Issue 13, 2025

Enhanced structural stability of formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) perovskites in confined and coated configurations under varying pressures

Abstract

Formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) perovskites are a rapidly emerging class of materials that have the potential to revolutionize optoelectronic and photovoltaic industries. It is now recognized that FAPbBr3 photoelectronic properties are strongly influenced by the underlying perovskite structure, with static and dynamic disorder among the lattice sites playing prominent roles. We show how these structure–property interactions may be exploited to enhance the photoluminescent properties of FAPbBr3 by increasing the relative amount of FAPbBr3 that is exposed to the surface of a substrate material. For example, encapsulating FAPbBr3 inside the nanopores of a poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) membrane or coating it on a yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) fiber increases photoluminescence stability by a factor of at least 16. FAPbBr3 in these different configurations is then examined with isothermal, pressure-dependent infrared spectroscopy to better understand the origin of this enhancement. In its bulk form, FAPbBr3 undergoes two discernible pressure-induced phase transitions at approximately 0.7 and 1.8 GPa, leading to notable red shifts in NH2 stretching and bending band wavenumbers of the FA+ cations. However, confined and coated forms of FAPbBr3 experience reduced amounts of band shifting across these phase transition pressures. These differences point to some degree of structural stabilization (at least from the perspective of the FA+ cations) upon pressurization.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced structural stability of formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) perovskites in confined and coated configurations under varying pressures

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Feb 2025
Accepted
10 Mar 2025
First published
14 Mar 2025

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025,27, 6698-6709

Enhanced structural stability of formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) perovskites in confined and coated configurations under varying pressures

H. Y. T. Nguyen, D. H. Nguyen, C. Lai, C. M. Burba, Y. Chung and H. Chang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 6698 DOI: 10.1039/D5CP00453E

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