The Impact of Atmosphere on the Local Luminescence Properties of Metal Halide Perovskite Grains.
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Publication Date
2018-04Journal Title
Adv Mater
ISSN
0935-9648
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
30
Issue
15
Pages
e1706208
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Print-Electronic
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Brenes, R., Eames, C., Bulović, V., Islam, M. S., & Stranks, S. D. (2018). The Impact of Atmosphere on the Local Luminescence Properties of Metal Halide Perovskite Grains.. Adv Mater, 30 (15), e1706208. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706208
Abstract
Metal halide perovskites are exceptional candidates for inexpensive yet high-performing optoelectronic devices. Nevertheless, polycrystalline perovskite films are still limited by nonradiative losses due to charge carrier trap states that can be affected by illumination. Here, in situ microphotoluminescence measurements are used to elucidate the impact of light-soaking individual methylammonium lead iodide grains in high-quality polycrystalline films while immersing them with different atmospheric environments. It is shown that emission from each grain depends sensitively on both the environment and the nature of the specific grain, i.e., whether it shows good (bright grain) or poor (dark grain) luminescence properties. It is found that the dark grains show substantial rises in emission, while the bright grain emission is steady when illuminated in the presence of oxygen and/or water molecules. The results are explained using density functional theory calculations, which reveal strong adsorption energies of the molecules to the perovskite surfaces. It is also found that oxygen molecules bind particularly strongly to surface iodide vacancies which, in the presence of photoexcited electrons, lead to efficient passivation of the carrier trap states that arise from these vacancies. The work reveals a unique insight into the nature of nonradiative decay and the impact of atmospheric passivation on the microscale properties of perovskite films.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706208
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