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Li Z, Luo Y, Chen Z, Liang H, Lu T, Rao X, Ray A, Abdelhady AL, Yang C, Petralanda U, Bettiol A, Breese M, Dang Z, Gao P. Defect Engineering and Emission Tuning of Wide-Bandgap MAPbCl 3 Perovskite. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:5689-5695. [PMID: 38767955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
Lead-chloride perovskites are promising candidates for optoelectronic applications, such as visible-blind UV photodetection. It remains unclear how the deep defects in this wide-bandgap material impact the carrier recombination dynamics. In this work, we study the defect properties of MAPbCl3 (MA = CH3NH3) based on photoluminescence (PL) measurements. Our investigations show that apart from the intrinsic emission, four sub-bandgap emissions emerge, which are very likely to originate from the radiative recombination of excitons bound to several intrinsic vacancy and interstitial defects. The intensity of various emission features can be tuned by adjusting the type and ratio of precursors used during synthesis. Our study not only provides important insights into the defect property and carrier recombination mechanism in this class of material but also demonstrates efficient strategies for defect passivation and engineering, paving the way for further development of lead-chloride perovskite-based optoelectronic devices.
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- Zihao Li
- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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- Center for Ion Beam Applications, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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- Department of Nanochemistry, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova 16163, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Ion Beam Applications, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apartado 644, Bilbao 48940, Spain
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- Center for Ion Beam Applications, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- Center for Ion Beam Applications, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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- School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China
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Yuan Y, Yan G, Dreessen C, Rudolph T, Hülsbeck M, Klingebiel B, Ye J, Rau U, Kirchartz T. Shallow defects and variable photoluminescence decay times up to 280 µs in triple-cation perovskites. NATURE MATERIALS 2024; 23:391-397. [PMID: 38195863 PMCID: PMC10917677 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01771-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Quantifying recombination in halide perovskites is a crucial prerequisite to control and improve the performance of perovskite-based solar cells. While both steady-state and transient photoluminescence are frequently used to assess recombination in perovskite absorbers, quantitative analyses within a consistent model are seldom reported. We use transient photoluminescence measurements with a large dynamic range of more than ten orders of magnitude on triple-cation perovskite films showing long-lived photoluminescence transients featuring continuously changing decay times that range from tens of nanoseconds to hundreds of microseconds. We quantitatively explain both the transient and steady-state photoluminescence with the presence of a high density of shallow defects and consequent high rates of charge carrier trapping, thereby showing that deep defects do not affect the recombination dynamics. The complex carrier kinetics caused by emission and recombination processes via shallow defects imply that the reporting of only single lifetime values, as is routinely done in the literature, is meaningless for such materials. We show that the features indicative for shallow defects seen in the bare films remain dominant in finished devices and are therefore also crucial to understanding the performance of perovskite solar cells.
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- Ye Yuan
- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
- Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia, Paterna, Spain
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IEK-5 Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
- Faculty of Engineering and CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany.
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Chen X, Pasanen HP, Khan R, Tkachenko NV, Janáky C, Samu GF. Effect of Single-Crystal TiO 2/Perovskite Band Alignment on the Kinetics of Electron Extraction. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:2057-2065. [PMID: 38357864 PMCID: PMC10895670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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The kinetics of electron extraction at the electron transfer layer/perovskite interface strongly affects the efficiency of a perovskite solar cell. By combining transient absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy, the electron extraction process between FA0.83Cs0.17Pb(I0.83Br0.17)3 and TiO2 single crystals with different orientations of (100), (110), and (111) were probed from subpicosecond to several hundred nanoseconds. It was revealed that the band alignment between the constituents influenced the relative electron extraction process. TiO2(100) showed the fastest overall and hot electron transfer, owing to the largest conduction band and Fermi level offset compared to FA0.83Cs0.17Pb(I0.83Br0.17)3. It was found that an early electron accumulation in these systems can have an influence on the following electron extraction on the several nanosecond time scale. Furthermore, the existence of a potential barrier at the TiO2/perovskite interface was also revealed by performing excitation fluence-dependent measurements.
