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Spontaneous Octahedral Tilting in the Cubic Inorganic Caesium Halide Perovskites CsSnX$_3$ and CsPbX$_3$ (X = F, Cl, Br, I)
- Source :
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8, 4720-4726 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The local crystal structures of many perovskite-structured materials deviate from the average space group symmetry. We demonstrate, from lattice-dynamics calculations based on quantum chemical force constants, that all the caesium-lead and caesium-tin halide perovskites exhibit vibrational instabilities associated with octahedral titling in their high-temperature cubic phase. Anharmonic double-well potentials are found for zone-boundary phonon modes in all compounds with barriers ranging from 108 to 512 meV. The well depth is correlated with the tolerance factor and the chemistry of the composition, but is not proportional to the imaginary harmonic phonon frequency. We provide quantitative insights into the thermodynamic driving forces and distinguish between dynamic and static disorder based on the potential-energy landscape. A positive band gap deformation (spectral blueshift) accompanies the structural distortion, with implications for understanding the performance of these materials in applications areas including solar cells and light-emitting diodes.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8, 4720-4726 (2017)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1708.00499
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02423