Charge carrier localised in zero-dimensional (CH3NH3)3Bi219 clusters

Chengsheng Ni; Gordon James Hedley; Julia Louise Payne; Vladimir Svrcek; Calum McDonald; Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma; Paul Edwards; Robert Martin; Gunisha Jain; Darragh Carolan; Davide Mariotti; Paul Maguire; Ifor David William Samuel; John Thomas Sirr Irvine

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00261-9

Charge carrier localised in zero-dimensional (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂1₉ clusters

Chengsheng Ni
, Gordon James Hedley
, Julia Louise Payne
, Vladimir Svrcek
, Calum McDonald
, Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma
, Paul Edwards
, Robert Martin
, Gunisha Jain
, Darragh Carolan
, Davide Mariotti
, Paul Maguire
, Ifor David William Samuel
, John Thomas Sirr Irvine

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A metal-organic hybrid perovskite (CH₃NH₃PbI₃) with three-dimensional framework of metal-halide octahedra has been reported as a low-cost, solution-processable absorber for a thin-film solar cell with a power-conversion efficiency over 20%. Low-dimensional layered perovskites with metal halide slabs separated by the insulating organic layers are reported to show higher stability, but the efficiencies of the solar cells are limited by the confinement of excitons. In order to explore the confinement and transport of excitons in zero-dimensional metal–organic hybrid materials, a highly orientated film of (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂I₉ with nanometre-sized core clusters of Bi₂I₉³⁻ surrounded by insulating CH₃NH₃⁺ was prepared via solution processing. The (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂I₉ film shows highly anisotropic photoluminescence emission and excitation due to the large proportion of localised excitons coupled with delocalised excitons from intercluster energy transfer. The abrupt increase in photoluminescence quantum yield at excitation energy above twice band gap could indicate a quantum cutting due to the low dimensionality.

Original language	English
Article number	170
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00261-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2017

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Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma
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Julia Payne
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- School of Chemistry - Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
- Institute of Engineering
- Centre for Clean Energy Research
- Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences
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Charge carrier localised in zero-dimensional (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 clusters (dataset)
Ni, C. (Creator), Hedley, G. J. (Contributor), Payne, J. L. (Contributor), Svrcek, V. (Contributor), McDonald, C. (Contributor), Krishnan Jagadamma, L. (Contributor), Edwards, P. (Contributor), Martin, R. (Contributor), Jain, G. (Contributor), Carolan, D. (Contributor), Mariotti, D. (Contributor), Maguire, P. (Contributor), Samuel, I. D. W. (Contributor) & Irvine, J. T. S. (Owner), University of St Andrews, 1 Aug 2017
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