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- Xiangtian Chen
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, University of Szeged, Aradi Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Photonic Compounds and Nanomaterials, Chemistry and Advanced Material Group, Tampere University, Tampere FI-33720, Finland
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- Photonic Compounds and Nanomaterials, Chemistry and Advanced Material Group, Tampere University, Tampere FI-33720, Finland
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- Photonic Compounds and Nanomaterials, Chemistry and Advanced Material Group, Tampere University, Tampere FI-33720, Finland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, University of Szeged, Aradi Square 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
- ELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Wolfgang Sandner street 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary
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- ELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Wolfgang Sandner street 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary
- Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm square 7-8, Szeged H-6721, Hungary
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Tiede D, Romero-Pérez C, Koch KA, Ucer KB, Calvo ME, Srimath Kandada AR, Galisteo-López JF, Míguez H. Effect of Connectivity on the Carrier Transport and Recombination Dynamics of Perovskite Quantum-Dot Networks. ACS NANO 2024; 18:2325-2334. [PMID: 38206821 PMCID: PMC10811662 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
Abstract
Quantum-dot (QD) solids are being widely exploited as a solution-processable technology to develop photovoltaic, light-emission, and photodetection devices. Charge transport in these materials is the result of a compromise between confinement at the individual QD level and electronic coupling among the different nanocrystals in the ensemble. While this is commonly achieved by ligand engineering in colloidal-based systems, ligand-free QD assemblies have recently emerged as an exciting alternative where nanostructures can be directly grown into porous matrices with optical quality as well as control over their connectivity and, hence, charge transport properties. In this context, we present a complete photophysical study comprising fluence- and temperature-dependent time-resolved spectroscopy to study carrier dynamics in ligand-free QD networks with gradually varying degrees of interconnectivity, which we achieve by changing the average distance between the QDs. Analysis of the photoluminescence and absorption properties of the QD assemblies, involving both static and time-resolved measurements, allows us to identify the weight of the different recombination mechanisms, both radiative and nonradiative, as a function of QD connectivity. We propose a picture where carrier diffusion, which is needed for any optoelectronic application and implies interparticle transport, gives rise to the exposure of carriers to a larger defect landscape than in the case of isolated QDs. The use of a broad range of fluences permits extracting valuable information for applications demanding either low- or high-carrier-injection levels and highlighting the relevance of a judicious design to balance recombination and diffusion.
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- David
O. Tiede
- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Department
of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Department
of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad de Sevilla), C/Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain
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Yadav AN, Min S, Choe H, Park J, Cho J. Halide Ion Mixing across Colloidal 2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites: Implication of Spacer Ligand on Mixing Kinetics. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305546. [PMID: 37702148 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
Abstract
Halide ion exchange seen in metal halide perovskites provide a substantial opportunity to control their halide composition and corresponding optoelectronic properties. Halide ion mixing across colloidal 3D perovskite nanocrystals have been extensively studied while the mixing within colloidal 2D counterparts remain underexplored. In this study, the halide ion exchange kinetics across colloidally stable 2D Ruddlesden-Popper layered bromide (Br) and iodide (I) perovskites using two different spacer ligands such as aromatic phenethylammonium (PEA) versus linear butyammonium (BA) is demonstrated. The halide exchange kinetic rate constant (k), as determined by tracking time-dependent absorbance changes, indicates that Br/I halide mixing in 2D PEA-based perovskites (2.7 × 10-3 min-1 ) occurs at an order of magnitude slower than in 2D BA-based perovskites (3.3 × 10-2 min-1 ). Concentration (≈1 mM to 100 mM) and temperature-dependent (50 to 80 °C) kinetic studies further allow for the determination of activation barrier for halide ion mixing across the 2D layered perovskites with 75.2 ± 4.4 kJ mol-1 (2D PEA) and 57.8 ± 7.8 kJ mol-1 (2D BA), respectively. The activation energy reveals that the type of spacer cations plays a crucial role in controlling the halide ion mobility and halide stability due mainly to the internal ligand chemical interaction within 2D structures.
