coexists with a well-defined average crystal structure. Our study combines terahertz-range Raman scattering with single-crystal X-ray diffraction and first-principles calculations to probe the evolution of inorganic sublattice dynamics with temperature in the range of 10-300 K. The temperature evolution of the Raman spectra shows that low-temperature, local static disorder strongly affects the crystal structural dynamics and phase transitions at higher temperatures.
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- Guy Reuveni
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot76100, Israel
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- Chemical
Research Support, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot76100, Israel
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Munich, 85748Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Munich, 85748Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, University
of Crete, Voutes Campus, Heraklion, GR70013, Greece
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- Department
of Chemistry and Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan5290002, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot76100, Israel
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, University
of Crete, Voutes Campus, Heraklion, GR70013, Greece
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Munich, 85748Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot76100, Israel
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Fabrizio K, Andreeva AB, Kadota K, Morris AJ, Brozek CK. Guest-dependent bond flexibility in UiO-66, a "stable" MOF. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:1309-1312. [PMID: 36636868 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc05895b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We report "flexibility constants"-a conceptual analog to metal-ligand stability constants-of UiO-66, the prototypical "stable" MOF, across a wide temperature range in both vacuum and in the presence of typical guest solvents. With these data, we extract key thermodynamic parameters governing the reversible bond equilibrium and demonstrate that guest molecules strongly favor the reversible dissociation of MOF metal-linker bonds.
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- Kevin Fabrizio
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Material Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Material Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Material Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Material Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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Synthesis, Photoluminescence and Vibrational Properties of Aziridinium Lead Halide Perovskites. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27227949. [PMID: 36432050 PMCID: PMC9698367 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Three-dimensional lead halide perovskites are known for their excellent optoelectronic properties, making them suitable for photovoltaic and light-emitting applications. Here, we report for the first time the Raman spectra and photoluminescent (PL) properties of recently discovered three-dimensional aziridinium lead halide perovskites (AZPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I), as well as assignment of vibrational modes. We also report diffuse reflection data, which revealed an extended absorption of light of AZPbX3 compared to the MA and FA counterparts and are beneficial for solar cell application. We demonstrated that this behavior is correlated with the size of the organic cation, i.e., the energy band gap of the cubic lead halide perovskites decreases with the increasing size of the organic cation. All compounds show intense PL, which weakens on heating and shifts toward higher energies. This PL is red shifted compared to the FA and MA counterparts. An analysis of the PL data revealed the small exciton binding energy of AZPbX3 compounds (29-56 meV). Overall, the properties of AZPbX3 are very similar to those of the well-known MAPbX3 and FAPbX3 perovskites, indicating that the aziridinium analogues are also attractive materials for light-emitting and solar cell applications.
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Zhang H, Vickers ET, Erickson S, Guarino-Hotz M, Barnett JL, Ghosh S, Zhang JZ. Synthesis and Properties of Stable Amino Metal Halide Molecular Clusters in the Solid State. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10543-10549. [PMID: 36342415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nanosized molecular clusters (MCs) composed of PbBr2 and neutral ligand butylamine (BTYA) with unique optical properties in solution and solid states have been synthesized using ligand-assisted reprecipitation and spin-coating, separately. The studies of their optical properties using ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption and photoluminescence (PL) show the first electronic absorption and PL band of the MCs at 401 and 411 nm, respectively, for the solution and solid state samples that exhibit good stability under ambient conditions. Low-temperature PL spectra below 30 K show vibronic peaks indicative of a single size or a very narrow size distribution of the MCs. On the basis of Raman, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy measurements, a layered structural model is proposed for the MCs with a BTYA ligand capping on the surface of the corner-shared tilted [PbBr6]4- octahedral framework. The stable and retained structure of MCs in the solid state is promising for photonics applications.
