Direct Observation of Charge Collection at Nanometer-Scale Iodide-Rich Perovskites during Halide Exchange Reaction on CH3NH3PbBr3

Izuru Karimata; Yasuhiro Kobori; Takashi Tachikawa

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00482

Direct Observation of Charge Collection at Nanometer-Scale Iodide-Rich Perovskites during Halide Exchange Reaction on CH₃NH₃PbBr₃

J Phys Chem Lett. 2017 Apr 20;8(8):1724-1728. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00482. Epub 2017 Apr 4.

Authors

Izuru Karimata¹, Yasuhiro Kobori¹, Takashi Tachikawa¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and ‡Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University , 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.

PMID: 28361539
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00482

Abstract

Organolead halide perovskites MAPbX₃ (MA = CH₃NH₃⁺, X = Cl^-, Br^-, or I^-) are known to undergo reversible halide exchange reactions, enabling bandgap tuning over the visible light region. Using single-particle photoluminescence (PL) imaging for in situ observation, we have studied the structure-dependent charge dynamics during halide exchange with iodide ions on an MAPbBr₃ crystal. In particular, we optically detected nanometer-scale iodide-rich domains (i.e., MAPbBrI₂) and found that their lifetimes of several tens of milliseconds are limited by reaction with diffusing vacancies. Furthermore, it was discovered that these domains effectively collect the charge carriers from the bulk crystal, thus resulting in amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) under continuous-wave laser irradiation. Our findings will provide direction for development of perovskite heterostructures with enhanced charge utilization.