Effects of Nonhydrostatic Stress on Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite
Abstract
We report synchrotron X-ray diffraction, photoconductivity, and photoluminescence investigations of methylammonium-lead-bromide (MAPbBr3) under various stress conditions, supported by density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations. The properties of MAPbBr3 show substantial dependence on the hydrostatic conditions. While nonhydrostatic compression of MAPbBr3 leads to amorphization above 2.4 GPa, under quasi-hydrostatic (Ar) and hydrostatic (He) pressure, the sample remains in crystalline phases. A sequence of phase transitions between two cubic phases and orthorhombic Pnma phase is observed when using Ar, or no pressure-transmitting-medium (PTM). In helium-PTM only transitions between the two cubic structures and a new isostructural phase transition with a large volume collapse to a third cubic-phase at 2.7 GPa was observed. The photoluminescence measurements indicate a pressure-induced band gap-narrowing in the cubic phase I, and a blue-shift in the orthorhombic structure. DFT calculations illustrate that the dynamics of the organic molecules and the inorganic lattice, coupled via the N–H···Br hydrogen-bonding interactions, affect the Pb–Br distance and the bandgap evolution under pressure.
- Authors:
-
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, 115S 1400E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Science Education, D’Youville College, 591 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York 14201, United States
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1409882
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1508276
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014579; NA0002006; FG02-99ER45775
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Journal Volume: 8 Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Zhang, Rong, Cai, Weizhao, Bi, Tiange, Zarifi, Niloofar, Terpstra, Tyson, Zhang, Chuang, Verdeny, Z. Valy, Zurek, Eva, and Deemyad, Shanti. Effects of Nonhydrostatic Stress on Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01367.
Zhang, Rong, Cai, Weizhao, Bi, Tiange, Zarifi, Niloofar, Terpstra, Tyson, Zhang, Chuang, Verdeny, Z. Valy, Zurek, Eva, & Deemyad, Shanti. Effects of Nonhydrostatic Stress on Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite. United States. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01367.
Zhang, Rong, Cai, Weizhao, Bi, Tiange, Zarifi, Niloofar, Terpstra, Tyson, Zhang, Chuang, Verdeny, Z. Valy, Zurek, Eva, and Deemyad, Shanti. Mon .
"Effects of Nonhydrostatic Stress on Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite". United States. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01367.
@article{osti_1409882,
title = {Effects of Nonhydrostatic Stress on Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite},
author = {Zhang, Rong and Cai, Weizhao and Bi, Tiange and Zarifi, Niloofar and Terpstra, Tyson and Zhang, Chuang and Verdeny, Z. Valy and Zurek, Eva and Deemyad, Shanti},
abstractNote = {We report synchrotron X-ray diffraction, photoconductivity, and photoluminescence investigations of methylammonium-lead-bromide (MAPbBr3) under various stress conditions, supported by density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations. The properties of MAPbBr3 show substantial dependence on the hydrostatic conditions. While nonhydrostatic compression of MAPbBr3 leads to amorphization above 2.4 GPa, under quasi-hydrostatic (Ar) and hydrostatic (He) pressure, the sample remains in crystalline phases. A sequence of phase transitions between two cubic phases and orthorhombic Pnma phase is observed when using Ar, or no pressure-transmitting-medium (PTM). In helium-PTM only transitions between the two cubic structures and a new isostructural phase transition with a large volume collapse to a third cubic-phase at 2.7 GPa was observed. The photoluminescence measurements indicate a pressure-induced band gap-narrowing in the cubic phase I, and a blue-shift in the orthorhombic structure. DFT calculations illustrate that the dynamics of the organic molecules and the inorganic lattice, coupled via the N–H···Br hydrogen-bonding interactions, affect the Pb–Br distance and the bandgap evolution under pressure.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01367},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {7}
}
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01367
Web of Science
Figures / Tables:

Works referencing / citing this record:
New cationic Ir( iii ) complexes without “any soft substituents”: aggregation-induced emission and piezochromic luminescence
journal, January 2018
- Wang, Yue; Yang, Tianzhi; Liu, Xingman
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 45
Metal halide perovskites under compression
journal, January 2019
- Li, Qian; Zhang, Liming; Chen, Zhongwei
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 27
Strategic modification of ligands for remarkable piezochromic luminescence (PCL) based on a neutral Ir( iii ) phosphor
journal, January 2019
- Li, Dan; Li, Guangfu; Xie, Jiaxin
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 35
New cationic Ir( iii ) complexes without “any soft substituents”: aggregation-induced emission and piezochromic luminescence
journal, January 2018
- Wang, Yue; Yang, Tianzhi; Liu, Xingman
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 45
Metal halide perovskites under compression
journal, January 2019
- Li, Qian; Zhang, Liming; Chen, Zhongwei
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 27
Strategic modification of ligands for remarkable piezochromic luminescence (PCL) based on a neutral Ir( iii ) phosphor
journal, January 2019
- Li, Dan; Li, Guangfu; Xie, Jiaxin
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 35
Addressing the Reliability and Electron Transport Kinetics in Halide Perovskite Film via Pulsed Laser Engineering
journal, November 2019
- Song, Chunpeng; Tong, Lei; Liu, Feng
- Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 5
Unusual Pressure‐Driven Phase Transformation and Band Renormalization in 2D vdW Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskites
journal, March 2020
- Li, Han; Qin, Ying; Shan, Bohan
- Advanced Materials, Vol. 32, Issue 12
Pressure-Induced Emission Enhancement, Band-Gap Narrowing, and Metallization of Halide Perovskite Cs 3 Bi 2 I 9
journal, July 2018
- Zhang, Long; Liu, Chunming; Wang, Lingrui
- Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 130, Issue 35
Pressures Tuning the Band Gap of Organic–Inorganic Trihalide Perovskites (MAPbBr3): A First-Principles Study
journal, September 2018
- Tan, Mengping; Wang, Sanjun; Rao, Fengfei
- Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 47, Issue 12
Emission enhancement and bandgap retention of a two-dimensional mixed cation lead halide perovskite under high pressure
journal, January 2019
- Chen, Yaping; Fu, Ruijing; Wang, Lingrui
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 11
Fabrication of pyramidal (111) MAPbBr 3 film with low surface defect density using homogeneous quantum-dot seeds
journal, January 2020
- Jeong, Hyeon Jun; Bang, Seungho; Park, Dae Young
- Nanoscale, Vol. 12, Issue 3
Pressure-Dependent Stability of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid/DNA Materials Investigated by High-Pressure Infrared Spectroscopy
journal, December 2019
- Wang, Teng-Hui; Shen, Min-Hsiu; Chang, Hai-Chou
- Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 24
Figures / Tables found in this record: