Emergent Opto-Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Coupled Behavior of Halide Perovskites

卤化物钙钛矿的新兴光机和机电耦合行为

• 批准号: 2102210
• 负责人: Nitin Padture
• 金额: $ 48万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2102210&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Emergent; Opto; Mechanical; Electro; Coupled

Nontechnical DescriptionSo-called ‘halide perovskites’ are a family of materials at the heart of a new type of solar-cell technology. These new solar cells are showing great promise as they are not only highly efficient in converting sunlight into electricity but also potentially very inexpensive to manufacture. However, the mechanical properties of these new solar cell materials are not known, especially under operating conditions of a solar cell: in sunlight, and also when electric current is passing through them. Thus, it is very important to study and understand these properties because they determine the long-term durability of the new solar cells, which are expected to operate efficiently for twenty years or more in the element. To that end, systematic research is conducted, where the following relevant mechanical properties of the new solar cell materials are studied under light and/or electric current: (1) cracking and healing of the cracks; (2) plastic deformation; and (3) time-dependent deformation. These studies are conducted on materials of well-defined chemical compositions, configurations, and morphologies. The results from these studies are analyzed critically to understand the behavior of the new solar cell materials. This is expected to have a broad impact on the ability to make highly durable, low-cost solar cells of the future, and to help this new solar-cell technology then reach its full potential. As part of this effort, underrepresented minority undergraduate researchers from Tugaloo College are trained. This leverages the fifty-year old partnership between Brown University and Tugaloo College -- an Historically Black College or University. The public outreach effort is aimed at enhancing the public's understanding of concepts in science, engineering, and technology. This entails leveraging the well-established science cartoons (SciToons) program at Brown University for creating two new SciToons on: ‘Emerging Solar Cells Technologies’ and ‘Strength of Materials.’Technical DescriptionThere are compelling reasons to suggest there are fascinating, rich opto-mechanical and electro-mechanical coupled behavior in halide perovskite materials, yet there is extreme paucity of research in this area. Considering the unprecedented promise of halide perovskites for new types of solar-cell and other devices, it is imperative to have a more in-depth understanding of the mechanical degradation of halide perovskites coupled with optical and/or electrical stimuli that are ubiquitous in devices. To that end, this project comes at a highly opportune time, and it entails four interrelated Tasks, and several Subtasks within. In Task 1, the effect of electric field on the fracture and crack-healing behavior in halide perovskite single-crystals and thin films is studied experimentally and quantified. Task 2 involves the quantitative study of plastic deformation of halide perovskite single-crystals, and the effect of light (photoplasticity). In Task 3, the effect of electric field on the time-dependent creep deformation of halide perovskite bulk polycrystalline pellets is studied. The efficient generation of photocarriers and facile ion migration in soft halide perovskites are expected to mediate crack-healing, plasticity, and creep phenomena, through their interactions with point and line (dislocations) defects in halide perovskites. Finally, in Task 4 the manifestation of photoplasticity effects, as an example, are demonstrated in devices. The considerable research infrastructure needed for the project developed at Brown University is leveraged fully. This research contributes to the scientific foundation for the development of next-generation perovskite solar-cell and other devices that are more efficient, and importantly more durable over the long term. As such, this research is expected to be highly impactful, and useful to researchers and technology developers alike.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术性描述所谓的“卤化物钙钛矿”是一种新型太阳能电池技术核心的材料家族。这些新的太阳能电池显示出巨大的前景，因为它们不仅能高效地将阳光转化为电能，而且制造成本可能非常低廉。然而，这些新的太阳能电池材料的机械性能尚不清楚，特别是在太阳能电池的工作条件下：在阳光下，以及当电流通过它们时。因此，研究和理解这些特性非常重要，因为它们决定了新太阳能电池的长期耐用性，预计这些电池将在元件中有效运行20年或更长时间。为此，进行了系统的研究，其中研究了新太阳能电池材料在光和/或电流下的以下相关机械性能：（1）裂纹的开裂和愈合;（2）塑性变形;和（3）时间依赖性变形。这些研究是在明确定义的化学成分、配置和形态的材料上进行的。对这些研究的结果进行了批判性分析，以了解新太阳能电池材料的行为。预计这将对未来制造高耐用、低成本太阳能电池的能力产生广泛影响，并帮助这种新的太阳能电池技术充分发挥其潜力。作为这项工作的一部分，来自Tugaloo学院的代表性不足的少数民族本科研究人员接受了培训。这利用了布朗大学和Tugaloo学院之间50年的合作关系-一个历史悠久的黑人学院或大学。公众宣传工作旨在提高公众对科学、工程和技术概念的理解。这需要利用布朗大学成熟的科学卡通（SciToons）计划，创建两个新的SciToons：“新兴太阳能电池技术”和“材料的强度”。有令人信服的理由表明，卤化物钙钛矿材料具有迷人的，丰富的光-机械和机电耦合行为，但在这一领域的研究极其缺乏。考虑到卤化物钙钛矿对于新型太阳能电池和其他设备的前所未有的前景，必须更深入地了解与设备中普遍存在的光学和/或电刺激耦合的卤化物钙钛矿的机械降解。为此，这个项目来得正是时候，它需要四个相互关联的任务，以及几个子任务。在任务1中，电场对卤化物钙钛矿单晶和薄膜中的断裂和裂纹愈合行为的影响进行了实验研究和量化。任务2涉及卤化物钙钛矿单晶的塑性变形的定量研究，以及光的影响（光塑性）。在任务3中，研究了电场对卤化物钙钛矿块状多晶球团随时间变化的蠕变变形的影响。在软卤化物钙钛矿中的光生载流子的有效产生和容易的离子迁移预期通过它们与卤化物钙钛矿中的点和线（位错）缺陷的相互作用来介导裂纹愈合、塑性和蠕变现象。最后，在任务4中，作为一个例子，光塑性效应的表现形式在设备中进行了演示。布朗大学开发的项目所需的大量研究基础设施得到了充分利用。这项研究为开发下一代钙钛矿太阳能电池和其他更高效、更耐用的设备奠定了科学基础。因此，这项研究预计将具有很高的影响力，对研究人员和技术开发人员都很有用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

The mechanical behavior of metal-halide perovskites: Elasticity, plasticity, fracture, and creep

• DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.115064
• 期刊: Scripta Materialia
• 影响因子: 6
• 作者: Zhenghong Dai;Meaghan C. Doyle;Xing Liu;Mingyu Hu;Qizhong Wang;Christos E. Athanasiou;Yucheng Liu;B. Sheldon;Huajian Gao;S. Liu;N. Padture