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The impact of oxygen on the electronic structure of mixed-cation halide perovskites

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Szemjonov, Alexandra 
Galkowski, Krzysztof 
Anaya, Miguel 
Andaji-Garmaroudi, Zahra 
Baikie, Tomi K 

Abstract

Alloyed triple A-cation perovskites containing a mixture of Cs, methylammonium (MA) and formamidinium (FA) cations are attracting intense attention because of their high photovoltaic performance and relative stability. However, there is limited fundamental understanding of their vacancy defect behaviour and influence of molecular oxygen on their electronic and stability properties. In this combined computational-experimental study, we investigate the (FA,MA,Cs)Pb(I,Br)3 model system with its simulated atomistic structure presented for the first time and supported by X-ray diffraction data. We examine how iodide vacancies and O2 molecules influence the local geometry and electronic structure. Our calculations, supported by Kelvin Probe contact potential difference and photoluminescence measurements, show that introduction of O2 leads to a p-doped triple-cation perovskite, and passivates iodide vacancies resulting in enhanced luminescence efficiency. These results have important implications for the performance and stability of mixed-cation perovskites in optoelectronic devices.

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40 Engineering, 4016 Materials Engineering

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ACS Materials Letters

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2639-4979
2639-4979

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1

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American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Sponsorship
Royal Society (UF150033)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (841386)
European Research Council (756962)
This work was supported by the EPSRC Programme Grant ‘Energy Materials: Computational Solutions’ (EP/K016288/1) and the HPC Materials Chemistry Consortium for Archer computational time (EP/L000202/1). Z.A.-G. acknowledges funding from a Winton Studentship, and ICON Studentship from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. S.D.S acknowledges the Royal Society and Tata Group (UF150033). K.G. acknowledges the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the Mobilnosc Plus program (Grant No. 1603/MOB/V/2017/0). M.A. acknowledges funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 841386.