Issue 1, 2018

Origin of low electron–hole recombination rate in metal halide perovskites

Abstract

To address the slow recombination of photogenerated charges in tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3, the evolution of extra electrons and holes is simulated through advanced ab initio molecular dynamics. We show that the localization of the charge carriers and their hopping from one polaronic state to another occur on a subpicosecond time scale. The localization, attended by weak bond contractions and elongations in the inorganic sublattice, is induced by thermal vibrations and only moderately perturbed by the disordered field generated by the organic cations. The simultaneous simulation of extra electrons and holes shows that they preferentially localize in spatially distinct regions. As determined by the overlap between the electron and hole wave functions, the probability of radiative bimolecular recombination is lowered by two orders of magnitude compared with that of optical generation. The separate polaronic localization of electrons and holes emerges as the key feature for achieving exceptional photovoltaic properties.

Graphical abstract: Origin of low electron–hole recombination rate in metal halide perovskites

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jul 2017
Accepted
21 Dec 2017
First published
21 Dec 2017

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018,11, 101-105

Origin of low electron–hole recombination rate in metal halide perovskites

F. Ambrosio, J. Wiktor, F. De Angelis and A. Pasquarello, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 101 DOI: 10.1039/C7EE01981E

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