Distinguishing thermal fluctuations from polaron formation in halide perovskites
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| author | Zhao, Bai-Qing Chen, Xuan-Yan Li, Chuan-Nan Li, Jinshan Van de Walle, Chris G. Zhang, Xie |
| author_facet | Zhao, Bai-Qing Chen, Xuan-Yan Li, Chuan-Nan Li, Jinshan Van de Walle, Chris G. Zhang, Xie |
| contents | Recent angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements of the hole effective mass in CsPbBr$_3$ revealed an enhancement of $\sim$50 % compared to the bare mass computed from first principles for CsPbBr$_3$ at $T = 0 K$. This large enhancement was interpreted as evidence of polaron formation. Employing accurate finite-temperature first-principles calculations, we show that the calculated hole effective mass of CsPbBr$_3$ at $T = 300 K$ can explain experimental results without invoking polarons. Thermal fluctuations are particularly strong in halide perovskites compared to conventional semiconductors such as Si and GaAs, and cannot be ignored when comparing with experiment. We not only resolve the debate on polaron formation in halide perovskites, but also demonstrate the general importance of including thermal fluctuations in first-principles calculations for strongly anharmonic materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Distinguishing thermal fluctuations from polaron formation in halide perovskites Zhao, Bai-Qing Chen, Xuan-Yan Li, Chuan-Nan Li, Jinshan Van de Walle, Chris G. Zhang, Xie Materials Science Recent angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements of the hole effective mass in CsPbBr$_3$ revealed an enhancement of $\sim$50 % compared to the bare mass computed from first principles for CsPbBr$_3$ at $T = 0 K$. This large enhancement was interpreted as evidence of polaron formation. Employing accurate finite-temperature first-principles calculations, we show that the calculated hole effective mass of CsPbBr$_3$ at $T = 300 K$ can explain experimental results without invoking polarons. Thermal fluctuations are particularly strong in halide perovskites compared to conventional semiconductors such as Si and GaAs, and cannot be ignored when comparing with experiment. We not only resolve the debate on polaron formation in halide perovskites, but also demonstrate the general importance of including thermal fluctuations in first-principles calculations for strongly anharmonic materials. |
| title | Distinguishing thermal fluctuations from polaron formation in halide perovskites |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06904 |