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Impurities Determine Phase Purity of Hollow Perovskite Thin Films

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Neha Singhal
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Natalia Yantara
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Shuyi Lin
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Benny Febriansyah
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Shibi Varku
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Hesham R Abuzeid
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Ayan Zhumekenov
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Amoolya Nirmal
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Sumod A Pullarkat
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Jun Yin
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Nripan Mathews
DOI:10.1039/D6TA02886Adelete
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Metal halide perovskites have emerged as leading materials in optoelectronics owing to their tunable bandgaps and outstanding charge-transport properties. Conventional bandgap modulation; achieved through halide substitution or incorporation of bulky A-site cations; often entails trade-offs between structural integrity and carrier mobility. Hollow perovskites offer a compelling alternative; accommodating bulky cations such as ethylenediammonium (En) while retaining the three-dimensional octahedral network crucial for efficient charge transport. Translating these superior bulk properties into thin-film architecture is underexplored. Here; we systematically compare two solution-based strategies for forming MAPbI₃-En hollow perovskite thin films: direct precursor mixing and a crystal engineering route utilizing redissolved hollow perovskite crystals. Despite stoichiometric equivalence (verified with ¹H NMR and SEM-EDX); direct-mixed films form lowdimensional EnPbI₄ impurities at En ≥ 40 mol%; evidenced by the presence of ~490 nm PL shoulders and low-angle XRD peaks. In contrast; crystal-engineered films exhibit a continuous hypsochromic shift in photoluminescence (764 → 720 nm across 0-60 mol% En) while maintaining phase-pure 3D frameworks. ¹H/³¹P{¹H} NMR and DFT calculation reveal residual hypophosphorous acid (H₃PO₂; HPA) as the key modulator: preferential interaction with En²⁺ species (E_binding = -0.75 eV) forms spontaneous MAI-enI₂-PbI₂-HPA intermediates with a negative formation energy; suppressing EnPbI₄ nucleation during spin-coating. In-situ absorption spectroscopy during annealing confirms HPA directs 3D crystallization by inhibiting low-dimensional phases at supersaturation onset. This work highlights the role of solution chemistry to achieve phaseselective vacancy-engineered perovskites.

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