In:
Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 8, No. 1 ( 2018-03-16)
Abstract:
Two dimensional layered organic-inorganic halide perovskites offer a wide variety of novel functionality such as solar cell and optoelectronics and magnetism. Self-assembly of these materials using solution process (ex. spin coating) makes crystalline thin films synthesized at ambient environment. However, flexibility of organic layer also poses a structure stability issue in perovskite thin films against environment factors (ex. moisture). In this study, we investigate the effect of solvents and moisture on structure and property in the (C 6 H 5 (CH 2 ) 2 NH 3 ) 2 (Cu, Mn)Cl 4 (Cu-PEA, Mn-PEA) perovskite thin films spin-coated on Si wafer using three solvents (H 2 O, MeOH, MeOH + H 2 O). A combination of x-ray diffraction (XRD) and x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) show that relative humidity (RH) has a profound effect on perovskite thin films during sample synthesis and storage, depending on the kind of solvent used. The ones prepared using water (Cu-PEA:H 2 O, Mn-PEA:H 2 O) show quite different behavior from the other cases. According to time-dependent XRD, reversible crystalline-amorphous transition takes place depending on RH in the former cases, whereas the latter cases relatively remain stable. It also turns out from XAS that Mn-PEA thin films prepared with solvents such as MeOH and MeOH + H 2 O are disordered to the depth of about 4 nm from surface.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2045-2322
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-018-23012-2
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2018
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2615211-3
