Instability and efficiency of mixed halide perovskites CH3NH3AI3-xClx (A = Pb and Sn): A first-principles, computational study

He, Yuping; Galli, Giulia

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04300

Instability and efficiency of mixed halide perovskites CH₃NH₃AI_3-xCl_x (A = Pb and Sn): A first-principles, computational study

Journal Article · Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04300· OSTI ID:1340523

^[1]; Galli, Giulia ^[2]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

Here, we carried out calculations based on density functional theory to investigate the electronic, vibrational, and dielectric properties of mixed halide perovskites CH₃NH₃AI_3–xCl_x with A = Pb and Sn. Computed free energies indicated that Cl mixed systems may be formed only for Cl concentrations not exceeding 10¹⁹ cm^–3, and phonon calculations showed that the disorder induced in the host lattice by the presence of a smaller halogen is responsible for mechanical instabilities. However, we found that the presence of chloride may be beneficial to the electronic properties of the perovskites. Chloride anions cause the organic cations to be displaced from the center of the cage; such a displacement induces preferential orientations of the cation dipole, which in turn are responsible for notable changes in the dielectric properties of the material and possibly for the formation of local ferroelectric domains. The latter are instrumental in separating electron hole pairs and hence in contributing to long charge-carrier diffusion lengths, in spite of polarons being more likely formed in mixed perovksites than in CH₃NH₃AI₃.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1340523

Report Number(s):: SAND--2016-10228J; 648215

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 29; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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