Pressure-Induced Bandgap Optimization in Lead-Based Perovskites with Prolonged Carrier Lifetime and Ambient Retainability

Liu, Gang; Kong, Lingping; Gong, Jue; Yang, Wenge; Mao, Ho-kwang; Hu, Qingyang; Liu, Zhenxian; Schaller, Richard D.; Zhang, Dongzhou; Xu, Tao

doi:10.1002/adfm.201604208

Pressure-Induced Bandgap Optimization in Lead-Based Perovskites with Prolonged Carrier Lifetime and Ambient Retainability

Journal Article · Mon Dec 05 04:00:00 EST 2016 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201604208· OSTI ID:1414285

Liu, Gang ^[1]; Kong, Lingping ^[1]; Gong, Jue ^[2]; Yang, Wenge ^[1]; Mao, Ho-kwang ^[1]; Hu, Qingyang ^[3]; Liu, Zhenxian ^[3]; Schaller, Richard D. ^[4]; Zhang, Dongzhou ^[5]; Xu, Tao ^[2]

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203 China; Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015 USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115 USA
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015 USA
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL 60439 USA
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu HI 96822 USA

Bond length and bond angle exhibited by valence electrons is essential to the core of chemistry. Using lead-based organic–inorganic perovskite compounds as an exploratory platform, it is demonstrated that the modulation of valence electrons by compression can lead to discovery of new properties of known compounds. Yet, despite its unprecedented progress, further efficiency boost of lead-based organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells is hampered by their wider bandgap than the optimum value according to the Shockley–Queisser limit. By modulating the valence electron wavefunction with modest hydraulic pressure up to 2.1 GPa, the optimized bandgap for single-junction solar cells in lead-based perovskites, for the first time, is achieved by narrowing the bandgap of formamidinium lead triiodide (HC(NH₂)₂PbI₃) from 1.489 to 1.337 eV. Strikingly, such bandgap narrowing is partially retained after the release of pressure to ambient, and the bandgap narrowing is also accompanied with double-prolonged carrier lifetime. With First-principles simulation, this work opens a new dimension in basic chemical understanding of structural photonics and electronics and paves an alternative pathway toward better photovoltaic materials-by-design.

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences - Scientific User Facilities Division

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1414285

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 27; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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