Electron–acoustic phonon coupling in single crystal CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites revealed by coherent acoustic phonons

Pierre-Adrien Mante (), Constantinos C. Stoumpos, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis and Arkady Yartsev ()
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Pierre-Adrien Mante: Lund University
Constantinos C. Stoumpos: Northwestern University
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis: Northwestern University
Arkady Yartsev: Lund University

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Despite the great amount of attention CH3NH3PbI3 has received for its solar cell application, intrinsic properties of this material are still largely unknown. Mobility of charges is a quintessential property in this aspect; however, there is still no clear understanding of electron transport, as reported values span over three orders of magnitude. Here we develop a method to measure the electron and hole deformation potentials using coherent acoustic phonons generated by femtosecond laser pulses. We apply this method to characterize a CH3NH3PbI3 single crystal. We measure the acoustic phonon properties and characterize electron-acoustic phonon scattering. Then, using the deformation potential theory, we calculate the carrier intrinsic mobility and compare it to the reported experimental and theoretical values. Our results reveal high electron and hole mobilities of 2,800 and 9,400 cm2 V−1 s−1, respectively. Comparison with literature values of mobility demonstrates the potential role played by polarons in charge transport in CH3NH3PbI3.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14398

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