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- Amar Nath Yadav
- School of Chemistry and Energy, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, 01133, South Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Energy, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, 01133, South Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Energy, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, 01133, South Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Energy, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, 01133, South Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Energy, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, 01133, South Korea
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Krückemeier L, Liu Z, Kirchartz T, Rau U. Quantifying Charge Extraction and Recombination Using the Rise and Decay of the Transient Photovoltage of Perovskite Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2300872. [PMID: 37147880 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
The extraction of photogenerated charge carriers and the generation of a photovoltage belong to the fundamental functionalities of any solar cell. These processes happen not instantaneously but rather come with finite time constants, e.g., a time constant related to the rise of the externally measured open circuit voltage following a short light pulse. Herein, a new method to analyze transient photovoltage measurements at different bias light intensities combining rise and decay times of the photovoltage. The approach uses a linearized version of a system of two coupled differential equations that are solved analytically by determining the eigenvalues of a 2 × 2 matrix. By comparison between the eigenvalues and the measured rise and decay times during a transient photovoltage measurement, the rates of carrier recombination and extraction as a function of bias voltage are determined, and establish a simple link between their ratio and the efficiency losses in the perovskite solar cell.
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- Lisa Krückemeier
- IEK5-Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Jülich Aachen Research Alliance, JARA-Energy and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstr. 2, 52062, Aachen, Germany
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- IEK5-Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IEK5-Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Faculty of Engineering and CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Carl-Benz-Str. 199, 47057, Duisburg, Germany
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- IEK5-Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Jülich Aachen Research Alliance, JARA-Energy and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstr. 2, 52062, Aachen, Germany
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Rojas-Gatjens E, Yallum KM, Shi Y, Zheng Y, Bills T, Perini CAR, Correa-Baena JP, Ginger DS, Banerji N, Silva-Acuña C. Resolving Nonlinear Recombination Dynamics in Semiconductors via Ultrafast Excitation Correlation Spectroscopy: Photoluminescence versus Photocurrent Detection. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:15969-15977. [PMID: 37609378 PMCID: PMC10440815 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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We explore the application of excitation correlation spectroscopy to detect nonlinear photophysical dynamics in two distinct semiconductor classes through time-integrated photoluminescence and photocurrent measurements. In this experiment, two variably delayed femtosecond pulses excite the semiconductor, and the time-integrated photoluminescence or photocurrent component arising from the nonlinear dynamics of the populations induced by each pulse is measured as a function of inter-pulse delay by phase-sensitive detection with a lock-in amplifier. We focus on two limiting materials systems with contrasting optical properties: a prototypical lead-halide perovskite (LHP) solar cell, in which primary photoexcitations are charge photocarriers, and a single-component organic-semiconductor diode, which features Frenkel excitons as primary photoexcitations. The photoexcitation dynamics perceived by the two detection schemes in these contrasting systems are distinct. Nonlinear-dynamic contributions in the photoluminescence detection scheme arise from contributions to radiative recombination in both materials systems, while photocurrent arises directly in the LHP but indirectly following exciton dissociation in the organic system. Consequently, the basic photophysics of the two systems are reflected differently when comparing measurements with the two detection schemes. Our results indicate that photoluminescence detection in the LHP system provides valuable information about trap-assisted and Auger recombination processes, but that these processes are convoluted in a nontrivial way in the photocurrent response and are therefore difficult to differentiate. In contrast, the organic-semiconductor system exhibits more directly correlated responses in the nonlinear photoluminescence and photocurrent measurements, as charge carriers are secondary excitations only generated through exciton dissociation processes. We propose that bimolecular annihilation pathways mainly contribute to the generation of charge carriers in single-component organic semiconductor devices. Overall, our work highlights the utility of excitation correlation spectroscopy in modern semiconductor materials research, particularly in the analysis of nonlinear photophysical processes, which are deterministic for their electronic and optical properties.
