Extending Carrier Lifetimes of Metal Halide Perovskites by Defect Passivation with Alkaline Earth Metals: A Time-Domain Study
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(9), С. 2438 - 2444
Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2025
Intrinsic
defects
that
serve
as
non-radiative
recombination
centers
significantly
accelerate
charge
and
energy
losses
in
hybrid
organic-inorganic
perovskites.
The
defect
IMA,
formed
by
replacing
an
MA
with
I
MAPbI3
(MA
=
CH3NH3+),
creates
trimer
produces
a
deep
electron
trap
state.
Non-adiabatic
(NA)
molecular
dynamics
simulations
demonstrate
excited
conduction
band
is
rapidly
captured
this
within
100
ps,
followed
valence
hole
1
ns,
which
3
times
faster
than
the
pristine
system.
Doping
interstitial
Sr
Ba
eliminates
state
breaking
trimer,
thereby
restoring
electron-hole
across
bandgap
to
durations
up
3.20
4.36
respectively.
delayed
attributed
decreased
NA
coupling
shortened
decoherence
time.
These
findings
provide
critical
insights
into
perovskite
passivation
strategies
alkaline
earth
metals.
Язык: Английский
Nuclear Quantum Effects Accelerate Hot Carrier Relaxation but Slow Down Recombination in Metal Halide Perovskites
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 19, 2025
Inorganic
semiconductors
are
composed
of
heavy
elements
whose
vibrational
motions
well
described
by
classical
mechanics.
Heavy
elements,
such
as
Pb
and
I,
support
charge
carriers
in
metal
halide
perovskites.
Nevertheless,
the
soft
structure
strong
coupling
between
organic
inorganic
components
create
conditions
which
nuclear
quantum
effects
(NQEs)
can
play
important
roles.
By
combining
ab
initio,
ring-polymer,
nonadiabatic
molecular
dynamics
approaches
with
time-domain
density
functional
theory,
we
demonstrate
how
NQEs
influence
structural
electronic
properties
electron-vibrational
hybrid
organic-inorganic
(MAPbI3)
all-inorganic
(CsPbI3)
Quantum
zero-point
fluctuations
enhance
disorder,
reduce
band
gap,
accelerate
elastic
scattering
responsible
for
coherence
loss.
have
opposite
influences
on
intraband
carrier
relaxation
interband
recombination.
These
inelastic
events
governed
product
overlap-like
electron-phonon
matrix
element
atomic
velocity.
overlap
increases
The
involves
many
states.
Reduction
some
states
is
offset
other
pathways,
while
an
increased
velocity
makes
faster.
Electron-hole
band-edge
plays
a
key
role
recombination,
its
reduction
NQEs-enhanced
disorder
recombination
slower.
This
phenomenon
seen
both
MAPbI3
CsPbI3
much
more
pronounced
when
light
component
present.
study
offers
detailed
understanding
processes
perovskites,
offering
theoretical
insights
into
hot
that
govern
performance
solar
cells
optoelectronic
devices.
Язык: Английский
Strain Engineering of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites with Band Edge Modulation and Charge Separation
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 4401 - 4409
Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2025
Strain
engineering
in
two-dimensional
(2D)
perovskites
has
been
widely
explored
recent
years.
In
this
study,
first-principles
and
nonadiabatic
molecular
dynamics
simulations
reveal
that
biaxial
strain
(exceeding
6%)
introduces
an
abnormal
transition
of
the
conduction
band
minimum
(CBM)
from
inorganic
to
organic
contributions
2D
Dion-Jacobson
perovskite
(3AMPY)PbI4
(3AMPY,
3-(aminomethyl)pyridinium).
Further
research
demonstrates
such
CBM
transitions
under
tensile
compressive
are
primarily
attributed
competition
between
Pb-I
interaction
organic-inorganic
hydrogen
bonding
interaction.
The
reconfiguration
effectively
promotes
charge
separation,
which
shortens
quantum
coherence
time
suppresses
coupling,
so
it
enhances
carrier
lifetime,
particularly
6%
strain.
findings
highlight
a
novel
strain-engineering
strategy
for
optimizing
edge
modulation
transport
perovskites,
providing
valuable
insights
design
high-performance
solar
cells.
Язык: Английский
Intrinsic Defect Tolerance in Inorganic Tin–Lead Perovskites
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 5208 - 5212
Опубликована: Май 15, 2025
Experimentally,
inorganic
tin-lead
(Sn-Pb)
perovskites
exhibit
an
extremely
short
carrier
lifetime
of
mere
nanoseconds,
primarily
attributed
to
strong
nonradiative
recombination
induced
by
high-density
defects.
This
has
led
the
belief
that
they
are
highly
defect-sensitive.
Here,
we
argue
Sn-Pb
intrinsically
defect-tolerant.
We
substantiate
this
claim
performing
rigorous
first-principles
calculations
for
a
prototypical
composition
CsSn0.5Pb0.5I3.
Our
results
show
material
possesses
ultralong
10
μs,
even
under
assumption
high
defect
concentration
1016
cm-3.
The
alteration
in
band
edge
energies
arising
from
mixing
CsSnI3
and
CsPbI3
is
proven
contribute
remarkable
tolerance.
ascribe
poor
photoelectric
performance
observed
inadequate
miscibility
their
components.
study
reveals
inherent
superior
properties
have
thus
far
remained
unrecognized
research
community
suggests
achieving
phase-pure
systems
crucial
fully
exploit
untapped
potential.
Язык: Английский