Abstract

The hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3 may find application in next generation solid-state sensitised solar cells. Although this material and related perovskites were discovered many decades ago, questions remain concerning their diverse structural chemistry and unusual properties. The article presents a review of previous work and provides a detailed description of the preparation, structural characterisation and physical characteristics of (CH3NH3)PbI3. The phase changes exhibited by (CH3NH3)PbI3 have been probed using variable temperature powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction, combined with differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and phase contrast transmission electron microscopy. The optical band gap for (CH3NH3)PbI3 determined by UV-Visible spectroscopy was compared to values obtained from density-of-state simulation of the electronic band structure.

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Perovskite (structure)Materials scienceDifferential scanning calorimetryBand gapPhase (matter)Solid-stateSolar cellNanotechnologyChemistryOptoelectronicsCrystallographyPhysicsPhysical chemistryThermodynamics

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Year
2013
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article
Volume
1
Issue
18
Pages
5628-5628
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2497
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Tom Baikie, Yanan Fang, Jeannette M. Kadro et al. (2013). Synthesis and crystal chemistry of the hybrid perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3 for solid-state sensitised solar cell applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 1 (18) , 5628-5628. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ta10518k

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10.1039/c3ta10518k