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Inversion symmetry and bulk Rashba effect in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite single crystals

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  • Kyle Frohna

    (California Institute of Technology
    Trinity College Dublin)

  • Tejas Deshpande

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • John Harter

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Wei Peng

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))

  • Bradford A. Barker

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Jeffrey B. Neaton

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Steven G. Louie

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Osman M. Bakr

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))

  • David Hsieh

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Marco Bernardi

    (California Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Methylammonium lead iodide perovskite (MAPbI3) exhibits long charge carrier lifetimes that are linked to its high efficiency in solar cells. Yet, the mechanisms governing these unusual carrier dynamics are not completely understood. A leading hypothesis—disproved in this work—is that a large, static bulk Rashba effect slows down carrier recombination. Here, using second harmonic generation rotational anisotropy measurements on MAPbI3 crystals, we demonstrate that the bulk structure of tetragonal MAPbI3 is centrosymmetric with I4/mcm space group. Our calculations show that a significant Rashba splitting in the bandstructure requires a non-centrosymmetric lead iodide framework, and that incorrect structural relaxations are responsible for the previously predicted large Rashba effect. The small Rashba splitting allows us to compute effective masses in excellent agreement with experiment. Our findings rule out the presence of a large static Rashba effect in bulk MAPbI3, and our measurements find no evidence of dynamic Rashba effects.

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  • Kyle Frohna & Tejas Deshpande & John Harter & Wei Peng & Bradford A. Barker & Jeffrey B. Neaton & Steven G. Louie & Osman M. Bakr & David Hsieh & Marco Bernardi, 2018. "Inversion symmetry and bulk Rashba effect in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite single crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-04212-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04212-w
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    1. Thibault Lemercier & Lara Perrin & Emilie Planès & Solenn Berson & Lionel Flandin, 2020. "A Comparison of the Structure and Properties of Opaque and Semi-Transparent NIP/PIN-Type Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-18, July.

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