Electroabsorption Spectroscopy Measurements of the Exciton Binding Energy, ElectronHole Reduced Effective Mass, and Band Gap in the Perovskite CH<sub3>NH<sub3>PbI<sub3>

Abstract

We use electroabsorption (EA) spectroscopy to measure the exciton binding energy (E<sub>B), electronhole reduced effective mass (), and one-electron band gap (Eg) at the fundamental absorption edge of the hybrid organicinorganic perovskite CH<sub>3NH<sub>3PbI<sub>3 in its tetragonal phase at 300 K. By studying the second-harmonic EA spectra at the fundamental absorption edge we establish that the room temperature EA response in CH<sub>3NH<sub>3PbI<sub>3 follows the low-field FranzKeldyshAspnes (FKA) effect. Following FKA analysis we find that = 0.12 0.03m<sub>0, E<sub>B = 7.4 meV, and E<sub>g = 1.633 eV. Our results provide direct experimental evidence that at room temperature primary transitions occurring in CH<sub>3NH<sub>3PbI<sub>3 can essentially be described in terms of free carrier generation.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 2016
Accession Number
AD1010020

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  • David Ginger
  • Joseph C. Mohammed
  • Mark E Ziffer

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  • University of Washington

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  • Advanced Electronics

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  • Absorption Spectra
  • Band Gaps
  • Band Structures
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Crystal Structure
  • Energy Bands
  • Light Sources
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
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  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
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  • Physics

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