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Phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites affects charge-carrier dynamics while preserving mobility

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  • Silvia G. Motti

    (University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory)

  • Jay B. Patel

    (University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory)

  • Robert D. J. Oliver

    (University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory)

  • Henry J. Snaith

    (University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory)

  • Michael B. Johnston

    (University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory)

  • Laura M. Herz

    (University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory
    TUM Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München)

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Mixed halide perovskites can provide optimal bandgaps for tandem solar cells which are key to improved cost-efficiencies, but can still suffer from detrimental illumination-induced phase segregation. Here we employ optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy to investigate the impact of halide segregation on the charge-carrier dynamics and transport properties of mixed halide perovskite films. We reveal that, surprisingly, halide segregation results in negligible impact to the THz charge-carrier mobilities, and that charge carriers within the I-rich phase are not strongly localised. We further demonstrate enhanced lattice anharmonicity in the segregated I-rich domains, which is likely to support ionic migration. These phonon anharmonicity effects also serve as evidence of a remarkably fast, picosecond charge funnelling into the narrow-bandgap I-rich domains. Our analysis demonstrates how minimal structural transformations during phase segregation have a dramatic effect on the charge-carrier dynamics as a result of charge funnelling. We suggest that because such enhanced recombination is radiative, performance losses may be mitigated by deployment of careful light management strategies in solar cells.

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  • Silvia G. Motti & Jay B. Patel & Robert D. J. Oliver & Henry J. Snaith & Michael B. Johnston & Laura M. Herz, 2021. "Phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites affects charge-carrier dynamics while preserving mobility," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-26930-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26930-4
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