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Metal halide perovskites possess many physical properties amenable to optoelectronic applications, whereas the realization of these potentials has been hampered by their environmental and electronic instabilities. The morphological and…
Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) oxides (A$_{n+1}$B$_n$O$_{3n+1}$) comprised of perovskite (ABO$_3$)$_n$ slabs can host a wider variety of structural distortions than their perovskite counterparts. This makes accurate structural determination of RP…
Organic-inorganic halide perovskites are intrinsically unstable when exposed to moisture and/or light. Additionally, the presence of lead in many perovskites raises toxicity concerns. Herein is reported a thin film of BaZrS3, a lead-free…
Metal-halide perovskites are a versatile material platform for light-harvesting and light-emitting applications as their variable chemical composition allows the optoelectronic properties to be tailored to specific applications. Halide…
Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) exhibit pronounced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) as a result of their heavy metal constituents, leading to distinctive electronic properties such as Rashba type band splitting which make them promising candidates…
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,…
Antiperovskite derivatives have recently emerged as promising lead-free alternatives to halide perovskites for optoelectronic applications. Here, using a comprehensive first-principles calculations including density functional perturbation…
Two dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) based semiconductors have generated intense recent interest due to their novel optical and electronic properties, and potential for applications. In this work, we characterize the…
Double perovskites have emerged as promising alternatives to lead halide perovskites, aiming to mitigate challenges related to toxicity and chemical instability. Among them, mixed-valence gold halides such as Cs2Au+Au3+Cl6, which contain…
Novel halide perovskites with improved stability and optoelectronic properties can be designed via composition engineering at cation and/or anion sites. Data-driven methods, especially high-throughput first principles computations and…
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 density functional theory, the structural and electronic-structure properties of a recently discovered, zero-dimensional antimony halide perovskite are studied. It is found that the herein considered material EtPySbBr$_\mathrm{6}$…
We show that adding ethylenediamine (EDA) to perovskite precursor solution improves the photovoltaic device performance and material stability of high-bromide-content, methylammonium-free, formamidinium cesium lead halide perovskites…
Hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites have emerged as a disruptive new class of materials, exhibiting optimum properties for a broad range of optoelectronic applications, most notably for photovoltaics. The first report of highly…
Nonequilibrium processes occurring in functional materials can significantly impact device efficiencies and are often difficult to characterize due to the broad range of length and time scales involved. In particular, mixed halide hybrid…
Vacancy-ordered double perovskites (VODPs) are promising alternatives to three-dimensional lead halide perovskites for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. Mixing these materials creates a vast compositional space, allowing for…
The high photoluminescence efficiency, color purity, extended gamut, and solution processability make low-dimensional hybrid perovskites attractive for light-emitting diode (PeLED) applications. However, controlling the microstructure of…
Anharmonic atomic motions can strongly influence the optoelectronic properties of materials but how these effects are connected to the underlying phonon band structure is not understood well. We investigate how the electronic band gap is…
It is well known that the DX center is a kind of defect that limits the n-type doping in some tetrahedral coordinated semiconductors. It is a deep negatively charged defect complex converted from a nominal shallow donor defect, which can…
Over the last few years of the heyday of hybrid halide perovskites, so many metal cations additives have been tested to improve their optoelectronic properties that it is already difficult to find an element that has not yet been tried. In…