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- Heng Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California95064, United States
- Nanoflow X, 2150 Chenault Drive, Carrollton, Texas75006, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California95064, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California95064, United States
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Naqvi FH, Ko JH. Structural Phase Transitions and Thermal Degradation Process of MAPbCl 3 Single Crystals Studied by Raman and Brillouin Scattering. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:ma15228151. [PMID: 36431635 PMCID: PMC9699233 DOI: 10.3390/ma15228151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy was applied to MAPbCl3 single crystals in a wide frequency range from 10 to 3500 cm-1 over a broad temperature range from -196 °C to 200 °C including both two structural phase transitions and a thermal degradation range. Low-frequency lattice modes of MAPbCl3 were revealed for the first time, which showed discontinuous anomalies along with the change in the number of Raman modes at the transition points of -114 °C and -110 °C. Several Raman modes related to the C-N stretching and MA rocking modes in addition to the lattice modes displayed temperature dependences similar to those of MAPbBr3 in both Raman shifts and half widths, indicating that the MA cation arrangement and H-halide bond interactions behave similarly in both systems during the phase transition. The substantial increase in the half widths of nearly all Raman modes especially suggests that the dynamic disorder caused by the free rotational motions of MA cations induces significant anharmonicity in the lattice and thus, reduces the phonon lifetimes. High-temperature Raman and Brillouin scattering measurements showed that the spectral features changed drastically at ~200 °C where the thermal decomposition of MAPbCl3 into PbCl2 began. This result exhibits that combined Raman and Brillouin spectroscopic techniques can be a useful tool in monitoring temperature-induced or temporal changes in lead-based halide perovskite materials.
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He Y, Zheng K, Henry PF, Pullerits T, Chen J. Direct Observation of Size-Dependent Phase Transition in Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite Microcrystals and Nanocrystals. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:39970-39974. [PMID: 36385807 PMCID: PMC9648073 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Methylammonium (MA) lead halide perovskites have been widely studied as active materials for advanced optoelectronics. As crystalline semiconductor materials, their properties are strongly affected by their crystal structure. Depending on their applications, the size of MA lead halide perovskite crystals varies by several orders of magnitude. The particle size can lead to different structural phase transitions and optoelectronic properties. Herein, we investigate the size effect for phase transition of MA lead bromide (MAPbBr3) by comparing the temperature-dependent neutron powder diffraction patterns of microcrystals and nanocrystals. The orthorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition occurs in MAPbBr3 microcrystals within the temperature range from 100 to 310 K. However, the phase transition is absent in nanocrystals in this temperature range. In this work, we offer a persuasive and direct evidence of the relationship between the particle size and the phase transition in perovskite crystals.
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- Yanmei He
- Department
of Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
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- ISIS
Pulsed Neutron Muon Facility, Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Nano-Science
Center & Department of Chemistry, University
of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken
5, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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Gallop NP, Ye J, Greetham GM, Jansen TLC, Dai L, Zelewski SJ, Arul R, Baumberg JJ, Hoye RLZ, Bakulin AA. The effect of caesium alloying on the ultrafast structural dynamics of hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A 2022; 10:22408-22418. [PMID: 36352854 PMCID: PMC9624371 DOI: 10.1039/d2ta05207e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Hybrid inorganic-organic perovskites have attracted considerable attention over recent years as promising processable electronic materials. In particular, the rich structural dynamics of these 'soft' materials has become a subject of investigation and debate due to their direct influence on the perovskites' optoelectronic properties. Significant effort has focused on understanding the role and behaviour of the organic cations within the perovskite, as their rotational dynamics may be linked to material stability, heterogeneity and performance in (opto)electronic devices. To this end, we use two-dimensional IR spectroscopy (2DIR) to understand the effect of partial caesium alloying on the rotational dynamics of the methylammonium cation in the archetypal hybrid perovskite CH3NH3PbI3. We find that caesium incorporation primarily inhibits the slower 'reorientational jump' modes of the organic cation, whilst a smaller effect on the fast 'wobbling time' may be due to distortions and rigidisation of the inorganic cuboctahedral cage. 2DIR centre-line-slope analysis further reveals that while static disorder increases with caesium substitution, the dynamic disorder (reflected in the phase memory of the N-H stretching mode of methylammonium) is largely independent of caesium addition. Our results contribute to the development of a unified model of cation dynamics within organohalide perovskites.
