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Stabilizing the Electroluminescence of Halide Perovskites with Potassium Passivation
journal contribution
posted on 2020-05-14, 11:37 authored by Anil Kanwat, Natalia Yantara, Yan Fong Ng, Thomas J. N. Hooper, Prem Jyoti Singh Rana, Benny Febriansyah, Padinhare Cholakkal Harikesh, Teddy Salim, Parth Vashishtha, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar, Nripan MathewsHalide
perovskites have been of great interest for light-emitting
diodes (PeLEDs) in recent years because of their excellent photo-
and electroluminescence properties. However, traps/defects and ion
migration in devices under high external driving voltage or current
are yet to be overcome. In this work, it is found that upon potassium
(K) addition to a CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 (3D:0D = 0.85:0.15) perovskite, a locally disordered 0D Cs4–xKxPbBr6 phase
is formed with nearly 0.35:0.65 admixture of 0D:3D, along with an
unreacted KBr phase potentially passivating the surface and grain
boundaries. The formation of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (∼10
nm) confined within the Cs4–xKxPbBr6 matrix accompanied by larger
CsPbBr3 grains (∼50 nm) is further confirmed by
high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. In addition, the
kinetics of ion migration was characterized with Auger electron spectroscopy
and double-layer polarization using capacitive–frequency measurements,
revealing significantly lower hysteresis, halide ion migration, and
accumulation for the K-incorporated samples during device operation,
resulting in substantial improvements in LED performance and stability.