Room-temperature cost-effective in-situ grown MAPbBr3 crystals and their characterization towards optoelectronic devices

• Published in: Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 2022-09, Vol.283, p.115840, Article 115840
• Main Authors: Ramya, Kunchanapalli, Mondal, Arindam, Tyagi, Mohit, Gupta, Satyajit, Mukhopadhyay, Sabyasachi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Crystal growth; Crystallization; Electric potential; Energy gap; Frequency ranges; Nyquist plots; Optical properties; Optoelectronic devices; Room temperature; Voltage
• ISSN: 0921-5107; 1873-4944
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2022.115840

We report the in-situ, room-temperature synthesis of methylammonium lead bromide CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals using N-methyl formamide as a source of methylammonium (MA+) ions during the crystallization process to explore the structural, dielectric, and electronic properties of CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals for optoelectronic applications. Optical absorption and radio-luminescence measurements affirm the direct bandgap nature of the crystals. Impedance spectroscopy measurements with various applied AC voltages within the 20 Hz–10 MHz frequency range depict the influence of ionic motions on electrical transport across crystal planes. We have extracted electrical transport parameters in CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals from the Nyquist plots, which we found to be distinctly varied wherein two different AC voltage amplitude regimes, broadly for 10–50 mV and 100–500 mV AC voltage range.