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Title: Self-regulation mechanism for charged point defects in hybrid halide perovskites

Abstract

Hybrid halide perovskites such as methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) exhibit unusually low free-carrier concentrations despite being processed at low-temperatures from solution. We demonstrate, through quantum mechanical calculations, that an origin of this phenomenon is a prevalence of ionic over electronic disorder in stoichiometric materials. Schottky defect formation provides a mechanism to self-regulate the concentration of charge carriers through ionic compensation of charged point defects. The equilibrium charged vacancy concentration is predicted to exceed 0.4 % at room temperature. Furthermore, this behavior, which goes against established defect conventions for inorganic semiconductors, has implications for photovoltaic performance.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Univ. of Bath, Bath (United Kingdom); Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom)
  2. Univ. of Bath, Bath (United Kingdom); Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom); Diamond Light Source Ltd., Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
  3. East China Normal Univ. (ECNU), Shanghai (China)
  4. Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
  5. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1220703
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-63954
Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 54; Journal Issue: 6; Related Information: Angewandte Chemie International Edition; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; hybrid perovskites; ionic compensation; Schottky defects

Citation Formats

Walsh, Aron, Scanlon, David O., Chen, Shiyou, Gong, X. G., and Wei, Su -Huai. Self-regulation mechanism for charged point defects in hybrid halide perovskites. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201409740.
Walsh, Aron, Scanlon, David O., Chen, Shiyou, Gong, X. G., & Wei, Su -Huai. Self-regulation mechanism for charged point defects in hybrid halide perovskites. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409740
Walsh, Aron, Scanlon, David O., Chen, Shiyou, Gong, X. G., and Wei, Su -Huai. 2014. "Self-regulation mechanism for charged point defects in hybrid halide perovskites". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409740. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1220703.
@article{osti_1220703,
title = {Self-regulation mechanism for charged point defects in hybrid halide perovskites},
author = {Walsh, Aron and Scanlon, David O. and Chen, Shiyou and Gong, X. G. and Wei, Su -Huai},
abstractNote = {Hybrid halide perovskites such as methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) exhibit unusually low free-carrier concentrations despite being processed at low-temperatures from solution. We demonstrate, through quantum mechanical calculations, that an origin of this phenomenon is a prevalence of ionic over electronic disorder in stoichiometric materials. Schottky defect formation provides a mechanism to self-regulate the concentration of charge carriers through ionic compensation of charged point defects. The equilibrium charged vacancy concentration is predicted to exceed 0.4 % at room temperature. Furthermore, this behavior, which goes against established defect conventions for inorganic semiconductors, has implications for photovoltaic performance.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201409740},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1220703}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
issn = {1433-7851},
number = 6,
volume = 54,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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