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Light-induced picosecond rotational disordering of the inorganic sublattice in hybrid perovskites.

ABSTRACT: Femtosecond resolution electron scattering techniques are applied to resolve the first atomic-scale steps following absorption of a photon in the prototypical hybrid perovskite methylammonium lead iodide. Following above-gap photoexcitation, we directly resolve the transfer of energy from hot carriers to the lattice by recording changes in the mean square atomic displacements on 10-ps time scales. Measurements of the time-dependent pair distribution function show an unexpected broadening of the iodine-iodine correlation function while preserving the Pb-I distance. This indicates the formation of a rotationally disordered halide octahedral structure developing on picosecond time scales. This work shows the important role of light-induced structural deformations within the inorganic sublattice in elucidating the unique optoelectronic functionality exhibited by hybrid perovskites and provides new understanding of hot carrier-lattice interactions, which fundamentally determine solar cell efficiencies.

SUBMITTER: Wu X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5529057 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Light-induced picosecond rotational disordering of the inorganic sublattice in hybrid perovskites.

Wu Xiaoxi X Tan Liang Z LZ Shen Xiaozhe X Hu Te T Miyata Kiyoshi K Trinh M Tuan MT Li Renkai R Coffee Ryan R Liu Shi S Egger David A DA Makasyuk Igor I Zheng Qiang Q Fry Alan A Robinson Joseph S JS Smith Matthew D MD Guzelturk Burak B Karunadasa Hemamala I HI Wang Xijie X Zhu Xiaoyang X Kronik Leeor L Rappe Andrew M AM Lindenberg Aaron M AM

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Femtosecond resolution electron scattering techniques are applied to resolve the first atomic-scale steps following absorption of a photon in the prototypical hybrid perovskite methylammonium lead iodide. Following above-gap photoexcitation, we directly resolve the transfer of energy from hot carriers to the lattice by recording changes in the mean square atomic displacements on 10-ps time scales. Measurements of the time-dependent pair distribution function show an unexpected broadening of the ...[more]

PMID: 28782016

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Light-induced picosecond rotational disordering of the inorganic sublattice in hybrid perovskites.

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Light-induced picosecond rotational disordering of the inorganic sublattice in hybrid perovskites.

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