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- Esteban Rojas-Gatjens
- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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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, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Molecular
Engineering & Sciences Institute, University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- School of
Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Goetz KP, Thome FTF, An Q, Hofstetter YJ, Schramm T, Yangui A, Kiligaridis A, Loeffler M, Taylor AD, Scheblykin IG, Vaynzof Y. Remarkable performance recovery in highly defective perovskite solar cells by photo-oxidation. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C 2023; 11:8007-8017. [PMID: 37362025 PMCID: PMC10286220 DOI: 10.1039/d2tc05077c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Exposure to environmental factors is generally expected to cause degradation in perovskite films and solar cells. Herein, we show that films with certain defect profiles can display the opposite effect, healing upon exposure to oxygen under illumination. We tune the iodine content of methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite from understoichiometric to overstoichiometric and expose them to oxygen and light prior to the addition of the top layers of the device, thereby examining the defect dependence of their photooxidative response in the absence of storage-related chemical processes. The contrast between the photovoltaic properties of the cells with different defects is stark. Understoichiometric samples indeed degrade, demonstrating performance at 33% of their untreated counterparts, while stoichiometric samples maintain their performance levels. Surprisingly, overstoichiometric samples, which show low current density and strong reverse hysteresis when untreated, heal to maximum performance levels (the same as untreated, stoichiometric samples) upon the photooxidative treatment. A similar, albeit smaller-scale, effect is observed for triple cation and methylammonium-free compositions, demonstrating the general application of this treatment to state-of-the-art compositions. We examine the reasons behind this response by a suite of characterization techniques, finding that the performance changes coincide with microstructural decay at the crystal surface, reorientation of the bulk crystal structure for the understoichiometric cells, and a decrease in the iodine-to-lead ratio of all films. These results indicate that defect engineering is a powerful tool to manipulate the stability of perovskite solar cells.
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- Katelyn P Goetz
- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden Nöthnitzer Str. 61 01187 Dresden Germany
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden Nöthnitzer Str. 61 01187 Dresden Germany
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden Nöthnitzer Str. 61 01187 Dresden Germany
- Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden Helmholtzstraße 20 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden Nöthnitzer Str. 61 01187 Dresden Germany
- Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden Helmholtzstraße 20 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University Lund Sweden
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- Dresden Center for Nanoanalysis, Technical University of Dresden Dresden Germany
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden Nöthnitzer Str. 61 01187 Dresden Germany
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- Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Technical University of Dresden Nöthnitzer Str. 61 01187 Dresden Germany
- Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden Helmholtzstraße 20 01069 Dresden Germany
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Eremchev IY, Tarasevich AO, Kniazeva MA, Li J, Naumov AV, Scheblykin IG. Detection of Single Charge Trapping Defects in Semiconductor Particles by Evaluating Photon Antibunching in Delayed Photoluminescence. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:2087-2093. [PMID: 36893363 PMCID: PMC10037414 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Time-resolved analysis of photon cross-correlation function g(2)(τ) is applied to photoluminescence (PL) of individual submicrometer size MAPbI3 perovskite crystals. Surprisingly, an antibunching effect in the long-living tail of PL is observed, while the prompt PL obeys the photon statistics typical for a classical emitter. We propose that antibunched photons from the PL decay tail originate from radiative recombination of detrapped charge carriers which were initially captured by a very limited number (down to one) of shallow defect states. The concentration of these trapping sites is estimated to be in the range 1013-1016 cm-3. In principle, photon correlations can be also caused by highly nonlinear Auger recombination processes; however, in our case it requires unrealistically large Auger recombination coefficients. The potential of the time-resolved g(2)(0) for unambiguous identification of charge rerecombination processes in semiconductors considering the actual number of charge carries and defects states per particle is demonstrated.
