%0 Journal Article %1 doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468 %A Zhumekenov, Ayan A. %A Burlakov, Victor M. %A Saidaminov, Makhsud I. %A Alofi, Abdulilah %A Haque, Md Azimul %A Turedi, Bekir %A Davaasuren, Bambar %A Dursun, Ibrahim %A Cho, Namchul %A El-Zohry, Ahmed M. %A Bastiani, Michele De %A Giugni, Andrea %A Torre, Bruno %A Fabrizio, Enzo Di %A Mohammed, Omar F. %A Rothenberger, Alexander %A Wu, Tom %A Goriely, Alain %A Bakr, Osman M. %D 0 %J ACS Energy Letters %K perovskite surfacetansion %N 0 %P 1782-1788 %R 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468 %T The Role of Surface Tension in the Crystallization of Metal Halide Perovskites %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468 %V 0 %X The exciting intrinsic properties discovered in single crystals of metal halide perovskites still await their translation into optoelectronic devices. The poor understanding and control of the crystallization process of these materials are current bottlenecks retarding the shift toward single-crystal-based optoelectronics. Here we theoretically and experimentally elucidate the role of surface tension in the rapid synthesis of perovskite single crystals by inverse temperature crystallization. Understanding the nucleation and growth mechanisms enabled us to exploit surface tension to direct the growth of monocrystalline films of perovskites (AMX3, where A = CH3NH3+ or MA; M = Pb2+, Sn2+; X = Br–, I–) on the solution surface. We achieve up to 1 cm2-sized monocrystalline films with thickness on the order of the charge carrier diffusion length (∼5–10 μm). Our work paves the way to control the crystallization process of perovskites, including thin-film deposition, which is essential to advance the performance benchmarks of perovskite optoelectronics.

@article{doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468, abstract = { The exciting intrinsic properties discovered in single crystals of metal halide perovskites still await their translation into optoelectronic devices. The poor understanding and control of the crystallization process of these materials are current bottlenecks retarding the shift toward single-crystal-based optoelectronics. Here we theoretically and experimentally elucidate the role of surface tension in the rapid synthesis of perovskite single crystals by inverse temperature crystallization. Understanding the nucleation and growth mechanisms enabled us to exploit surface tension to direct the growth of monocrystalline films of perovskites (AMX3, where A = CH3NH3+ or MA; M = Pb2+, Sn2+; X = Br–, I–) on the solution surface. We achieve up to 1 cm2-sized monocrystalline films with thickness on the order of the charge carrier diffusion length (∼5–10 μm). Our work paves the way to control the crystallization process of perovskites, including thin-film deposition, which is essential to advance the performance benchmarks of perovskite optoelectronics. }, added-at = {2017-07-24T11:47:39.000+0200}, author = {Zhumekenov, Ayan A. and Burlakov, Victor M. and Saidaminov, Makhsud I. and Alofi, Abdulilah and Haque, Md Azimul and Turedi, Bekir and Davaasuren, Bambar and Dursun, Ibrahim and Cho, Namchul and El-Zohry, Ahmed M. and Bastiani, Michele De and Giugni, Andrea and Torre, Bruno and Fabrizio, Enzo Di and Mohammed, Omar F. and Rothenberger, Alexander and Wu, Tom and Goriely, Alain and Bakr, Osman M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23101abcfe12042d65eb56d398cff0946/fabianopkm}, doi = {10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468}, eprint = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468}, interhash = {dffbf74e052b18ca10580d6119b34cb3}, intrahash = {3101abcfe12042d65eb56d398cff0946}, journal = {ACS Energy Letters}, keywords = {perovskite surfacetansion}, number = 0, pages = {1782-1788}, timestamp = {2017-07-24T11:47:39.000+0200}, title = {The Role of Surface Tension in the Crystallization of Metal Halide Perovskites}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00468}, volume = 0, year = 0 }