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; ... Show more Show less
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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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2016-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
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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2041-1723