Organic-inorganic perovskite light-emitting devices have recently emerged as a reliable light source. Here, we developed a Single Layer Perovskite Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells (SL-PeLEC) with laminated free-standing Carbon Nanotube Sheet (CNT) sheets as an effective charge electron injecting cathode electrode. The structure consists of bottom ITO-on-glass as a transparent electrode, the composite of CsPbBr3:PEO:LiPF6 with additive ionic salt as an emitting layer (EML) and 5 layers of CNT aerogel sheets as a top laminated cathode . Utilizing CNT free standing sheets laminated right on top of perovskite thin film in this simple single layer configuration has multiple benefits. Such CNT top cathode does not show any chemical degradation by reaction with halogens from perovskite, which is detrimental for metallic cathodes. Moreover, the formation of an internal p-i-n junction in perovskite EML composite layer by ionic migration under applied voltage bias and electric double layer (EDL) formation at each electrode interface is beneficially effecting CNT sheets by Li+ ionic doping and raises their Fermi level, further enhancing electron injection. Besides, inspired by successes of ionic additives in LECs and electrochemical doping of perovskite with alkali metals, we leveraged a lithium salt, LiPF6, within a CsPbBr3:PEO composite matrix to achieve optimal ionic redistribution and doping effects in this SL-PeLEC. Although initially CNT electrode has slightly high sheet resistance, the SL-PeLEC device has a low turn-on voltage of 2.6v and a maximum luminance intensity of 530 cd/m2, confirming the n-doping increased conductivity. This work provides a unique route toward flexible and bright perovskite LECs with stable and transparent CNT electrodes that can have injection efficiency tuned by poling induced ionic EDL-doping.
One major hurdle in the progress of hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) is their lossy nature due to the metal constituent. In this work, we design a gain-assisted active HMM utilizing the recently emerged, solution-processed perovskite gain material. Our HMM is consisted of MAPbI3 perovskite and Au subwavelength multi-layer. We theoretically and experimentally investigate the strong emission polarization anisotropy that is unique to HMMs. Our work opens the way towards applications such as high-speed light emission, super resolution imaging and lithography, electro-optical modulators and perfect light absorbers.
The hybrid (organo-inorganic) lead-halide perovskites revolutionized the field of solar cell research due to the impressive power conversion efficiencies of up to 21% recently reported in perovskite based solar cells. This talk will present first the general concepts of excitonic photovoltaics, as compared to conventional Si-type solar cells, asking a question: is hybrid perovskite PV an excitonic solar cell or not? Do we need excitons dissociation at D-A interfaces or CNT charge collectors? Then I will show our recent experimental results on the fast spectroscopy of excitons, magnetic field effect on generation of correlated (e-h) pairs. Also will discuss our Hall effect results, that allows to evaluate intrinsic charge carrier transport and direct measurements of mobility in these materials performed for the first time in steady-state dc transport regime. From these measurements, we have obtained the electron-hole recombination coefficient, the carrier diffusion length and lifetime. Our main results include the intrinsic Hall carrier mobility reaching up to 60 cm2V-1s-1 in perovskite single crystals, carrier lifetimes of up to 3 ms (surprisingly too long!), and carrier diffusion lengths as long as 650 μm (huge if compared to organic and even best inorganic materials). Our results also demonstrate that photocarrier recombination in these disordered solution-processed perovskites is as weak as in the best (high-purity single crystals) of conventional direct-band inorganic semiconductors. Moreover, as we show in our experiment, carrier trapping in perovskites is also strongly suppressed, which accounts for such long carrier lifetimes and diffusion lengths, significantly longer than similar parameters in the best inorganic semiconductors, such e.g. as GaAs. All these remarkable transport properties of hybrid perovskites need to be understood from fundamental physics point of view. Looks like we need some new concepts to explain the mysterious properties of “protected” hybrid perovskites. We suggest that some of this unusual properties can be attributed to a special type of “dipole rotational polaron” formed in their lattice due to interactions of charge with methyl-ammonium organic dipoles, each of 2.3 Debye. Examples of perovskite solar cell with transparent CNT charge collectors will demonstrated the 3 D charge collection in the monolithic tandems of perovskite PV with other dissimilar materials PVs, such as OPV and inorganic PV. We describe the pioneering methods to create highly transparent CNT sheets by dry lamination from vertically alligned CVD forests of MWCNTs. Transparency can be further increased by converting CNT aerogels into locally collapsed meshs with micron scale oppenings by spraying Ag nanowires, which lowers sheet resistance to values of Rsh< 40 ohm/sq. such AgNW@CNT transparent sheets are ideal interlayers in three terminal tandems of perovskite PV with polymeric OPV and/or inorganic solar cells. We show that nanoimprinting can further improve the performance of perovskite photodetectors and optoelectronic devices
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