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Pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal phase transition of a charge-ordered indium halide perovskite

Jia Lin, Hong Chen, Yang Gao, Yao Cai, Jianbo Jin, View ORCID ProfileAhmed S. Etman, View ORCID ProfileJoohoon Kang, Teng Lei, Zhenni Lin, Maria C. Folgueras, Li Na Quan, Qiao Kong, Matthew Sherburne, Mark Asta, Junliang Sun, View ORCID ProfileMichael F. Toney, Junqiao Wu, and Peidong Yang
PNAS November 19, 2019 116 (47) 23404-23409; first published November 4, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907576116
Jia Lin
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;bDepartment of Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China;
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Hong Chen
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;cStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025;dSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China;
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Yang Gao
eDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;fMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720;
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Yao Cai
eDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;fMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720;
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Jianbo Jin
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Ahmed S. Etman
gDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;
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Joohoon Kang
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;hKavli Energy NanoScience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;iCenter for NanoMedicine, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 34126, Korea;jYonsei Institute for Basic Science, Yonsei University, Seoul 34126, Korea;kSchool of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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Teng Lei
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Zhenni Lin
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Maria C. Folgueras
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Li Na Quan
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Qiao Kong
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Matthew Sherburne
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Junliang Sun
gDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;
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Michael F. Toney
cStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025;
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Junqiao Wu
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Peidong Yang
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;eDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;fMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720;hKavli Energy NanoScience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
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  • For correspondence: wuj@berkeley.edu p_yang@berkeley.edu
  1. Contributed by Peidong Yang, September 21, 2019 (sent for review May 2, 2019; reviewed by Song Jin and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis)

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Significance

Metal halide perovskites attract great interest for a wide range of applications due to their remarkable optoelectronic properties. The development of environmentally friendly halide perovskite materials with various crystal structures and compositions offers unprecedented opportunities to achieve desired properties and applications. In this work, we demonstrated an In-based, charge-ordered all-inorganic halide double perovskite with the composition of Cs2In(I)In(III)Cl6 synthesized by solid-state reaction. High-pressure optical properties were studied, and a pressure-driven, fully reversible semiconductor–metal phase transition was discovered. This In-based charge-ordered structure may inspire new understanding of halide perovskite as well as provide a platform for future discovery of exotic electronic phenomena such as high-TC superconductivity in halide perovskite compounds.

Abstract

Phase transitions in halide perovskites triggered by external stimuli generate significantly different material properties, providing a great opportunity for broad applications. Here, we demonstrate an In-based, charge-ordered (In+/In3+) inorganic halide perovskite with the composition of Cs2In(I)In(III)Cl6 in which a pressure-driven semiconductor-to-metal phase transition exists. The single crystals, synthesized via a solid-state reaction method, crystallize in a distorted perovskite structure with space group I4/m with a = 17.2604(12) Å, c = 11.0113(16) Å if both the strong reflections and superstructures are considered. The supercell was further confirmed by rotation electron diffraction measurement. The pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal phase transition was demonstrated by high-pressure Raman and absorbance spectroscopies and was consistent with theoretical modeling. This type of charge-ordered inorganic halide perovskite with a pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal phase transition may inspire a range of potential applications.

  • charge ordered
  • inorganic
  • halide perovskite
  • phase transition
  • high pressure

Footnotes

  • ↵1J.L., H.C., and Y.G. contributed equally to this work.

  • ↵2To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: wuj{at}berkeley.edu or p_yang{at}berkeley.edu.
  • Author contributions: J.W. and P.Y. designed research; J.L., H.C., Y.G., Y.C., J.J., and A.S.E. performed research; J.L., H.C., Y.G., J.K., T.L., Z.L., M.C.F., L.N.Q., Q.K., M.S., M.A., J.S., and M.F.T. analyzed data; and J.L., H.C., Y.G., and P.Y. wrote the paper.

  • Reviewers: S.J., University of Wisconsin–Madison; and M.G.K., Northwestern University.

  • The authors declare no competing interest.

  • Data deposition: The crystallographic information file (CIF) reported in this paper has been deposited in Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), https://icsd.fiz-karlsruhe.de/search (CSD no. 1955021). These data can be obtained free of charge via https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures/, or by emailing data_request{at}ccdc.cam.ac.uk.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1907576116/-/DCSupplemental.

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Pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal phase transition of a charge-ordered indium halide perovskite
Jia Lin, Hong Chen, Yang Gao, Yao Cai, Jianbo Jin, Ahmed S. Etman, Joohoon Kang, Teng Lei, Zhenni Lin, Maria C. Folgueras, Li Na Quan, Qiao Kong, Matthew Sherburne, Mark Asta, Junliang Sun, Michael F. Toney, Junqiao Wu, Peidong Yang
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2019, 116 (47) 23404-23409; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907576116

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