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- Nathaniel P Gallop
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub 83 Wood Lane London W12 0BZ UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen Netherlands
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
- Department of Semiconductor Materials Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27 50-370 Wrocław Poland
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub 83 Wood Lane London W12 0BZ UK
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Yi S, Lee JH. Degenerate Lattice-Instability-Driven Amorphization under Compression in Metal Halide Perovskite CsPbI 3. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:9449-9455. [PMID: 36194863 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Halide perovskites have been intensively investigated for photovoltaic applications because of their good optoelectronic properties and low cost. Various high-pressure experiments have shown that these materials generally undergo reversible phase transitions between different crystalline phases as well as between crystalline and amorphous phases under external pressure. Herein, using first-principles density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) calculations, we investigate the origin of the pressure-induced amorphization in CsPbI3. We find that the amorphous-like structures obtained from AIMD calculations become more stable than the orthorhombic Pbnm phase above 6.66 GPa, in good agreement with the experimental value (4.44 GPa). We further find that an imaginary flat band appears in the phonon dispersion of the orthorhombic CsPbI3 phase across the Brillouin zone at 10 GPa, leading to degenerate lattice instabilities. These energetically degenerate phonon modes are related to PbI6 octahedral tilting modes and provide random local distortions, leading to amorphization.
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- Seho Yi
- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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Jin B, Liang F, Zhao D, Lu Y, Liu L, Liu F, Chen Z, Bi G, Wang P, Zhang Q, Qiu M. Suppression of Phase Transitions in Perovskite Thin Films through Cryogenic Electron Beam Irradiation. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7449-7456. [PMID: 36098785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (OIHPs) with superior optoelectronic properties have emerged as revolutionary semiconductor materials for diverse applications. A fundamental understanding of the interplay between the microscopic molecular-level structure and the macroscopic optoelectronic properties is essential to boost device performance toward theoretical limits. Here, we reveal the critical role of CH3NH3+ (MA) in the regulation of the physicochemical and optoelectronic properties of a MAPbI3 film irradiated by an electron beam at 130 K. The order-to-disorder transformation of the MA cation not only leads to a notably enhanced photoluminescence emission but also results in the suppression of the orthorhombic phase down to 85 K. Taking advantage of the regulation of MA cation dynamics, we demonstrate a perovskite photodetector with 100% photocurrent enhancement and long-term stability exceeding one month. Our study provides a powerful tool for regulating the optoelectronic properties and stabilities of perovskites and highlights potential opportunities related to the organic cation in OIHPs.
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- Binbin Jin
- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Instrumentation and Service Center for Molecular Sciences, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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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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Liu Y, Long R, Fang WH. Great Influence of Organic Cation Motion on Charge Carrier Dynamics in Metal Halide Perovskite Unraveled by Unsupervised Machine Learning. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8537-8545. [PMID: 36067083 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02515] [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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Unsupervised machine learning combined with time-dependent density functional theory reveals the significant influence of organic cation on the charge carrier lifetime of FAPbI3 (FA = HC(NH2)2+) by analyzing their mutual information (MI) between the geometric features and the nonadiabatic coupling (NAC) and bandgap. Analysis of MI values demonstrates that the NAC and bandgap are dominated by the orientation and shape of the inorganic octahedron because iodine and lead atoms are composed of the band edge states. Counterintuitively, the correlated motion promotes the contribution of the FA cation to the NAC; in particular, one type of FA rotation even supersedes the influence of the velocities of the lead and iodine atoms due to the enhanced hydrogen bond interaction. Our study demonstrates the importance of the correlated motion on the excited-state lifetimes of FAPbI3, which provides a guidance for optimizing the optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites.
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- Yulong Liu
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Lin CK, Kuo JL. Anharmonic IR spectra of solvated ammonium and aminium ions: resemblance between water and bisulfate solvations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:20318-20325. [PMID: 35979887 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00663d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this work, we analyze the vibrational spectra of ammonium, methylammonium, and dimethylammonium ions solvated by either water molecules or bisulfate anions using anharmonic vibrational algorithms. Rich and complicated spectral features in the 2700-3200 cm-1 region of the experimental spectra of these clusters are attributed to originate from strong Fermi resonance between hydrogen-bonded NH stretching fundamentals and NH bending overtones. Additional weaker bands around 2500-2600 cm-1 in solvated aminium ions are assigned to the combination tones involving the CH-NH (methyl-amino) rocking modes. Furthermore, the qualitative resemblance in band positions and spectral patterns between two-water-solvated and two-bisulfate-solvated cations suggest a common vibrational coupling scheme beneath the two seemingly different micro-solvation environments.
