Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Ultrafast carrier thermalization in lead iodide perovskite probed with two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

  • Johannes M. Richter,
  • Federico Branchi,
  • Franco Valduga de Almeida Camargo,
  • Baodan Zhao,
  • Richard H. Friend,
  • Giulio Cerullo,
  • Felix Deschler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00546-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Carrier-carrier scattering rates determine the fundamental limits of carrier transport and electronic coherence. Using two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy with sub-10 fs resolution, Richter and Branchi et al. extract carrier thermalization times of 10 to 85 fs in hybrid perovskites.