Direct observation of intrinsic twin domains in tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3

Mathias Uller Rothmann; Wei Li; Ye Zhu; Udo Bach; Leone Spiccia; Joanne Etheridge; Yi-Bing Cheng

doi:10.1038/ncomms14547

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Direct observation of intrinsic twin domains in tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3

Mathias Uller Rothmann,
Wei Li,
Ye Zhu,
Udo Bach,
Leone Spiccia,
Joanne Etheridge,
Yi-Bing Cheng

Affiliations

Mathias Uller Rothmann: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Wei Li: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Ye Zhu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Udo Bach: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Leone Spiccia: School of Chemistry, Monash University
Joanne Etheridge: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Yi-Bing Cheng: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14547
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Using low dose transmission electron microscopy, Rothmann, Li, Zhuet al. report direct evidence for twin domains in tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3perovskite. The relevant scale and transition temperature of these twin domains could have implications for perovskite solar cells.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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