Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Slow thermal equilibration in methylammonium lead iodide revealed by transient mid-infrared spectroscopy

  • Peijun Guo,
  • Jue Gong,
  • Sridhar Sadasivam,
  • Yi Xia,
  • Tze-Bin Song,
  • Benjamin T. Diroll,
  • Constantinos C. Stoumpos,
  • John B. Ketterson,
  • Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,
  • Maria K. Y. Chan,
  • Pierre Darancet,
  • Tao Xu,
  • Richard D. Schaller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05015-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites are emerging materials for efficient photovoltaics; however understanding how charge/heat dissipates inside the material remains a challenge. Here, the authors use a spectroscopic approach to observe unusually slow thermal equilibration between the organic and inorganic components.