Understanding the Crystallographic Phase Relations in Alkali-Trihalogeno-Germanates in Terms of Ferroelectric or Antiferroelectric Arrangements of the Tetrahedral GeX3 Units
Abstract
The alkali-trihalogeno-germanates AGeX3 with A: Rb or Cs and X a halogen (I, Br, Cl) along with the corresponding stannates (ASnX3) and plumbates (APbX3) reflect a large variety of crystal structures, some of which are of the perovskite type. These materials, better known as “halide perovskites” have recently gained worldwide attention as promising photovoltaic and more broadly opto-electronic materials. Yet, their stability problems relative to the non-perovskite phases are a major issue. It is shown that some of the phase relations in these materials can be understood in terms of the relative orientation of the GeX3 tetrahedral units, which is ferroelectric (FE) in the perovskite phase but antiferroelectric (AFE) in the competing monoclinic phase. Electrostatic dipole interactions favor the AFE phase and the additional bond formation favors the FE phase. The change in phase is accompanied by a large change in band gap.
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- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
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- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1591755
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1579594
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008933
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Electronic Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2199-160X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; antiferroelectrics; dipoles; halide; ferroelectrics; perovskites
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Radha, Santosh Kumar, and Lambrecht, Walter R. L. Understanding the Crystallographic Phase Relations in Alkali-Trihalogeno-Germanates in Terms of Ferroelectric or Antiferroelectric Arrangements of the Tetrahedral GeX3 Units. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/aelm.201900887.
Radha, Santosh Kumar, & Lambrecht, Walter R. L. Understanding the Crystallographic Phase Relations in Alkali-Trihalogeno-Germanates in Terms of Ferroelectric or Antiferroelectric Arrangements of the Tetrahedral GeX3 Units. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900887
Radha, Santosh Kumar, and Lambrecht, Walter R. L. Tue .
"Understanding the Crystallographic Phase Relations in Alkali-Trihalogeno-Germanates in Terms of Ferroelectric or Antiferroelectric Arrangements of the Tetrahedral GeX3 Units". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900887. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1591755.
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title = {Understanding the Crystallographic Phase Relations in Alkali-Trihalogeno-Germanates in Terms of Ferroelectric or Antiferroelectric Arrangements of the Tetrahedral GeX3 Units},
author = {Radha, Santosh Kumar and Lambrecht, Walter R. L.},
abstractNote = {The alkali-trihalogeno-germanates AGeX3 with A: Rb or Cs and X a halogen (I, Br, Cl) along with the corresponding stannates (ASnX3) and plumbates (APbX3) reflect a large variety of crystal structures, some of which are of the perovskite type. These materials, better known as “halide perovskites” have recently gained worldwide attention as promising photovoltaic and more broadly opto-electronic materials. Yet, their stability problems relative to the non-perovskite phases are a major issue. It is shown that some of the phase relations in these materials can be understood in terms of the relative orientation of the GeX3 tetrahedral units, which is ferroelectric (FE) in the perovskite phase but antiferroelectric (AFE) in the competing monoclinic phase. Electrostatic dipole interactions favor the AFE phase and the additional bond formation favors the FE phase. The change in phase is accompanied by a large change in band gap.},
doi = {10.1002/aelm.201900887},
journal = {Advanced Electronic Materials},
number = 2,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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