Enhancing Ion Migration in Grain Boundaries of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites by Chlorine
Abstract
Ionicity plays an important role in determining material properties, as well as optoelectronic performance of organometallic trihalide perovskites (OTPs). Ion migration in OTP films has recently been under intensive investigation by various scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques. However, controversial findings regarding the role of grain boundaries (GBs) associated with ion migration are often encountered, likely as a result of feedback errors and topographic effects common in to SPM. In this work, electron microscopy and spectroscopy (scanning transmission electron microscopy/electron energy loss spectroscopy) are combined with a novel, open‐loop, band‐excitation, (contact) Kelvin probe force microscopy (BE‐KPFM and BE‐cKPFM), in conjunction with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to examine the ion behavior in the GBs of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 perovskite films. This combination of diverse techniques provides a deeper understanding of the differences between ion migration within GBs and interior grains in OTP films. This work demonstrates that ion migration can be significantly enhanced by introducing additional mobile Cl − ions into GBs. The enhancement of ion migration may serve as the first step toward the development of high‐performance electrically and optically tunable memristors and synaptic devices.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1376615
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1400629
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC05-00OR22750; AC02-05CH11231; DE‐AC05‐00OR22750; DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Yang, Bin, Brown, Chance C., Huang, Jingsong, Collins, Liam, Sang, Xiahan, Unocic, Raymond R., Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V., Belianinov, Alex, Jakowski, Jacek, Geohegan, David B., Sumpter, Bobby G., Xiao, Kai, and Ovchinnikova, Olga S. Enhancing Ion Migration in Grain Boundaries of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites by Chlorine. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201700749.
Yang, Bin, Brown, Chance C., Huang, Jingsong, Collins, Liam, Sang, Xiahan, Unocic, Raymond R., Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V., Belianinov, Alex, Jakowski, Jacek, Geohegan, David B., Sumpter, Bobby G., Xiao, Kai, & Ovchinnikova, Olga S. Enhancing Ion Migration in Grain Boundaries of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites by Chlorine. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201700749
Yang, Bin, Brown, Chance C., Huang, Jingsong, Collins, Liam, Sang, Xiahan, Unocic, Raymond R., Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V., Belianinov, Alex, Jakowski, Jacek, Geohegan, David B., Sumpter, Bobby G., Xiao, Kai, and Ovchinnikova, Olga S. Fri .
"Enhancing Ion Migration in Grain Boundaries of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites by Chlorine". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201700749. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1376615.
@article{osti_1376615,
title = {Enhancing Ion Migration in Grain Boundaries of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites by Chlorine},
author = {Yang, Bin and Brown, Chance C. and Huang, Jingsong and Collins, Liam and Sang, Xiahan and Unocic, Raymond R. and Jesse, Stephen and Kalinin, Sergei V. and Belianinov, Alex and Jakowski, Jacek and Geohegan, David B. and Sumpter, Bobby G. and Xiao, Kai and Ovchinnikova, Olga S.},
abstractNote = {Ionicity plays an important role in determining material properties, as well as optoelectronic performance of organometallic trihalide perovskites (OTPs). Ion migration in OTP films has recently been under intensive investigation by various scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques. However, controversial findings regarding the role of grain boundaries (GBs) associated with ion migration are often encountered, likely as a result of feedback errors and topographic effects common in to SPM. In this work, electron microscopy and spectroscopy (scanning transmission electron microscopy/electron energy loss spectroscopy) are combined with a novel, open‐loop, band‐excitation, (contact) Kelvin probe force microscopy (BE‐KPFM and BE‐cKPFM), in conjunction with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to examine the ion behavior in the GBs of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 perovskite films. This combination of diverse techniques provides a deeper understanding of the differences between ion migration within GBs and interior grains in OTP films. This work demonstrates that ion migration can be significantly enhanced by introducing additional mobile Cl − ions into GBs. The enhancement of ion migration may serve as the first step toward the development of high‐performance electrically and optically tunable memristors and synaptic devices.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201700749},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 26,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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