Issue 31, 2017

Crystal structure and electron transition underlying photoluminescence of methylammonium lead bromide perovskites

Abstract

Bromine-based methylammonium lead hybrid perovskites (CH3NH3PbBr3 or MAPbBr3) have exhibited remarkable charge transport and optical properties. Nonetheless, the photoluminescence (PL) behavior and electronic transition state are still obscure. In this paper, the intrinsic emission mechanisms of two peaked CH3NH3PbBr3 microcuboid crystals have been investigated. A systematic analysis of the stable-state, transient-state and temperature-dependent spectra demonstrated the structure–activity relationship between optical properties and crystal phase. The lattice symmetry was also confirmed by the two-photon absorption induced PL. The findings can be assigned to the fact that the two emission states with band-energy ∼2.22 eV and ∼2.31 eV are originated from free exciton and free carrier recombination which are attributed to the coexistence of a non-centrosymmetric tetragonal phase and a centrosymmetric cubic phase for CH3NH3PbBr3 microcrystals at higher temperature (>160 K).

Graphical abstract: Crystal structure and electron transition underlying photoluminescence of methylammonium lead bromide perovskites

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 may. 2017
Accepted
13 jun. 2017
First published
15 jun. 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 7739-7745

Crystal structure and electron transition underlying photoluminescence of methylammonium lead bromide perovskites

F. Chen, C. Zhu, C. Xu, P. Fan, F. Qin, A. Gowri Manohari, J. Lu, Z. Shi, Q. Xu and A. Pan, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 7739 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC01945A

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