Multiple-stage structure transformation of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite CH3NH3PbI3

Chen, Qiong; Liu, Henan; Kim, Hui -Seon; Liu, Yucheng; Yang, Mengjin; Yue, Naili; Ren, Gang; Zhu, Kai; Liu, Shengzhong; Park, Nam -Gyu; Zhang, Yong

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.031042

Title: Multiple-stage structure transformation of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite ${CH}_{3} {NH}_{3} {PbI}_{3}$

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review. X

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.031042· OSTI ID:1330000

Chen, Qiong ^[1]; Liu, Henan ^[1]; Kim, Hui -Seon ^[2]; Liu, Yucheng ^[3]; Yang, Mengjin ^[4]; Yue, Naili ^[5]; Ren, Gang ^[5]; Zhu, Kai ^[4]; Liu, Shengzhong ^[3]; Park, Nam -Gyu ^[2]; Zhang, Yong ^[1]

The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (United States)
Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (South Korea)
Shaanxi Normal Univ., Xi'an (China)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

© American Physical Society. By performing spatially resolved Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy with varying excitation wavelength, density, and data acquisition parameters, we achieve a unified understanding towards the spectroscopy signatures of the organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite, transforming from the pristine state (CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 ) to the fully degraded state (i.e., PbI 2 ) for samples with varying crystalline domain size from mesoscopic scale (approximately 100 nm) to macroscopic size (centimeters), synthesized by three different techniques. We show that the hybrid perovskite exhibits multiple stages of structure transformation occurring either spontaneously or under light illumination, with exceptionally high sensitivity to the illumination conditions (e.g., power, illumination time, and interruption pattern). We highlight four transformation stages (stages I-IV, with stage I being the pristine state) along either the spontaneous or photoinduced degradation path exhibiting distinctly different Raman spectroscopy features at each stage, and point out that previously reported Raman spectra in the literature reflect highly degraded structures of either stage III or stage IV. Additional characteristic optical features of partially degraded materials under the joint action of spontaneous and photodegradation are also given. This study offers reliable benchmark results for understanding the intrinsic material properties and structure transformation of this unique category of hybrid materials, and the findings are pertinently important to a wide range of potential applications where the hybrid material is expected to function in greatly different environment and light-matter interaction conditions.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1330000

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1378748

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-67314; PRXHAE

Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Vol. 6, Issue 3; ISSN 2160-3308

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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