Issue 36, 2015

Mechanical properties of organic–inorganic halide perovskites, CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Br and Cl), by nanoindentation

Abstract

We report an experimental study of the mechanical properties of the organic–inorganic halide perovskites, CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Br and Cl). Nanoidentation on single crystals was used to obtain Young's moduli (E) and hardnesses (H) of this class of hybrid materials, which have attracted considerable attention for photovoltaic applications. The measured Young's moduli of this family lie in the range 10–20 GPa and a trend of ECl > EBr > EI is observed. The physical properties are consistent with the underlying crystal structure. In particular, the results are in reasonable agreement with recent calculations using density functional theory and align with expectations based upon bond energy, packing, and hydrogen-bonding considerations. The anisotropy in these systems is quite small, with E100 > E110 for the cubic bromide and chloride cases and E112E100 for the tetragonal iodide perovskites. Interestingly, CH3NH3PbI3 is harder than the Br- and Cl-based perovskites.

Graphical abstract: Mechanical properties of organic–inorganic halide perovskites, CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Br and Cl), by nanoindentation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Mey 2015
Accepted
05 Aga 2015
First published
06 Aga 2015

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 18450-18455

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Mechanical properties of organic–inorganic halide perovskites, CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Br and Cl), by nanoindentation

S. Sun, Y. Fang, G. Kieslich, T. J. White and A. K. Cheetham, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 18450 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA03331D

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