Effect of Crystal Grain Orientation on the Rate of Ionic Transport in Perovskite Polycrystalline Thin Films

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Contributors

  • Paul Fassl - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Simon Ternes - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Vincent Lami - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Yuriy Zakharko - , Heidelberg University , Technical University of Denmark (Author)
  • Daniel Heimfarth - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Paul E. Hopkinson - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Fabian Paulus - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Alexander D. Taylor - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Jana Zaumseil - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Yana Vaynzof - , Heidelberg University  (Author)

Abstract

In this work, we examine the effect of microstructure on ion-migration-induced photoluminescence (PL) quenching in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite films. Thin films were fabricated by two methods: spin-coating, which results in randomly oriented perovskite grains, and zone-casting, which results in aligned grains. As an external bias is applied to these films, migration of ions causes a quenching of the PL signal in the vicinity of the anode. The evolution of this PL-quenched zone is less uniform in the spin-coated devices than in the zone-cast ones, suggesting that the relative orientation of the crystal grains plays a significant role in the migration of ions within polycrystalline perovskite. We simulate this effect via a simple Ising model of ionic motion across grains in the perovskite thin film. The results of this simulation align closely with the observed experimental results, further solidifying the correlation between crystal grain orientation and the rate of ionic transport.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2490-2499
Number of pages10
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume11
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jan 2019
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

PubMed 30516361

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Keywords

  • ion migration, MAPbI perovskite, microstructure, photoluminescence, zone-casting