Role of Composition and Temperature in Shaping the Structural and Optical Properties of Iodide-Based Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films Produced by PVco-D Technique

The research considered in this publication aims to contribute to developing perovskite-based technologies by conducting basic research on perovskite materials. The materials described in the paper are thin films of hybrid perovskite MEAPbI3 made using the PVco-D method in three different compositions—perovskite samples differ in the percentage of organic methylammonium and inorganic iodide parts. This publication discusses the influence of the composition of the thin perovskite layer on its structural and optical properties and the influence of the temperature of the environment of the perovskite thin film on optical properties. To answer these questions, the surface topography was analyzed using the AFM method, spectroscopic measurements were carried out in the UV-Vis-NIR range, and photoluminescence measurements were performed in a wide temperature range—from about 80 K to 310 K. The results indicate that the composition changes the surface topography, forming increasingly higher crystallites (up to 606%) with increasing methylammonium content. The transition temperature from the orthorhombic to the tetragonal phase was determined for each composition at about 140 K. For the composition of 30% MEAI + 70% PbI2, the phase transition temperature from tetragonal to cubic was determined at a temperature close to RT.