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Title: Rashba Spin–Orbit Coupling Enhanced Carrier Lifetime in CH3NH3PbI3

Journal Article · · Nano Letters
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  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  2. Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab.

Organometal halide perovskites are promising solar-cell materials for next-generation photovoltaic applications. The long carrier lifetime and diffusion length of these materials make them very attractive for use in light absorbers and carrier transporters. While these aspects of organometal halide perovskites have attracted the most attention, the consequences of the Rashba effect, driven by strong spin-orbit coupling, on the photovoltaic properties of these materials are largely unexplored. In this work, taking the electronic structure of CH3NH3PbI3 (methylammonium lead iodide) as an example, we propose an intrinsic mechanism for enhanced carrier lifetime in three-dimensional (3D) Rashba materials. On the basis of first-principles calculations and a Rashba spin-orbit model, we demonstrate that the recombination rate is reduced due to the spin-forbidden transition. These results are important for understanding the fundamental physics of organometal halide perovskites and for optimizing and designing the materials with better performance. The proposed mechanism including spin degrees of freedom offers a new paradigm of using 3D Rashba materials for photovoltaic applications.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Science Foundation (NSF); Carnegie Institution of Science
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-07ER46431; N00014-14-1-0761; CBET-1159736
OSTI ID:
1867848
Journal Information:
Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 12; Related Information: NOTICE: The article has a correction to figure 1. See: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04300; ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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