Abstract
We report on the carrier-rotor coupling effect in perovskite organic-inorganic hybrid lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) compounds discovered by isotope effects. Deuterated organic-inorganic perovskite compounds including CH3ND3PbI3, CD3NH3PbI3, and CD3ND3PbI3 were synthesized. Devices made from regular CH3NH3PbI3 and deuterated CH3ND3PbI3 exhibit comparable performance in band gap, current-voltage, carrier mobility, and power conversion efficiency. However, a time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) study reveals that CH3NH3PbI3 exhibits notably longer carrier lifetime than that of CH3ND3PbI3, in both thin-film and single-crystal formats. Furthermore, the comparison in carrier lifetime between CD3NH3PbI3 and CH3ND3PbI3 single crystals suggests that vibrational modes in methylammonium (MA+) have little impact on carrier lifetime. In contrast, the fully deuterated compound CD3ND3PbI3 reconfirmed the trend of decreasing carrier lifetime upon the increasing moment of inertia of cationic MA+. Polaron model elucidates the electron-rotor interaction.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2879-2887 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 4 Aug 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 American Chemical Society.
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/JA-5900-66054
Keywords
- isotope effects
- organic-inorganic
- perovskite
- solar-photochemistry