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Solar cells based on hybrid perovskites have shown high efficiency while possessing simple processing methods. To gain a fundamental understanding of their properties on an atomic level, we investigate single crystals of CH3NH3PbI3 with a…
Tuning the thermal transport properties of hybrid halide perovskites is critical for their applications in optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and photovoltaics. Here, we demonstrate an effective strategy to modulate the thermal transport…
Complex quantum coupling phenomena of halide perovskites are examined through ab-initio calculations and exact diagonalization of model Hamiltonians to formulate a set of fundamental guiding rules to engineer the bandgap through strain. The…
In the last decade, hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites have emerged as a new type of semiconductor for photovoltaics and other optoelectronic applications. Unlike standard, tetrahedrally bonded semiconductors (e.g. Si and GaAs),…
Halide perovskite has attracted intense research interest owing to its multifaceted and versatile applications in optoelectronics. This intrigue is further fueled by their propensity to undergo intricate structural modifications under…
Corner-shared ABX$_3$ perovskites have long featured prominently in solid-state chemistry and condensed matter physics. Still, the joint understanding of their two main subgroups-halides and oxides-has not been fully developed. Indeed,…
Mixing iodide and bromide in halide perovskite semiconductors is an effective strategy to tune their bandgap, therefore mixed-halide perovskites hold great promise for color-tunable LEDs and tandem solar cells. However, the bandgap of…
Hybrid halide perovskites (HHPs) have attracted significant attention due to their remarkable optoelectronic properties that combine the advantages of low cost-effective fabrication methods of organic-inorganic materials. Notably,…
Using first-principles density functional theory calculations, we systematically investigate the structural, electronic and vibrational properties of bulk and potential single-layer structures of perovskite-like CsPb2Br5 crystal. It is…
The soft modes associated with continuous-order phase transitions are associated with strong anharmonicity. This leads to the overdamped limit where the phonon quasi-particle picture can breakdown. However, this limit is commonly restricted…
Halide perovskites have been extensively studied as materials of interest for optoelectronic applications. There is a major emphasis on ways to tailor the stability, defect behavior, electronic band structure, and optical absorption in…
Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have attracted significant attention owing to their simple manufacturing process and unique optoelectronic properties. Their reversible electrical or optical properties changes in response to oxidizing or…
Halide perovskite and elpasolite semiconductors are extensively studied for optoelectronic applications due to their excellent performance together with significant chemical and structural flexibility. However, there is still limited…
Metal halide perovskite solar cells have achieved dramatic improvements in their power conversion efficiency in the recent past. Since compositional engineering plays an important role in optimizing material properties, we investigate the…
Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) in a glass matrix combine excellent optical properties and stability against environment. The spectral and temporal characteristics of photoluminescence from CsPbBr$_3$ and CsPb(Cl,Br)$_3$…
Alloy-based perovskite solar cells offer tunable properties and improved stability, but their complexity has impeded accurate modeling, hindering development. We present a machine-learning (ML) accelerated atomistic modeling approach for…
Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have emerged as attractive optoelectronic materials because of high fluorescence quantum yield, broad color tunability, and excellent color purity. However, the ionic nature of MHPs makes them susceptible to…
The reversible phase transition between orthorhombic and cubic phases is demonstrated in all-inorganic perovskite CsPbIBr2 grown by a dual-source vapor-deposition method. The phase transition is actuated via heating and moisture exposure.…
Halide perovskites exhibit unpredictable properties in response to environmental stressors, due to several composition-dependent degradation mechanisms. In this work, we apply data visualization and machine learning (ML) techniques to…
Band structure of inorganic lead halide perovskites is substantially different from the band structure of group IV, III-V and II-VI semiconductors. However, the standard empirical tight-binding model with sp3d5s* basis gives nearly perfect…