Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic–inorganic perovskite films
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deQuilettes, Dane W.
Zhang, Wei
Burlakov, Victor M.
Graham, Daniel J.
Leijtens, Tomas
Osherov-Beizerov, Anna
Bulovic, Vladimir
Snaith, Henry J.
Ginger, David S.
Stranks, Samuel David
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May 2016
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Nature Communications
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Springer Nature
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deQuilettes, Dane W., Wei Zhang, Victor M. Burlakov, Daniel J. Graham, Tomas Leijtens, Anna Osherov, Vladimir Bulović, Henry J. Snaith, David S. Ginger, and Samuel D. Stranks. "Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic–inorganic perovskite films." Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11683 (2016), pp.1-9.
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Organic–inorganic perovskites such as CH3NH3PbI3 are promising materials for a variety of optoelectronic applications, with certified power conversion efficiencies in solar cells already exceeding 21%. Nevertheless, state-of-the-art films still contain performance-limiting non-radiative recombination sites and exhibit a range of complex dynamic phenomena under illumination that remain poorly understood. Here we use a unique combination of confocal photoluminescence (PL) microscopy and chemical imaging to correlate the local changes in photophysics with composition in CH3NH3PbI3 films under illumination. We demonstrate that the photo-induced ‘brightening’ of the perovskite PL can be attributed to an order-of-magnitude reduction in trap state density. By imaging the same regions with time-of-flight secondary-ion-mass spectrometry, we correlate this photobrightening with a net migration of iodine. Our work provides visual evidence for photo-induced halide migration in triiodide perovskites and reveals the complex interplay between charge carrier populations, electronic traps and mobile halides that collectively impact optoelectronic performance.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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