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- Ivan Yu. Eremchev
- Institute
of Spectroscopy RAS, Troitsk,
Moscow 108840, Russia
- Lebedev
Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow 108840, Russia
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- Institute
of Spectroscopy RAS, Troitsk,
Moscow 108840, Russia
- Lebedev
Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow 108840, Russia
- National
Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 109028, Russia
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- Institute
of Spectroscopy RAS, Troitsk,
Moscow 108840, Russia
- Lebedev
Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow 108840, Russia
- National
Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 109028, Russia
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- Chemical
Physics and Nano Lund, Lund University, Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute
of Spectroscopy RAS, Troitsk,
Moscow 108840, Russia
- Lebedev
Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow 108840, Russia
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- Chemical
Physics and Nano Lund, Lund University, Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Li Y, Hu H, Farag A, Feeney T, Allegro I, Lemmer U, Paetzold UW, Howard IA. Enhancement of Amplified Spontaneous Emission by Electric Field in CsPbBr 3 Perovskites. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1637-1644. [PMID: 36852434 PMCID: PMC9999453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Perovskite gain materials can sustain continuous-wave lasing at room-temperature. A first step toward the unachieved goal of electrically excited lasing would be an improvement in gain when electrical stimulation is added to the optical. However, to date, electrical stimulation supplementing optical has reduced gain performance. We find that amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) in a CsPbBr3 perovskite light-emitting diode (LED) held under invariant subthreshold optical excitation can be turned on/off by the addition/removal of an electric field. A positive bias voltage leads to a factor of 3 reduction in the optical ASE threshold, the cause of which can be attributed to an enhancement of the radiative rate. The slow components (10 s time scale) of the modulation in the photoluminescence and ASE when the voltage is changed suggest that the relocation of mobile ions trigger the increased radiative rate and observed lowering of ASE thresholds.
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- Yang Li
- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Light
Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Engesserstrasse
13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Markina DI, Anoshkin SS, Masharin MA, Khubezhov SA, Tzibizov I, Dolgintsev D, Terterov IN, Makarov SV, Pushkarev AP. Perovskite Nanowire Laser for Hydrogen Chloride Gas Sensing. ACS NANO 2023; 17:1570-1582. [PMID: 36594418 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Detection of hazardous volatile organic and inorganic species is a crucial task for addressing human safety in the chemical industry. Among these species, there are hydrogen halides (HX, X = Cl, Br, I) vastly exploited in numerous technological processes. Therefore, the development of a cost-effective, highly sensitive detector selective to any HX gas is of particular interest. Herein, we demonstrate the optical detection of hydrogen chloride gas with solution-processed halide perovskite nanowire lasers grown on a nanostructured alumina substrate. An anion exchange reaction between a CsPbBr3 nanowire and vaporized HCl molecules results in the formation of a structure consisting of a bromide core and thin mixed-halide CsPb(Cl,Br)3 shell. The shell has a lower refractive index than the core does. Therefore, the formation and further expansion of the shell reduce the field confinement for experimentally observed laser modes and provokes an increase in their frequency. This phenomenon is confirmed by the coherency of the data derived from XPS spectroscopy, EDX analysis, in situ XRD experiments, HRTEM images, and fluorescent microspectroscopy, as well as numerical modeling for Cl- ion diffusion and the shell-thickness-dependent spectral position of eigenmodes in a core-shell perovskite nanowire. The revealed optical response allows the detection of HCl molecules in the 5-500 ppm range. The observed spectral tunability of the perovskite nanowire lasers can be employed not only for sensing but also for their precise spectral tuning.
