Effect of Water Addition during Preparation on the Early-Time Photodynamics of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Layers

Journal article (2017)

Authors

S. Aphrham University of Twente
Q. Pan Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, University of Twente
S. F. Zaccarine University of Twente
K.M. Felter ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials - AS
J. Thieme ChemE/O&O groep - AS
K. J.H. van den Nieuwenhuijzen University of Twente
J. E. ten Elshof University of Twente
AM Huijser University of Twente
Research Group
ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials (AS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

06-12-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

ChemE/Chemical Engineering

Research Group

ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials

Abstract

The effect of water addition during preparation of a CH3NH3PbI3 layer on the photodynamics is studied by femtosecond transient absorption. Both the regular perovskite and the aqueous analogue show charge thermalisation on a timescale of about 500 fs. This process is, however, less pronounced in the latter layer. The spectral feature associated with hot charges does not fully decay on this timescale, but also shows a long-lived (sub-ns) component. As water molecules may interfere with the hydrogen bonding between the CH3NH3 + cations and the inorganic cage, this effect is possibly caused by immobilisation of cation motion, suggesting a key role of CH3NH3 + dipole reorientation in charge thermalisation. This effect shows the possibility of controlling hot charge carrier cooling to overcome the Shockley–Queisser limit.

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