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

cam.issuedOnline2018-01-22
dc.contributor.authorNan, G
dc.contributor.authorZhang, X
dc.contributor.authorAbdi-Jalebi, M
dc.contributor.authorAndaji-Garmaroudi, Z
dc.contributor.authorStranks, SD
dc.contributor.authorLu, G
dc.contributor.authorBeljonne, D
dc.contributor.orcidStranks, Samuel [0000-0002-8303-7292]
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-08T06:32:20Z
dc.date.available2018-09-08T06:32:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Lead tri‐iodide methylammonium (MAPbI<jats:sub>3</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 MAPbI<jats:sub>3</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 MAPbI<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>. The theoretical results are supported by photoluminescence experiments on MAPbI<jats:sub>3−</jats:sub><jats:italic><jats:sub>m</jats:sub></jats:italic>Cl<jats:italic><jats:sub>m</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>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.27214
dc.identifier.eissn1614-6840
dc.identifier.issn1614-6832
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/279846
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201702754
dc.subjectchlorine doping
dc.subjecthealing point defects
dc.subjectlead iodide perovskites
dc.subjectphotoluminescence intensity
dc.subjecttime-dependent density functional theory
dc.titleHow Methylammonium Cations and Chlorine Dopants Heal Defects in Lead Iodide Perovskites
dc.typeArticle
prism.issueIdentifier13
prism.publicationDate2018
prism.publicationNameAdvanced Energy Materials
prism.volume8
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-05-04
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1002/aenm.201702754

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