Controllable p- and n-type behaviours in emissive perovskite semiconductors

Wentao Xiong, Weidong Tang, Gan Zhang, Yichen Yang, Yangning Fan, Ke Zhou, Chen Zou, Baodan Zhao () and Dawei Di ()
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Wentao Xiong: Zhejiang University
Weidong Tang: Zhejiang University
Gan Zhang: Zhejiang University
Yichen Yang: Zhejiang University
Yangning Fan: Zhejiang University
Ke Zhou: Zhejiang University
Chen Zou: Zhejiang University
Baodan Zhao: Zhejiang University
Dawei Di: Zhejiang University

Nature, 2024, vol. 633, issue 8029, 344-350

Abstract: Abstract Reliable control of the conductivity and its polarity in semiconductors is at the heart of modern electronics1–7, and has led to key inventions including diodes, transistors, solar cells, photodetectors, light-emitting diodes and semiconductor lasers. For archetypal semiconductors such as Si and GaN, positive (p)- and negative (n)-type conductivities are achieved through the doping of electron-accepting and electron-donating elements into the crystal lattices, respectively1–6. For halide perovskites, which are an emerging class of semiconductors, mechanisms for reliably controlling charge conduction behaviours while maintaining high optoelectronic qualities are yet to be discovered. Here we report that the p- and n-type characteristics in a wide-bandgap perovskite semiconductor can be adjusted by incorporating a phosphonic acid molecular dopant with strong electron-withdrawing abilities. The resultant carrier concentrations were more than 1013 cm−3 for the p- and n-type samples, with Hall coefficients ranging from −0.5 m3 C−1 (n-type) to 0.6 m3 C−1 (p-type). A shift of the Fermi level across the bandgap was observed. Importantly, the transition from n- to p-type conductivity was achieved while retaining high photoluminescence quantum yields of 70–85%. The controllable doping in the emissive perovskite semiconductor enabled the demonstration of ultrahigh brightness (more than 1.1 × 106 cd m−2) and exceptional external quantum efficiency (28.4%) in perovskite light-emitting diodes with a simple architecture.

Date: 2024
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