Electron microscopy image of the strongly restructured crystal surface after treatment by benzylamin (IMAGE)
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Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have been used in optoelectronic devices including solar cells, photodetectors, light-emitting diodes and lasers, but the surface of hybrid perovskites is prone to surface defects, where charge carriers are trapped in the semiconducting material. To solve this problem, the crystal surface must be passivated. Researchers describe testing hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite crystals treated with benzylamine to investigate the mechanisms by which the surface of the crystal is passivated, and traps states are reduced. This is an electron microscopy image of the strongly restructured crystal surface after treatment by benzylamine. On top of the etched 3D crystal, traces of what appears to be the 2D perovskite can be seen.
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Loi Lab/University of Groningen
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