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Hauptverfasser: Tower, Collin, Razavi, Fereidoon S., Dion, Jeremy, Nuss, Jürgen, Kremer, Reinhard K., Reedyk, Maureen
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10563
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author Tower, Collin
Razavi, Fereidoon S.
Dion, Jeremy
Nuss, Jürgen
Kremer, Reinhard K.
Reedyk, Maureen
author_facet Tower, Collin
Razavi, Fereidoon S.
Dion, Jeremy
Nuss, Jürgen
Kremer, Reinhard K.
Reedyk, Maureen
contents The halide double perovskite Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$ has been proposed as a potential replacement for organic halide perovskites for photovoltaic applications. Further investigation of its dielectric response, optical properties and structural stability is thus warranted. Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$ exhibits a well-documented structural phase transition at 120 K but indications for an additional lower temperature ($\sim$40 K) phase transition have also been reported. On the basis of measurements of the specific heat capacity, temperature dependent powder X-ray diffraction, low frequency capacitance, and infrared reflectivity we clarify the previously reported splitting of phonon modes in the Raman spectrum at $\sim$40 K as due to a subtle structural phase transition from the tetragonal I4/m structure to a monoclinic $P12_1$/$n1$ crystal structure. The infrared active vibrational modes are experimentally investigated in the three structural regimes. In the cubic structure at room temperature the four IR active modes are observed at 135,$\sim$95, 55, and $\sim$25 cm$^{-1}$, as the symmetry reduces to tetragonal a minute splitting of these modes is expected, however below 40 K an additional mode is observed indicating a further reduction in symmetry.
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spellingShingle Low-temperature structural instabilities of the halide double perovskite Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$ investigated via x-ray diffraction and infrared phonons
Tower, Collin
Razavi, Fereidoon S.
Dion, Jeremy
Nuss, Jürgen
Kremer, Reinhard K.
Reedyk, Maureen
Materials Science
The halide double perovskite Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$ has been proposed as a potential replacement for organic halide perovskites for photovoltaic applications. Further investigation of its dielectric response, optical properties and structural stability is thus warranted. Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$ exhibits a well-documented structural phase transition at 120 K but indications for an additional lower temperature ($\sim$40 K) phase transition have also been reported. On the basis of measurements of the specific heat capacity, temperature dependent powder X-ray diffraction, low frequency capacitance, and infrared reflectivity we clarify the previously reported splitting of phonon modes in the Raman spectrum at $\sim$40 K as due to a subtle structural phase transition from the tetragonal I4/m structure to a monoclinic $P12_1$/$n1$ crystal structure. The infrared active vibrational modes are experimentally investigated in the three structural regimes. In the cubic structure at room temperature the four IR active modes are observed at 135,$\sim$95, 55, and $\sim$25 cm$^{-1}$, as the symmetry reduces to tetragonal a minute splitting of these modes is expected, however below 40 K an additional mode is observed indicating a further reduction in symmetry.
title Low-temperature structural instabilities of the halide double perovskite Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$ investigated via x-ray diffraction and infrared phonons
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10563