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Light-Induced Metallic and Paramagnetic Defects in Halide Perovskites from Magnetic Resonance

Mishra, Aditya  
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Hope, Michael A.  
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Emsley, Lyndon  
October 11, 2024
Acs Energy Letters

Halide perovskites are promising next-generation solar cell materials, but their commercialization is hampered by their propensity to degrade under operating conditions, particularly under heat, humidity, and light. Identifying degradation products and linking them to the degradation mechanism at the atomic scale is necessary to design more stable perovskite materials. Here we use magnetic resonance methods to identify and characterize the formation of both metallic lead clusters and Pb3+ defects upon light-induced degradation of methylammonium lead halide perovskite using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) of the 1H NMR resonances demonstrates the presence of localized paramagnetic Pb3+ defects, a large Knight shift of the 207Pb NMR proves the presence of lead metal, and their relative proportions are determined by the differing temperature dependence in variable-temperature EPR. This work reconciles previous conflicting literature results, enabling the use of EPR spectroscopy to monitor photodegradation of perovskite devices.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acsenergylett.4c02557
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85205908427

Author(s)
Mishra, Aditya  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hope, Michael A.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Emsley, Lyndon  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2024-10-11

Published in
Acs Energy Letters
Volume

9

Issue

10

Start page

5074

End page

5080

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LRM  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

EPFL

SNSF

200020_212046

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie

101024144

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January 25, 2025
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