In this paper, the electronic and optical properties of single-layer (SL) and multilayer (ML) structures of MAPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I and MA = CH3NH3) have been studied by density functional theory (DFT) in order to predict its photovoltaic capabilities. The results have shown that SL- and ML-MAPbX3 have a direct band gap in the range of 1.76–2.70 eV.
The calculation of dielectric constants has depicted that the static dielectric constants (SDCs) of SL-MAPbX3 are smaller than SDCs of ML-MAPbX3. However, as we expected, the reaction of the structures to in-plane (║) and out-of-plane (┴) polarizations was different; therefore, the SL- and ML-MAPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) were optically anisotropic.
In addition, the intensity of the optical absorption spectrum for ML-MAPbX3 structures is approximately three times higher than that of SL-MAPbX3 structures. By increasing the radius of halogens (RCl<RBr<RI), surface area under the absorption curve increases and absorbs more.
Furthermore, our results have shown that the electronic and optical behavior of 2D-MAPbX3 is suitable for photovoltaic applications and makes them useful for OIHP solar cells.
Ref: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15567036.2019.1568645
In this study, using the density functional theory, the mechanical properties of methylammonium lead halide perovskites (CH3NH3PbX3, X = I, Br, Cl) were investigated. Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, and shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and many other parameters were calculated using the PBEsol and vdW approximations. Also, in this work, utilizing a new accuracy in calculating the elastic constants, the intense conflict between the previous theoretical results and the experimental data were fixed. Moreover, for the first time, through combination of the PBEsol and vdW methods, the effect of the interaction between methylammonium and PbX3 scaffold on the mechanical properties of lead halide perovskites was well cleared. In continuation, using the PBEsol+vdW method, a phase transition appeared for the MAPbBr3 and MAPbCl3 structures, which proved more stability of MAPbBr3 and MAPbCl3 in comparison with MAPbI3. In what follows, by studying these materials under an applied strain beyond the harmonic region, the transition zone to the plastic area in the strain region of 5.5% and smaller was identified, and the small values of the aforementioned applied strains were found to be the reason for the instability of these materials at room temperature and above.
Ref: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07129
