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Musiienko A, Yang F, Gries TW, Frasca C, Friedrich D, Al-Ashouri A, Sağlamkaya E, Lang F, Kojda D, Huang YT, Stacchini V, Hoye RLZ, Ahmadi M, Kanak A, Abate A. Resolving electron and hole transport properties in semiconductor materials by constant light-induced magneto transport. Nat Commun 2024; 15:316. [PMID: 38182589 PMCID: PMC10770130 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44418-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
Abstract
The knowledge of minority and majority charge carrier properties enables controlling the performance of solar cells, transistors, detectors, sensors, and LEDs. Here, we developed the constant light induced magneto transport method which resolves electron and hole mobility, lifetime, diffusion coefficient and length, and quasi-Fermi level splitting. We demonstrate the implication of the constant light induced magneto transport for silicon and metal halide perovskite films. We resolve the transport properties of electrons and holes predicting the material's effectiveness for solar cell application without making the full device. The accessibility of fourteen material parameters paves the way for in-depth exploration of causal mechanisms limiting the efficiency and functionality of material structures. To demonstrate broad applicability, we further characterized twelve materials with drift mobilities spanning from 10-3 to 103 cm2V-1s-1 and lifetimes varying between 10-9 and 10-3 seconds. The universality of our method its potential to advance optoelectronic devices in various technological fields.
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Affiliation(s)
- Artem Musiienko
- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
| | - Thomas William Gries
- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
| | - Chiara Frasca
- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 14109, Berlin, Germany
| | - Amran Al-Ashouri
- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany
| | - Elifnaz Sağlamkaya
- Disordered Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - Felix Lang
- ROSI Freigeist Juniorgroup, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - Danny Kojda
- Department Dynamics and Transport in Quantum Materials, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 14109, Berlin, Germany
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Ave, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK
| | - Valerio Stacchini
- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK
| | - Mahshid Ahmadi
- Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
| | - Andrii Kanak
- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of General Chemistry and Chemistry of Materials, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, 58012, Ukraine
| | - Antonio Abate
- Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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