Browsing by Author "Schmidt, Whitney L."

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    Nanoscale Mapping of Bromide Segregation on the Cross Sections of Complex Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Films Using Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging in a Scanning Electron Microscope
    (Washington, DC : ACS Publications, 2017) Kumar, Vikas; Schmidt, Whitney L.; Schileo, Giorgio; Masters, Robert C.; Wong-Stringer, Michael; Sinclair, Derek C.; Reaney, Ian M.; Lidzey, David; Rodenburg, Cornelia
    Mixed halide (I/Br) complex organic/inorganic hybrid perovskite materials have attracted much attention recently because of their excellent photovoltaic properties. Although it has been proposed that their stability is linked to the chemical inhomogeneity of I/Br, no direct proof has been offered to date. Here, we report a new method, secondary electron hyperspectral imaging (SEHI), which allows direct imaging of the local variation in Br concentration in mixed halide (I/Br) organic/inorganic hybrid perovskites on a nanometric scale. We confirm the presence of a nonuniform Br distribution with variation in concentration within the grain interiors and boundaries and demonstrate how SEHI in conjunction with low-voltage scanning electron microscopy can enhance the understanding of the fundamental physics and materials science of organic/inorganic hybrid photovoltaics, illustrating its potential for research and development in "real-world" applications.