Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 1285-1292Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04188
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21903023, 21803043, 11674237, 11974257]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2020JJ5225, 2020JJ4375]
- Double First-Class Construction Project of Hunan Agricultural University [SYL2019063]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
- U.S. National Science Foundation [CHE-1900510]
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The use of alkali metal ions for defect passivation in lead halide perovskites has been shown to eliminate trap states and extend charge carrier lifetimes, improving the performance of perovskite solar cells. Atomistic understanding of the various factors contributing to defect passivation guides the development of high-efficiency perovskite devices.
Intrinsic defects in perovskite films strongly influence carrier dynamics by introducing nonradiative recombination centers, limiting the performance of perovskite solar cells. Extensive trail-and-error experimental efforts have been devoted to defect passivation, requiring fundamental understanding and rational guidance. Using state-of-the-art ab initio quantum dynamics simulations, we demonstrate suppression of nonradiative energy losses in lead halide perovskites with the introduction of monovalent alkali ions. We show that alkali doping of iodine vacancies, the most common defect, eliminates trap states in MAPbI3 and extends charge carrier lifetimes. Negative formation energy is found when alkali cations occupy the B site of the perovskite lattice, identifying the location of the alkali dopants. Iodine vacancy introduces a sub-gap state capable of trapping holes. The state is supported by Pb-p orbitals that interact across the vacancy site. Alkali doping eliminates the trap state by weakening the interaction of Pb-p orbitals across the vacancy and removing extraneous electrons from the conduction band. We demonstrate that the lifetimes grow in the order unpassivated -> Li -> Na -> K-passivated, as rationalized by symmetry breaking, charge localization, and participation of low-frequency phonon modes that lead to changes in electronic structure, nonadiabatic electron-phonon coupling, and quantum coherence time. The atomistic understanding of the various factors contributing to the defect passivation guides development of high-efficiency perovskite devices.
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