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Defect-induced band-edge reconstruction of a bismuth-halide double perovskite for visible-light absorption

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b01629· OSTI ID:1360903
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  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft (The Netherlands). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Optoelectronic Materials Section; Materials Innovation Institute (M2i), Delft (The Netherlands)
  4. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  5. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  6. Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft (The Netherlands). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Optoelectronic Materials Section
  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Kavli Energy NanoScience, Berkeley, CA (United States)

In this study, halide double perovskites have recently been developed as less toxic analogs of the lead perovskite solar-cell absorbers APbX3 (A = monovalent cation; X = Br or I). However, all known halide double perovskites have large bandgaps that afford weak visible-light absorption. The first halide double perovskite evaluated as an absorber, Cs2AgBiBr6 (1), has a bandgap of 1.95 eV. Here, we show that dilute alloying decreases 1’s bandgap by ca. 0.5 eV. Importantly, time-resolved photoconductivity measurements reveal long-lived carriers with microsecond lifetimes in the alloyed material, which is very promising for photovoltaic applications. The alloyed perovskite described herein is the first double perovskite to show comparable bandgap energy and carrier lifetime to those of (CH3NH3)PbI3. By describing how energy- and symmetry-matched impurity orbitals, at low concentrations, dramatically alter 1’s band edges, we open a potential pathway for the large and diverse family of halide double perovskites to compete with APbX3 absorbers.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab. (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Sloan Foundation; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1360903
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1458491
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 139; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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