Anomalous 3D nanoscale photoconduction in hybrid perovskite semiconductors revealed by tomographic atomic force microscopy

Jingfeng Song; Yuanyuan Zhou; Nitin P. Padture; Bryan D. Huey

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17012-y

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Anomalous 3D nanoscale photoconduction in hybrid perovskite semiconductors revealed by tomographic atomic force microscopy

Jingfeng Song,
Yuanyuan Zhou,
Nitin P. Padture,
Bryan D. Huey

Affiliations

Jingfeng Song: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut
Yuanyuan Zhou: School of Engineering, Brown University
Nitin P. Padture: School of Engineering, Brown University
Bryan D. Huey: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17012-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The role of grain boundaries (GBs) in halide perovskite is an interesting topic but existing investigations are limited to the top surface. Here Song et al. employ tomographic AFM to study the buried features of grains and GBs, revealing coexistence of interconnected conducting and inert GBs.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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