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Title: Lead Halide Perovskites: Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced Synthesis and Spectroscopy

Abstract

Hybrid lead perovskites containing a mixture of organic and inorganic cations and anions have lead to solar cell devices with better performance and stability than their single halide analogs. Here, 207Pb solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and single particle photoluminescence spectroscopies show that the structure and composition of mixed-halide and—likely—other hybrid lead perovskites is much more complex than previously thought and is highly dependent on their synthesis. While a majority of reports in the area focus on the construction of photovoltaic devices, this perspective focuses instead on achieving a better understanding of the fundamental chemistry and photophysics of these materials, as this will aid not only in constructing improved devices, but also in generating new uses for these unique materials.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
  2. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States, US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1352099
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1347410; OSTI ID: 1508006
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9164
Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11358
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
ACS Energy Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Rosales, Bryan A., Hanrahan, Michael P., Boote, Brett W., Rossini, Aaron J., Smith, Emily A., and Vela, Javier. Lead Halide Perovskites: Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced Synthesis and Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00674.
Rosales, Bryan A., Hanrahan, Michael P., Boote, Brett W., Rossini, Aaron J., Smith, Emily A., & Vela, Javier. Lead Halide Perovskites: Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced Synthesis and Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00674
Rosales, Bryan A., Hanrahan, Michael P., Boote, Brett W., Rossini, Aaron J., Smith, Emily A., and Vela, Javier. Tue . "Lead Halide Perovskites: Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced Synthesis and Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00674.
@article{osti_1352099,
title = {Lead Halide Perovskites: Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced Synthesis and Spectroscopy},
author = {Rosales, Bryan A. and Hanrahan, Michael P. and Boote, Brett W. and Rossini, Aaron J. and Smith, Emily A. and Vela, Javier},
abstractNote = {Hybrid lead perovskites containing a mixture of organic and inorganic cations and anions have lead to solar cell devices with better performance and stability than their single halide analogs. Here, 207Pb solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and single particle photoluminescence spectroscopies show that the structure and composition of mixed-halide and—likely—other hybrid lead perovskites is much more complex than previously thought and is highly dependent on their synthesis. While a majority of reports in the area focus on the construction of photovoltaic devices, this perspective focuses instead on achieving a better understanding of the fundamental chemistry and photophysics of these materials, as this will aid not only in constructing improved devices, but also in generating new uses for these unique materials.},
doi = {10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00674},
journal = {ACS Energy Letters},
number = 4,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Films of CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Br, Cl) are typically fabricated through (a) spin-coating by either a one-step (PbX2 and CH3NH3X deposited at same time) or two-step (PbX2 deposited first then dipped in CH3NH3X solution) process followed by annealing between 80 and 100 °C, or (b) vapor depositionmore » by exposing a substrate to PbX2 and CH3NH3X vapor. (c) Freestanding powders or nanoparticles of CH3NH3PbX3 are formed by solution-phase synthesis when a mixture of PbX2, CH3NH3X, and, in the case of particles, a surface terminating agent or ligand in a polar solvent is mixed with a nonpolar solvent. (d) Hybrid mixedhalide perovskites (CH3NH3PbX3−aX′a) are produced when two dry single-halide perovskites (CH3NH3PbX3 + CH3NH3PbX′3) are ground together and gradually annealed at 200 °C (see text below).20« less

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