Issue 35, 2021

Interfaces in metal halide perovskites probed by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Abstract

Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are promising light harvesting and emitting materials that have enabled solar energy conversion efficiencies of over 25% in solution-processed single-junction cells, and found applications in flexible electronics, detectors and other display technologies. Research on MHPs has achieved significant fundamental and technological advancements over the last decade, in large part due to improvements in characterization approaches to understand these materials. It has become clear that engineering the interfaces between device layers, and within the MHP layer itself, is crucially important to develop stable and efficient optoelectronic devices. Interfaces in MHP-based devices exhibit varying degrees of order, which manifest heterogeneities in compositions, structures and optoelectronic properties. This review assesses the overall prospects for a range of solid-state (ss)NMR spectroscopy techniques to facilitate structure-based understanding of complex interfaces in MHPs and contact layers. The role of ssNMR in elucidating local compositions and structures, intermolecular connectivity, phase transitions, degradation products and molecular passivation at MHP interfaces is discussed. In addition, an overview of different dynamic processes in MHPs probed by ssNMR is provided. Finally, we discuss perspectives on the development of ssNMR spectroscopy for investigating interfaces in MHPs for various optoelectronics.

Graphical abstract: Interfaces in metal halide perovskites probed by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
28 apr 2021
Accepted
22 iyn 2021
First published
24 iyn 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021,9, 19206-19244

Interfaces in metal halide perovskites probed by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

C. J. Dahlman, D. J. Kubicki and G. N. M. Reddy, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 19206 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA03572J

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