Effect of cation rotation on charge dynamics in hybrid lead halide perovskites
María C. Gélvez-Rueda (TU Delft - ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials)
Duyen H. Cao (Northwestern University)
Sameer Patwardhan (Northwestern University)
Nicolas Renaud (TU Delft - ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials)
Constantinos C. Stoumpos (Northwestern University)
George C. Schatz (Northwestern University)
Joseph T. Hupp (Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory)
Omar K. Farha (Northwestern University, King Abdulaziz University)
Tom J. Savenije (TU Delft - ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials)
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory)
Ferdinand C. Grozema (TU Delft - ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials)
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Abstract
Organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskites are a promising class of materials for photovoltaic application with reported power efficiencies over ∼22%. However, not much is known about the influence of the organic dipole rotation and phase transitions on charge carrier dynamics. Here, we report substantial changes in mobility and lifetime of charge carriers in CH3NH3PbI3 after the low-temperature tetragonal (β) to orthorhombic (γ) phase transition. By using microwave conductivity measurements, we observed that the mobility and lifetime of ionized charge carriers increase as the temperature decreases and a sudden increment is seen after the β-γ phase transition. For CH3NH3PbI3, the mobility and the half-lifetime increase by a factor of 3-6 compared with the values before the β-γ phase transition. We attribute the considerable change in the dynamics at low temperature to the decrease of the inherent dynamic disorder of the organic cation (CH3NH3 +) inside the perovskite crystal structure.