Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Triple-Cation Mixed-Halide Perovskites.
Noemi LandiElena MaurinaDaniela MarongiuAngelica SimbulaSilvia BorsacchiLucia CalucciMichele SabaElisa CarignaniMarco GeppiPublished in: The journal of physical chemistry letters (2022)
Mixed-cation lead mixed-halide perovskites are the best candidates for perovskite-based photovoltaics, thanks to their higher efficiency and stability compared to the single-cation single-halide parent compounds. TripleMix (Cs 0.05 MA 0.14 FA 0.81 PbI 2.55 Br 0.45 with FA = formamidinium and MA = methylammonium) is one of the most efficient and stable mixed perovskites for single-junction solar cells. The microscopic reasons why triple-cation perovskites perform so well are still under debate. In this work, we investigated the structure and dynamics of TripleMix by exploiting multinuclear solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR), which can provide this information at a level of detail not accessible by other techniques. 133 Cs, 13 C, 1 H, and 207 Pb SSNMR spectra confirmed the inclusion of all ions in the perovskite, without phase segregation. Complementary measurements showed a peculiar longitudinal relaxation behavior for the 1 H and 207 Pb nuclei in TripleMix with respect to single-cation single-halide perovskites, suggesting slower dynamics of both organic cations and halide anions, possibly related to the high photovoltaic performances.