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- Chih-Kai Lin
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China. .,Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, Republic of China.,International Graduate Program of Molecular Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Ambrosio F, De Angelis F, Goñi AR. The Ferroelectric-Ferroelastic Debate about Metal Halide Perovskites. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:7731-7740. [PMID: 35969174 PMCID: PMC9421894 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are solution-processed materials with exceptional photoconversion efficiencies that have brought a paradigm shift in photovoltaics. The nature of the peculiar optoelectronic properties underlying such astounding performance is still controversial. The existence of ferroelectricity in MHPs and its alleged impact on photovoltaic activity have fueled an intense debate, in which unanimous consensus is still far from being reached. Here we critically review recent experimental and theoretical results with a two-fold objective: we argue that the occurrence of ferroelectric domains is incompatible with the A-site cation dynamics in MHPs and propose an alternative interpretation of the experiments based on the concept of ferroelasticity. We further underline that ferroic behavior in MHPs would not be relevant at room temperature or higher for the physics of photogenerated charge carriers, since it would be overshadowed by competing effects like polaron formation and ion migration.
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- Francesco Ambrosio
- Computational
Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics (CLHYO), Istituto CNR di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta”
(CNR-SCITEC), Via Elce
di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno Italy
- Center
for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via G. Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Computational
Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics (CLHYO), Istituto CNR di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta”
(CNR-SCITEC), Via Elce
di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Center
for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via G. Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia and UdR INSTM of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Department
of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, College of Sciences & Human
Studies, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Romanelli G, Andreani C, Fazi L, Ishteev A, Konstantinova K, Preziosi E, Senesi R, Di Carlo A. Changes in the hydrogen nuclear kinetic energy across the several phases of methylammonium lead tribromide. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:094501. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0104917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present an experimental investigation of methylammonium lead tribromide single crystals in the orthorhombic, tetragonal, and cubic phases based on inelastic and deep inelastic neutron scattering experiments. We show how the average hydrogen nuclear kinetic energy, mainly affected by zero-point vibrational energies, shows differences larger compared to the changes simply related to temperature effects when moving from one phase to another. In particular, the Gaussian contribution to the average nuclear kinetic energy is larger in the tetragonal phase compared to the cubic and orthorhombic ones. Moreover, we find that the vibrational densities of states of MAPbBr3 single crystals in the orthorhombic phase are compatible with previously reported results on powder samples, and that the only vibrational modes that show slightly different frequencies compared to MAPbI3 are those in the energy range between 100 and 300 cm-1, related to librational/rotational modes. As these shifts are of about 10 cm-1, and do not affect any higher-energy vibrational mode, we conclude that the zero-point energies and average nuclear kinetic energies in the two-hybrid organic/inorganic perovskites are expected to be approximately the same within a harmonic framework.
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- Giovanni Romanelli
- Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica and Centro NAST, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
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- Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Italy
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- LASE - Laboratory of Advanced Solar Energy, NUST MISiS, 119049, Russia
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- Physics Department and NAST Centre, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma, Italy
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- CHOSE - Centre For Hybrid and Organic Solar energy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
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Jin Z, Peng Y, Fang Y, Ye Z, Fan Z, Liu Z, Bao X, Gao H, Ren W, Wu J, Ma G, Chen Q, Zhang C, Balakin AV, Shkurinov AP, Zhu Y, Zhuang S. Photoinduced large polaron transport and dynamics in organic-inorganic hybrid lead halide perovskite with terahertz probes. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2022; 11:209. [PMID: 35794097 PMCID: PMC9259629 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00872-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Organic-inorganic hybrid metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have attracted tremendous attention for optoelectronic applications. The long photocarrier lifetime and moderate carrier mobility have been proposed as results of the large polaron formation in MHPs. However, it is challenging to measure the effective mass and carrier scattering parameters of the photogenerated large polarons in the ultrafast carrier recombination dynamics. Here, we show, in a one-step spectroscopic method, that the optical-pump and terahertz-electromagnetic probe (OPTP) technique allows us to access the nature of interplay of photoexcited unbound charge carriers and optical phonons in polycrystalline CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) of about 10 μm grain size. Firstly, we demonstrate a direct spectral evidence of the large polarons in polycrystalline MAPbI3. Using the Drude-Smith-Lorentz model along with the Frӧhlich-type electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling, we determine the effective mass and scattering parameters of photogenerated polaronic carriers. We discover that the resulting moderate polaronic carrier mobility is mainly influenced by the enhanced carrier scattering, rather than the polaron mass enhancement. While, the formation of large polarons in MAPbI3 polycrystalline grains results in a long charge carrier lifetime at room temperature. Our results provide crucial information about the photo-physics of MAPbI3 and are indispensable for optoelectronic device development with better performance.