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- Daria I Markina
- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
- North Ossetian State University, Vatutina str. 46, 362025Vladikavkaz, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
- Qingdao Innovation and Development Center, Harbin Engineering University, Qingdao266000, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- ITMO University, School of Physics and Engineering, Kronverkskiy pr. 49, 197101St. Petersburg, Russia
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Yan B, Liu X, Lu W, Feng M, Yan HJ, Li Z, Liu S, Wang C, Hu JS, Xue DJ. Indoor photovoltaics awaken the world's first solar cells. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eadc9923. [PMID: 36475800 PMCID: PMC9728960 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adc9923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Selenium (Se) solar cells were the world's first solid-state photovoltaics reported in 1883, opening the modern photovoltaics. However, its wide bandgap (~1.9 eV) limits sunlight harvesting. Here, we revisit the world's oldest but long-ignored photovoltaic material with the emergence of indoor photovoltaics (IPVs); the absorption spectrum of Se perfectly matches the emission spectra of commonly used indoor light sources in the 400 to 700 nm range. We find that the widely used Te adhesion layer also passivates defects at the nonbonded Se/TiO2 interface. By optimizing the Te coverage from 6.9 to 70.4%, the resulting Se cells exhibit an efficiency of 15.1% under 1000 lux indoor illumination and show no efficiency loss after 1000 hours of continuous indoor illumination without encapsulation, outperforming the present IPV industry standard of amorphous silicon cells in both efficiency and stability. We further fabricate Se modules (6.75 cm2) that produce 232.6 μW output power under indoor illumination, powering a radio-frequency identification-based localization tag.
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- Bin Yan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Beijing Key Lab of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Cultural and Technological Industry Innovation of Tongren, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Galle MHJJ, Li J, Frantsuzov PA, Basché T, Scheblykin IG. Self-Healing Ability of Perovskites Observed via Photoluminescence Response on Nanoscale Local Forces and Mechanical Damage. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 10:e2204393. [PMID: 36453591 PMCID: PMC9811431 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The photoluminescence (PL) of metal halide perovskites can recover after light or current-induced degradation. This self-healing ability is tested by acting mechanically on MAPbI3 polycrystalline microcrystals by an atomic force microscope tip (applying force, scratching, and cutting) while monitoring the PL. Although strain and crystal damage induce strong PL quenching, the initial balance between radiative and nonradiative processes in the microcrystals is restored within a few minutes. The stepwise quenching-recovery cycles induced by the mechanical action is interpreted as a modulation of the PL blinking behavior. This study proposes that the dynamic equilibrium between active and inactive states of the metastable nonradiative recombination centers causing blinking is perturbed by strain. Reversible stochastic transformation of several nonradiative centers per microcrystal under application/release of the local stress can lead to the observed PL quenching and recovery. Fitting the experimental PL trajectories by a phenomenological model based on viscoelasticity provides a characteristic time of strain relaxation in MAPbI3 on the order of 10-100 s. The key role of metastable defect states in nonradiative losses and in the self-healing properties of perovskites is suggested.
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- Marco H. J. J. Galle
- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg‐UniversityDuesbergweg 10‐1455128MainzGermany
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLundLund UniversityBox 124Lund22100Sweden
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- Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and CombustionSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of ScienceInstitutskaya 3Novosibirsk630090Russia
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- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg‐UniversityDuesbergweg 10‐1455128MainzGermany
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Mao L, Yang T, Zhang H, Shi J, Hu Y, Zeng P, Li F, Gong J, Fang X, Sun Y, Liu X, Du J, Han A, Zhang L, Liu W, Meng F, Cui X, Liu Z, Liu M. Fully Textured, Production-Line Compatible Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Approaching 29% Efficiency. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2206193. [PMID: 35985840 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are promising avenues for achieving high-performance photovoltaics with low costs. However, the highest certified efficiency of perovskite/silicon tandem devices based on economically matured silicon heterojunction technology (SHJ) with fully textured wafer is only 25.2% due to incompatibility between the limitation of fabrication technology which is not compatible with the production-line silicon wafer. Here, a molecular-level nanotechnology is developed by designing NiOx /2PACz ([2-(9H-carbazol-9-yl) ethyl]phosphonic acid) as an ultrathin hybrid hole transport layer (HTL) above indium tin oxide (ITO) recombination junction, to serve as a vital pivot for achieving a conformal deposition of high-quality perovskite layer on top. The NiOx interlayer facilitates a uniform self-assembly of 2PACz molecules onto the fully textured surface, thus avoiding direct contact between ITO and perovskite top-cell for a minimal shunt loss. As a result of such interfacial engineering, the fully textured perovskite/silicon tandem cells obtain a certified efficiency of 28.84% on a 1.2-cm2 masked area, which is the highest performance to date based on the fully textured, production-line compatible SHJ. This work advances commercially promising photovoltaics with high performance and low costs by adopting a meticulously designed HTL/perovskite interface.
