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Perovskite solar cells have been a prominent focus in the field of photovoltaics in recent decades, owing to their exceptional performance: easy synthesis, and cost-effectiveness. The all-inorganic cesium-based perovskite CsPbBr3, known for its remarkable thermal stability, has become a star material in the field of optoelectronics due to its outstanding luminescent properties. Despite the high efficiency of lead-based perovskite solar cells, the toxicity associated with lead and the poor long-term stability of these devices remain significant barriers to their large-scale commercialization. As is well known, non-radiative electron-hole recombination significantly shortens the carrier lifetime, acting as a primary pathway for excited state charge to loss energy. This phenomenon directly affects the photovoltaic conversion efficiency and charge transfer performance of perovskite materials. Therefore, maximizing the reduction of non-radiative recombination energy loss in perovskite solar cells has become a crucial research focus. In this study, a systematic exploration is conducted by using a non-adiabatic molecular dynamics approach combined with time-dependent density functional theory to investigate the excited-state carrier dynamics of CsPbBr3 and its alloyed structures, CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3 and CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3. The study comprehensively analyzes the non-radiative electron-hole recombination scenarios and the mechanisms for reducing charge energy loss based on crystal structure, electronic properties, and excited-state properties. The research findings reveal that alloying with Sn/Ge can reduce the bandgap, increase non-adiabatic coupling, and shorten the decoherence time. The interplay of reduced quantum decoherence, smaller bandgap, and larger non-adiabatic coupling effectively decelerates the electron-hole recombination process. Consequently, the carrier lifetime of the CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3 system extends by 1.6 times. Moreover, under the joint influence of Sn/Ge, the carrier lifetime of the CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3 system extends by 4.2 times compared with those of the original system. The overall sequence follows CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3 > CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3 > CsPbBr3. This study underscores the significant influence of binary alloying of B-site metal cations (in the perovskite structure ABX3, where B-site refers to the metal cation) on the non-radiative electron-hole recombination of CsPbBr3.This research presents an effective alloying scheme that substantially prolongs the carrier lifetime of perovskites, offering a rational approach to optimizing solar cell performance. It lays the groundwork for the future design of perovskite solar cell materials.
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Keywords:
- CsPbBr3 /
- nonadiabatic molecular dynamics /
- alloy /
- nonradiative electron-hole recombination
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图 1 (a) CsPbBr3, (b) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, (c) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3三种钙钛矿体系在0 K （上）和300 K （下）的晶体结构
Figure 1. Crystal structure diagrams of three perovskite systems at 0 K (top) and 300 K (bottom) of (a) CsPbBr3, (b) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, (c) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3.
图 2 (a) CsPbBr3, (b) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, (c) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3体系的DOS和PDOS
Figure 2. Projected density of states (PDOS) of (a) CsPbBr3, (b) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, (c) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3 systems.
图 3 (a) CsPbBr3, (b) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, (c) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3体系中HOMO和LUMO的电荷密度
Figure 3. Charge densities of the photoexcited states showing HOMO and LUMO of (a) CsPbBr3, (b) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, (c) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3 systems.
图 4 (a) CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3与CsPbBr3以及(b) CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3与CsPbBr3体系的VBM和CBM的IPR对比(虚线为平均值)
Figure 4. Comparison of IPRs between VBM and CBM of the doped system and the original system (dashed lines represent the average)
图 5 CsPbBr3、CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3和CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3的HOMO布居数演化
Figure 5. Population evolution of HUMO of the pristine CsPbBr3, CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3.
表 1 CsPbBr3, CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3体系的带隙、非绝热耦合平均绝对值(NAC)、退相干时间(Tpd)和非辐射电荷复合时间(Trec)
Table 1. Bandgap, averaged absolute value of NA coupling (NAC), pure-dephasing time (Tpd), and nonradiative charge recombination time (Trec) of CsPbBr3, CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3, CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3 systems.
Eg/eV NAC/meV Tpd/fs Trec/ps CsPbBr3 1.73 2.0 8.97 110 CsPb0.75Ge0.25Br3 1.44 2.2 6.96 176 CsPb0.5Ge0.25Sn0.25Br3 1.05 2.1 6.20 462 
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[1] Cho C, Palatnik A, Sudzius M, Grodofzig R, Nehm F, Leo K 2020 ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12 35242
Google Scholar
[2] Ito N, Kamarudin M A, Hirotani D, Zhang Y, Shen Q, Ogomi Y, Iikubo S, Minemoto T, Yoshino K, Hayase S 2018 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9 1682
Google Scholar
[3] Jena A K, Kulkarni A, Miyasaka T 2019 Chem. Rev. 119 3036
Google Scholar
[4] Quarti C, Marchal N, Beljonne D 2018 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9 3416
Google Scholar
[5] Shi R, Vasenko A S, Long R, Prezhdo O V 2020 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11 9100
Google Scholar
[6] Yu W, Li F, Yu L, Niazi M R, Zou Y, Corzo D, Basu A, Ma C, Dey S, Tietze M L, Buttner U, Wang X, Wang Z, Hedhili M N, Guo C, Wu T, Amassian A 2018 Nat. Commun. 9 5354
Google Scholar
[7] Manser J S, Christians J A, Kamat P V 2016 Chem. Rev. 116 12956
Google Scholar
[8] Jeon N J, Noh J H, Yang W S, Kim Y C, Ryu S, Seo J, Seok S I 2015 Nature 517 476
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[9] Green M A, Dunlop E D, Yoshita M, Kopidakis N, Bothe K, Siefer G, Hao X 2023 Prog Photovolt 31 651
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[10] Bekenstein Y, Koscher B A, Eaton S W, Yang P, Alivisatos A P 2015 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 16008
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[12] Gerhard M, Louis B, Camacho R, Merdasa A, Li J, Kiligaridis A, Dobrovolsky A, Hofkens J, Scheblykin I G 2019 Nat. Commun. 10 1698
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[19] Liu M, Pasanen H, Ali‐Löytty H, Hiltunen A, Lahtonen K, Qudsia S, Smått J H, Valden M, Tkachenko N V, Vivo P 2020 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59 22117
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Google Scholar
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