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- Zuanming Jin
- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Physics Department, Materials Genome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai Key Laboratory of High Temperature Superconductors, International Centre of Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Physics Department, Materials Genome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai Key Laboratory of High Temperature Superconductors, International Centre of Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yutian Road 500, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Department of Physics and International Laser Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 19991, Russia
- ILIT RAS-Branch of the FSRC《Crystallography and Photonics》RAS, Svyatoozerskaya 1, 140700, Shatura, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Physics and International Laser Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 19991, Russia
- ILIT RAS-Branch of the FSRC《Crystallography and Photonics》RAS, Svyatoozerskaya 1, 140700, Shatura, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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Qin Y, Li ZG, Gao FF, Chen H, Li X, Xu B, Li Q, Jiang X, Li W, Wu X, Quan Z, Ye L, Zhang Y, Lin Z, Pedesseau L, Even J, Lu P, Bu XH. Dangling Octahedra Enable Edge States in 2D Lead Halide Perovskites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2201666. [PMID: 35583447 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The structural reconstruction at the crystal layer edges of 2D lead halide perovskites (LHPs) leads to unique edge states (ES), which are manifested by prolonged carrier lifetime and reduced emission energy. These special ES can effectively enhance the optoelectronic performance of devices, but their intrinsic origin and working mechanism remain elusive. Here it is demonstrated that the ES of a family of 2D Ruddlesden-Popper LHPs [BA2 CsPb2 Br7 , BA2 MAPb2 Br7 , and BA2 MA2 Pb3 Br10 (BA = butylammonium; MA = methylammonium)] arise from the rotational symmetry elevation of the PbBr6 octahedra dangling at the crystal layer edges. These dangling octahedra give rise to localized electronic states that enable an effective transport of electrons from the interior to layer edges, and the population of electrons in both the interior states and the ES can be manipulated via controlling the external fields. Moreover, the abundant phonons, activated by the dangling octahedra, can interact with electrons to facilitate radiative recombination, counterintuitive to the suppressive role commonly observed in conventional semiconductors. This work unveils the intrinsic atomistic and electronic origins of ES in 2D LHPs, which can stimulate the exploration of ES-based exotic optoelectronic properties and the corresponding design of high-performance devices for these emergent low-dimensional semiconductors.
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- Yan Qin
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- School of Physics and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of Modern Optics and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Institute of Modern Optics and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON, UMR 6082, Rennes, F-35000, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON, UMR 6082, Rennes, F-35000, France
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- School of Physics and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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He J, Long R. Unveiling the Valence State of Interstitial Bromine on Charge Carrier Lifetime in CH 3NH 3PbBr 3 by Quantum Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:4193-4199. [PMID: 35511453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Interstitial halogens are detrimental to the optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites. Using nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics, we demonstrate that the valence state of interstitial bromine strongly changes the carrier lifetimes of MAPbBr3 (MA = CH3NH3+). Both neutral and negatively charged interstitial bromine create no midgap states, and they decrease the bandgap, weaken the NA coupling, and accelerate decoherence in a different extent with respect to pristine MAPbBr3, making free charge recombination either slow down about a 3-fold or remain largely unchanged. In contrast, a positively charged interstitial bromine forms a Br trimer and introduces a deep electron trap state, causing a 1.4-fold increase of charge recombination followed by a rapid electron trapping or across the bandgap because of an enhanced NA coupling. The simulations uncover the influence of different charged interstitial bromine defects on MAPbBr3 carrier lifetimes and provide rational guidelines for optimizing perovskite solar cells.
