TY - JOUR
T1 - Temperature Dependence of the Urbach Energy in Lead Iodide Perovskites
AU - Ledinsky, Martin
AU - Schönfeldová, Tereza
AU - Holovský, Jakub
AU - Aydin, Erkan
AU - Hájková, Zdeňka
AU - Landová, Lucie
AU - Neyková, Neda
AU - Fejfar, Antonín
AU - De Wolf, Stefaan
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): OSR-CARF URF/1/3079-33-01
Acknowledgements: Authors thank David Cahen for fruitful discussions. We acknowledge the support of Czech Science Foundation Project No. 17-26041Y; Operational Programme Research, Development and Education financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds; and the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Project No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000760 - SOLID21 and No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000464 - Centre of Advanced Photovoltaics). E.A. and S.D.W. acknowledge King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for the financial support under Award No. OSR-CARF URF/1/3079-33-01.
PY - 2019/3/6
Y1 - 2019/3/6
N2 - To gain insight into the properties of photovoltaic and light-emitting materials, detailed information about their optical absorption spectra is essential. Here, we elucidate the temperature dependence of such spectra for methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3), with specific attention to its sub-band gap absorption edge (often termed Urbach energy). On the basis of these data, we first find clear further evidence for the universality of the correlation between the Urbach energy and open-circuit voltage losses of solar cells. Second, we find that for CH3NH3PbI3 the static, temperature-independent, contribution of the Urbach energy is 3.8 ± 0.7 meV, which is smaller than that of crystalline silicon (Si), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP), or gallium nitride (GaN), underlining the remarkable optoelectronic properties of perovskites.
AB - To gain insight into the properties of photovoltaic and light-emitting materials, detailed information about their optical absorption spectra is essential. Here, we elucidate the temperature dependence of such spectra for methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3), with specific attention to its sub-band gap absorption edge (often termed Urbach energy). On the basis of these data, we first find clear further evidence for the universality of the correlation between the Urbach energy and open-circuit voltage losses of solar cells. Second, we find that for CH3NH3PbI3 the static, temperature-independent, contribution of the Urbach energy is 3.8 ± 0.7 meV, which is smaller than that of crystalline silicon (Si), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP), or gallium nitride (GaN), underlining the remarkable optoelectronic properties of perovskites.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/631700
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00138
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063131062&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00138
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00138
M3 - Article
C2 - 30838857
SN - 1948-7185
VL - 10
SP - 1368
EP - 1373
JO - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
JF - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
IS - 6
ER -
