Advanced Materials
Advanced Materials
4 years ago

High-Temperature Ionic Epitaxy of Halide Perovskite Thin Film and the Hidden Carrier Dynamics

High-Temperature Ionic Epitaxy of Halide Perovskite Thin Film and the Hidden Carrier Dynamics
Toh-Ming Lu, Yi-Yang Sun, Esther Wertz, Shengbai Zhang, Xin Sun, Yiping Wang, Jian Shi, Zhizhong Chen
High-temperature vapor phase epitaxy (VPE) has been proved ubiquitously powerful in enabling high-performance electro-optic devices in III–V semiconductor field. A typical example is the successful growth of p-type GaN by VPE for blue light-emitting diodes. VPE excels as it controls film defects such as point/interface defects and grain boundary, thanks to its high-temperature processing condition and controllable deposition rate. For the first time, single-crystalline high-temperature VPE halide perovskite thin film has been demonstrated—a unique platform on unveiling previously uncovered carrier dynamics in inorganic halide perovskites. Toward wafer-scale epitaxial and grain boundary-free film is grown with alkali halides as substrates. It is shown the metal alkali halides could be used as universal substrates for VPE growth of perovskite due to their similar material chemistry and lattice constant. With VPE, hot photoluminescence and nanosecond photo-Dember effect are revealed in inorganic halide perovskite. These two phenomena suggest that inorganic halide perovskite could be as compelling as its organic–inorganic counterpart regarding optoelectronic properties and help explain the long carrier lifetime in halide perovskite. The findings suggest a new avenue on developing high-quality large-scale single-crystalline halide perovskite films requiring precise control of defects and morphology. It is shown that alkali halides can be used as a universal substrate for the vapor phase epitaxy of halide perovskites. With vapor phase epitaxy, hot photoluminescence and nanosecond photo-Dember effect are revealed in an inorganic halide perovskite, suggesting it could be as compelling as its organic–inorganic counterpart for developing high-performance optoelectronics.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702643

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