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- Lin Mao
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- Sichuan Research Center of New Materials, Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu, 610200, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Sichuan Research Center of New Materials, Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu, 610200, China
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- Research Center for New Energy Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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Ahmed GH, Liu Y, Bravić I, Ng X, Heckelmann I, Narayanan P, Fernández MS, Monserrat B, Congreve DN, Feldmann S. Luminescence Enhancement Due to Symmetry Breaking in Doped Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:15862-15870. [PMID: 35977424 PMCID: PMC9437917 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
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Metal-halide perovskite nanocrystals have demonstrated
excellent
optoelectronic properties for light-emitting applications. Isovalent
doping with various metals (M2+) can be used to tailor
and enhance their light emission. Although crucial to maximize performance,
an understanding of the universal working mechanism for such doping
is still missing. Here, we directly compare the optical properties
of nanocrystals containing the most commonly employed dopants, fabricated
under identical synthesis conditions. We show for the first time unambiguously,
and supported by first-principles calculations and molecular orbital
theory, that element-unspecific symmetry-breaking rather than element-specific
electronic effects dominate these properties under device-relevant
conditions. The impact of most dopants on the perovskite electronic
structure is predominantly based on local lattice periodicity breaking
and resulting charge carrier localization, leading to enhanced radiative
recombination, while dopant-specific hybridization effects play a
secondary role. Our results suggest specific guidelines for selecting
a dopant to maximize the performance of perovskite emitters in the
desired optoelectronic devices.
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- Ghada H Ahmed
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30HE, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30HE, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30HE, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30HE, U.K
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30HE, U.K.,Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30FS, U.K
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30HE, U.K.,Rowland Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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Talianov PM, Yakubova AA, Bukreeva A, Masharin M, Eliseev IE, Zelenkov L, Muslimov AR, Bukatin A, Gordeeva A, Kudryavtseva V, Makarov SV, Sukhorukov GB, Timin AS, Zyuzin MV. Incorporation of Perovskite Nanocrystals into Polymer Matrix for Enhanced Stability in Biological Media: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:2411-2420. [PMID: 35426657 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The outstanding optical properties and multiphoton absorption of lead halide perovskites make them promising for use as fluorescence tags in bioimaging applications. However, their poor stability in aqueous media and biological fluids significantly limits their further use for in vitro and in vivo applications. In this work, we have developed a universal approach for the encapsulation of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) (CsPbBr3 and CsPbI3) as water-resistant fluorescent markers, which are suitable for fluorescence bioimaging. The obtained encapsulated PNCs demonstrate bright green emission at 510 nm (CsPbBr3) and red emission at 688 nm (CsPbI3) under one- and two-photon excitation, and they possess an enhanced stability in water and biological fluids (PBS, human serum) for a prolonged period of time (1 week). Further in vitro and in vivo experiments revealed enhanced stability of PNCs even after their introduction directly into the biological microenvironment (CT26 cells and DBA mice). The developed approach allows making a step toward stable, low-cost, and highly efficient bioimaging platforms that are spectrally tunable and have narrow emission.
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- Pavel M Talianov
- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources, Alferov University, Khlopin St. 8/3, St. Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation
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- Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources, Alferov University, Khlopin St. 8/3, St. Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources, Alferov University, Khlopin St. 8/3, St. Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources, Alferov University, Khlopin St. 8/3, St. Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 143026, Russian Federation
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- School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 143026, Russian Federation.,School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russian Federation.,Research School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenin Avenue 30, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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