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Electronic coupling between the unoccupied states of the organic and inorganic sublattices of methylammonium lead iodide: A hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite single crystal

Gabriel J. Man1,*, Cody M. Sterling2, Chinnathambi Kamal2,3, Konstantin A. Simonov1,†, Sebastian Svanström1, Joydev Acharya4, Fredrik O. L. Johansson1, Erika Giangrisostomi5, Ruslan Ovsyannikov5 et al.

Thomas Huthwelker6, Sergei M. Butorin1, Pabitra K. Nayak4,‡, Michael Odelius2, and Håkan Rensmo1,§

  • 1Condensed Matter Physics of Energy Materials, Division of X-ray Photon Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, Uppsala 75121, Sweden
  • 2Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
  • 3Theory and Simulations Laboratory, HRDS, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, India
  • 4TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Hyderabad 500046, India
  • 5Institute Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, Berlin 12489, Germany
  • 6Paul Scherrer Institut, WLGA/212, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland

  • *gman@alumni.princeton.edu
  • †Present address: Swerim AB, Kista, Stockholm, 16407, Sweden.
  • ‡pabitra.nayak@tifrh.res.in
  • §hakan.rensmo@physics.uu.se
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Phys. Rev. B 104, L041302 – Published 26 July, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L041302

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Organic-inorganic halide perovskites have been intensively reinvestigated due to their applications, yet the optoelectronic function of the organic cation remains unclear. Through organic-selective resonant Auger electron spectroscopy measurements on well-defined single-crystal surfaces, we find evidence for electronic coupling in the unoccupied states between the organic and inorganic sublattices of the prototypical hybrid perovskite, which is contrary to the notion based on previous studies that the organic cation is electronically inert. The coupling is relevant for electron dynamics in the material and for understanding optoelectronic functionality.

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Phys. Rev. B 104, L041302– Published 26 July, 2021
  • Received 3 November 2020
  • Accepted 25 June 2021
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