Synthesis and optical characterization of lead-free phenylenediammonium bismuth halide perovskites: a long charge carrier lifetime in phenylenediammonium bismuth iodide
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Siddique, Z, Payne, J. L, Mica, N, Cordes, D. B, Slawin, A. M. Z, Samuel,I. D. W, Iqbal, A, Irvine, J. T. S and Sajjad, T. (2023). Synthesis and optical characterization of lead-free phenylenediammonium bismuth halide perovskites: a long charge carrier lifetime in phenylenediammonium bismuth iodide. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11 (1), pp. 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc02601e
Authors | Siddique, Z, Payne, J. L, Mica, N, Cordes, D. B, Slawin, A. M. Z, Samuel,I. D. W, Iqbal, A, Irvine, J. T. S and Sajjad, T. |
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Abstract | Toxicity and regulatory concerns over the use of (CH3NH3)PbI3 in photovoltaic devices have resulted in significant interest in lead-free, organic-inorganic metal halides with excellent light absorbing properties and stability. Here we report the synthesis of three new lead-free bismuth halides which accommodate the symmetric conjugated p-phenylenediammonium cation (PPD = (H3NC6H4NH3)2+) in the structures. These are (PPD)BiI5, (PPD)[BiBr4]2·2H2O (2) and (PPD)2BiCl7·H2O. We also synthesized β-(PPD)2Bi2I10. The band gap of the iodide, β (PPD)2Bi2I10 (1.83 eV) is lower than that of the bromide, (PPD)[BiBr4]2·2H2O ( 2.64 eV) and chloride, (PPD)2BiCl7·H2O (2.93 eV). Photophysical studies show that β (PPD)2Bi2I10 has the longest average charge carrier lifetime (>1 us) of the materials studied here, of the same order of magnitude as that of (CH3NH3)PbI3 and has a low band gap. This suggests that β (PPD)2Bi2I10 may be a promising candidate for use in lead-free photovoltaic devices. |
Keywords | (H3NC6H4NH3)2+ cation; aromatic; hybrid perovskite; 1D; time resolved photoluminescence; 0D; single crystal; photovoltaics |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry C |
Journal citation | 11 (1), pp. 223-234 |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
ISSN | 2050-7534 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc02601e |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC02601E |
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Online | 2023 |
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Accepted | 28 Nov 2022 |
Deposited | 18 Jan 2023 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
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