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- Jinlu He
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Zhao X, Lu H, Fang WH, Long R. Correlated organic-inorganic motion enhances stability and charge carrier lifetime in mixed halide perovskites. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:4644-4653. [PMID: 35262126 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07732e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Organic cations are believed to have little influence on the charge carrier lifetime in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Experiments defy this expectation. We consider formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) doping with and without Br as two prototypical systems, and perform ab initio time-domain nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics simulations to investigate nonradiative electron-hole recombination. The simulations demonstrate that correlated organic-inorganic motion stabilizes the lattice and inhibits nonradiative charge recombination in FAPbI3 upon Br doping. Br doping suppresses the rotation of FA and the vibrations of both organic and inorganic components, and leads to hole localization and the extent of localization is enhanced upon thermal impact, notably reducing the NA coupling by decreasing the overlap between the electron and hole wave functions. Doping also slightly increases the bandgap for further decreasing NA coupling and enhances the open-circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells. The small NA coupling and large bandgap beat the slow coherence loss, delaying electron-hole recombination and extending the charge carrier lifetime to 1.5 ns in Br-doped FAPbI3, which is on the order of 1.1 ns in pristine FAPbI3. The obtained time scales are in good agreement with experiments. Multiple phonon modes, including those of both the inorganic and organic components, couple to the electronic subsystem and accommodate the excess electronic energy lost during nonradiative charge recombination. The study reveals the unexpected atomistic mechanisms for the reduction of electron-hole recombination upon Br doping, rationalizes the experiments, and advances our understanding of the excited-state dynamics of perovskite solar cells.
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- Xi Zhao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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Park Y, Obliger A, Limmer DT. Nonlocal Screening Dictates the Radiative Lifetimes of Excitations in Lead Halide Perovskites. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:2398-2404. [PMID: 35234469 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We use path integral molecular dynamics simulations and theory to elucidate the interactions between charge carriers, as mediated by a lead halide perovskite lattice. We find that the charge-lattice coupling of MAPbI3 results in a repulsive interaction between electrons and holes at intermediate distances. The effective interaction is understood using a Gaussian field theory, whereby the underlying soft, polar lattice contributes a nonlocal screening between quasiparticles. Path integral calculations of this nonlocal screening model are used to rationalize the small exciton binding energy and low radiative recombination rate observed experimentally and are compared to traditional Wannier-Mott and Fröhlich models, which fail to do so. These results clarify the origin of the high power conversion efficiencies in lead halide perovskites. Emergent repulsive electron-hole interactions provide a design principle for optimizing soft, polar semiconductors.
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- Yoonjae Park
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Qiao L, Fang WH, Prezhdo OV, Long R. Suppressing Oxygen-Induced Deterioration of Metal Halide Perovskites by Alkaline Earth Metal Doping: A Quantum Dynamics Study. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5543-5551. [PMID: 35294834 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Exposure to oxygen undermines stability and charge transport in metal halide perovskites, because molecular oxygen, as well as photogenerated superoxide and peroxide, erodes the perovskite lattice and creates charge traps. We demonstrate that alkaline earth metals passivate the oxygen species in CH3NH3PbI3 by breaking the O-O bond and forming new bonds with the oxygen atoms, shifting the trap states of the antibonding O-O orbitals from inside the bandgap into the bands. In addition to eliminating the oxidizing species and the charge traps, doping with the alkaline earth metals slightly increases the bandgap and partially localizes the electron and hole wavefunctions, weakening the electron-hole and charge-phonon interactions and making the charge carrier lifetimes longer than even those in pristine CH3NH3PbI3. Relative to CH3NH3PbI3 exposed to oxygen and light, the charge carrier lifetime of the passivated CH3NH3PbI3 increases by 2-3 orders of magnitude. The ab initio quantum dynamics simulations demonstrate that alkaline earth metals passivate efficiently not only intrinsic perovskite defects, but also the foreign species, providing a viable strategy to suppress perovskite degradation.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, United States
