Interface Energy Alignment between Lead Halide Perovskite Single Crystals and TIPS-PentaceneShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Inorganic Chemistry, ISSN 0020-1669, E-ISSN 1520-510X, Vol. 62, no 38, p. 15412-15420Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
At present, there is a huge development in optoelectronic applications using lead halide perovskites. Considering that device performance is largely governed by the transport of charges across interfaces and, therefore, the interfacial electronic structure, fundamental investigations of perovskite interfaces are highly necessary. In this study, we use high-resolution soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy based on synchrotron radiation to explore the interfacial energetics for the molecular layer of TIPS-pentacene and lead halide perovskite single crystals. We perform ultrahigh vacuum studies on multiple thicknesses of an in situ formed interface of TIPS-pentacene with four different in situ cleaved perovskite single crystals (MAPbI3, MAPbBr3, FAPbBr3, and CsxFA1-xPbBryI3-y). Our findings reveal a substantial shift of the TIPS-pentacene energy levels toward higher binding energies with increasing thickness, while the perovskite energy levels remain largely unaffected regardless of their composition. These shifts can be interpreted as band bending in the TIPS-pentacene, and such effects should be considered when assessing the energy alignment at perovskite/organic transport material interfaces. Furthermore, we were able to follow a reorganization on the MAPbI3 surface with the transformation of the surface C 1s into bulk C 1s.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2023. Vol. 62, no 38, p. 15412-15420
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Physical Chemistry Materials Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-338391DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01482ISI: 001068493600001PubMedID: 37712395Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85172425407OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-338391DiVA, id: diva2:1807001
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QC 20231024
2023-10-242023-10-242023-12-04Bibliographically approved