Rotational dynamics of organic cations in the CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite

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2015-01-01

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Chen, Tianran
Foley, Benjamin J.
İpek Torun, Bahar
TYAGI, Madhusudan
COPLEY, John R. D.
BROWN, Craig M.
Choi, Joshua J.
Lee, Seung-Hun

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Methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) based solar cells have shown impressive power conversion efficiencies of above 20%. However, the microscopic mechanism of the high photovoltaic performance is yet to be fully understood. Particularly, the dynamics of CH3NH3+ cations and their impact on relevant processes such as charge recombination and exciton dissociation are still poorly understood. Here, using elastic and quasi-elastic neutron scattering techniques and group theoretical analysis, we studied rotational modes of the CH3NH3+ cation in CH3NH3PbI3. Our results show that, in the cubic (T > 327 K) and tetragonal (165 K < T < 327 K) phases, the CCH3NH3+ ions exhibit four-fold rotational symmetry of the C-N axis (C-4) along with three-fold rotation around the C-N axis (C-3), while in the orthorhombic phase (T < 165 K) only C-3 rotation is present. At around room temperature, the characteristic relaxation times for the C-4 rotation are found to be tau(C4) approximate to 5 ps while for the C-3 rotation tau(C3) approximate to 1 ps. The T-dependent rotational relaxation times were fitted with Arrhenius equations to obtain activation energies. Our data show a close correlation between the C-4 rotational mode and the temperature dependent dielectric permittivity. Our findings on the rotational dynamics of CH3NH3+ and the associated dipole have important implications for understanding the low exciton binding energy and a slow charge recombination rate in CH3NH3PbI3 which are directly relevant for the high solar cell performance.

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Methylammonİum lead İodİde, Halİde perovskİtes, Hİgh-performance, Charge-carrİers, Mysteresİs, Excİton, Polarİzatİon, Mobİlİtİes, Lengths, Recombİnatİon

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/38322

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

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https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp05348j

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Article

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T. Chen et al., “Rotational dynamics of organic cations in the CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite,” PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, pp. 31278–31286, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/38322.