Intensity modulated photocurrent spectroscopy to investigate hidden kinetics at hybrid perovskite-electrolyte interface

Abstract The numerous assorted accounts to the fundamental questions of ion migration in hybrid perovskites are making the picture further intricate. The review of photo-induced ion migration using small perturbation frequency domain techniques other than impedance spectroscopy is more crucial now. Herein, we probe into this by investigating perovskite-electrolyte (Pe-E) and polymer-aqueous electrolyte (Po-aqE) interface using intensity modulated photocurrent spectroscopy (IMPS) in addition to photoelectrochemical impedance spectroscopy (PEIS). We reported that the electronic-ionic interaction in hybrid perovskites including the low-frequency ion/charge transfer and recombination kinetics at the interface leads to the spiral feature in IMPS Nyquist plot of perovskite-based devices. This spiral trajectory for perovskite-electrolyte interface depicts three distinct ion kinetics going on at the different time scales which can be more easily unveiled by IMPS rather than PEIS. Hence, IMPS is a promising alternative to PEIS. We used Peter’s method of interpretation of IMPS plot in photoelectrochemistry to estimate charge transfer efficiency \(\left({Q}_{ste}\right)\) from the Rate Constant Model. The \({Q}_{ste}\) at low-frequency for Pe-E interface exceeds unity due to ion migration induced modified potential across the perovskite active layer. Hence, ion migration and mixed electronic-ionic conductivity of hybrid perovskites are responsible for the extraordinary properties of this material..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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ResearchSquare.com - (2022) vom: 18. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Srivast, Priya [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ramesh [VerfasserIn]
Ronchiya, Hemant [VerfasserIn]
Bag, Monojit [VerfasserIn]

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-1554329/v1

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XRA03579836X