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Qiao L, Fang WH, Long R. Dual Passivation of Point Defects at Perovskite Grain Boundaries with Ammonium Salts Greatly Inhibits Nonradiative Charge Recombination. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:954-961. [PMID: 35060385 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Experiments demonstrate that grain boundaries (GBs) exhibit detrimental effect on carrier lifetimes in MAPbI3 (MA= CH3NH3+). On the basis of the nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrated that NH4Cl can simultaneously passivate the common point defects that introduce recombination centers at GBs and accelerate electron-hole recombination but shows small effects in the bulk. The MA interstitial (MAi) and the substitutional MA to Pb (MAPb) in pristine MAPbI3 leave the band gap and charge recombination rates largely unchanged but create deep electron traps at GBs by separately either distorting inorganic octahedra or creating an I-dimer. Cl- and NH4+ remove the in-gap states by either restoring the distorted octahedra or destroying the I-dimer. Thus, the band gap recovers to the pristine system, NA coupling decreases, and decoherence accelerates, extending the carrier lifetime even twice longer than MAPbI3. This study shows that the negative role of GBs can be removed by dually passivating with NH4Cl.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Ray A, Martín-García B, Moliterni A, Casati N, Boopathi KM, Spirito D, Goldoni L, Prato M, Giacobbe C, Giannini C, Di Stasio F, Krahne R, Manna L, Abdelhady AL. Mixed Dimethylammonium/Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Crystals for Improved Structural Stability and Enhanced Photodetection. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2106160. [PMID: 34856033 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The solvent acidolysis crystallization technique is utilized to grow mixed dimethylammonium/methylammonium lead tribromide (DMA/MAPbBr3 ) crystals reaching the highest dimethylammonium incorporation of 44% while maintaining the 3D cubic perovskite phase. These mixed perovskite crystals show suppression of the orthorhombic phase and a lower tetragonal-to-cubic phase-transition temperature compared to MAPbBr3 . A distinct behavior is observed in the temperature-dependent photoluminescence properties of MAPbBr3 and mixed DMA/MAPbBr3 crystals due to the different organic cation dynamics governing the phase transition(s). Furthermore, lateral photodetectors based on these crystals show that, at room temperature, the mixed crystals possess higher detectivity compared to MAPbBr3 crystals caused by structural compression and reduced surface trap density. Remarkably, the mixed-crystal devices exhibit large enhancement in their detectivity below the phase-transition temperature (at 200 K), while for the MAPbBr3 devices only insignificant changes are observed. The high detectivity of the mixed crystals makes them attractive for visible-light communication and for space applications. The results highlight the importance of the synthetic technique for compositional engineering of halide perovskites that governs their structural and optoelectronic properties.
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- Aniruddha Ray
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, Genoa, 16146, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
- CIC nanoGUNE, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76, Donostia-San Sebastian, 20018, Spain
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/O, Bari, 70126, Italy
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation-Condensed Matter, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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- IHP-Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik, Im Technologiepark 25, Frankfurt (Oder), D-15236, Germany
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue Des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38040, France
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/O, Bari, 70126, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, 16163, Italy
- ŁUKASIEWICZ Research Network PORT-Polish Center for Technology Development, ul. Stabłowicka 147, Wrocław, 54066, Poland
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Biswas S, Kim J, Zhang X, Scholes GD. Coherent Two-Dimensional and Broadband Electronic Spectroscopies. Chem Rev 2022; 122:4257-4321. [PMID: 35037757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Over the past few decades, coherent broadband spectroscopy has been widely used to improve our understanding of ultrafast processes (e.g., photoinduced electron transfer, proton transfer, and proton-coupled electron transfer reactions) at femtosecond resolution. The advances in femtosecond laser technology along with the development of nonlinear multidimensional spectroscopy enabled further insights into ultrafast energy transfer and carrier relaxation processes in complex biological and material systems. New discoveries and interpretations have led to improved design principles for optimizing the photophysical properties of various artificial systems. In this review, we first provide a detailed theoretical framework of both coherent broadband and two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES). We then discuss a selection of experimental approaches and considerations of 2DES along with best practices for data processing and analysis. Finally, we review several examples where coherent broadband and 2DES were employed to reveal mechanisms of photoinitiated ultrafast processes in molecular, biological, and material systems. We end the review with a brief perspective on the future of the experimental techniques themselves and their potential to answer an even greater range of scientific questions.
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- Somnath Biswas
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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