Mixed halide ordering as a tool for the stabilization of Ruddlesden- Popper structures

Ovčar, Juraj; Leung, Tik Lun; Grisanti, Luca; Skoko, Željko; Vrankić, Martina; Low, Kam-Hung; Wang, Shixun; You, Pei-Ying; Ahn, Hyeyoung; Lončarić, Ivor; Djurišić, Aleksandra B.; Popović, Jasminka (2022) Mixed halide ordering as a tool for the stabilization of Ruddlesden- Popper structures. Chemistry of Materials, 34 (10). pp. 4286-4297. ISSN 0897-4756

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Abstract

While the constraints on the choice of organic cations are greatly relaxed for layered 2D perovskites compared to 3D perovskites, the shape of the spacer cation is still subject to limitations due to the size of the inorganic pocket between four adjacent corner-sharing octahedra. To investigate the effect of spacer cation branching on the formation of Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) structures, we performed a comprehensive investigationof structures formed using tert-butyl ammonium (t-BA). We demonstrate that in contrast to pure bromides and pure iodides, the use of mixed halides enables the formation of t-BA2PbBr2I2 RP perovskite structure with the specific ordering of the bromide and iodide anions. The t-BAspacer, despite its branched and bulky shape that prevents its deeper penetration, is able to form significant H-bonds that lead to the stabilization of RP assembly if the inorganic pocket is designed in such a way that the bromide anions occupy terminal axial positions while iodides occupy equatorial positions. We obtain excellent agreement between experimentally determined and theoretically predicted structures using Global Optimization via Minima Hopping Algorithm for Layered Perovskites, illustrating the ability to predict the structure of RP perovskites and to manipulate the perovskite structure by rational design of the inorganic pocket.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	RP perovskites; mixed halides
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Condensed Matter Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry > Inorganic Chemistry
Divisions:	Division of Materials Physics Theoretical Physics Division
Depositing User:	Jasminka Popović
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2024 09:04
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/8604
DOI:	10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03815

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