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How Methylammonium Cations and Chlorine Dopants Heal Defects in Lead Iodide Perovskites

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Nan, G 
Zhang, X 
Abdi-Jalebi, M 
Andaji-Garmaroudi, Z 
Stranks, SD 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pLead tri‐iodide methylammonium (MAPbIjats:sub3</jats:sub>) perovskite polycrystalline materials show complex optoelectronic behavior, largely because their 3D semiconducting inorganic framework is strongly perturbed by the organic cations and ubiquitous structural or chemical inhomogeneities. Here, a newly developed time‐dependent density functional theory‐based theoretical formalism is taken advantage of. It treats electron–hole and electron–nuclei interactions on the same footing to assess the many‐body excited states of MAPbIjats:sub3</jats:sub> perovskites in their pristine state and in the presence of point chemical defects. It is shown that lead and iodine vacancies yield deep trap states that can be healed by dynamic effects, namely rotation of the methylammonium cations in response to point charges, or through slight changes in chemical composition, namely by introducing a tiny amount of chlorine dopants in the defective MAPbIjats:sub3</jats:sub>. The theoretical results are supported by photoluminescence experiments on MAPbIjats:sub3−</jats:sub>jats:italicjats:subm</jats:sub></jats:italic>Cljats:italicjats:subm</jats:sub></jats:italic> and pave the way toward the design of defect‐free perovskite materials with optoelectronic performance approaching the theoretical limits.</jats:p>

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Keywords

chlorine doping, healing point defects, lead iodide perovskites, photoluminescence intensity, time-dependent density functional theory

Journal Title

Advanced Energy Materials

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Journal ISSN

1614-6832
1614-6840

Volume Title

8

Publisher

Wiley