A universal all-solid synthesis for high throughput production of halide perovskite

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 7399
• Main Authors: Zheng, Luyao, Nozariasbmarz, Amin, Hou, Yuchen, Yoon, Jungjin, Li, Wenjie, Zhang, Yu, Wu, Haodong, Yang, Dong, Ye, Tao, Sanghadasa, Mohan, Wang, Ke, Poudel, Bed, Priya, Shashank, Wang, Kai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group 01.12.2022; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Crystals; MATERIALS SCIENCE; Perovskites; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Single crystals; Sintering; Stress distribution; Thin films
• ISSN: 2041-1723; 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35122-7

Abstract Halide perovskites show ubiquitous presences in growing fields at both fundamental and applied levels. Discovery, investigation, and application of innovative perovskites are heavily dependent on the synthetic methodology in terms of time-/yield-/effort-/energy- efficiency. Conventional wet chemistry method provides the easiness for growing thin film samples, but represents as an inefficient way for bulk crystal synthesis. To overcome these, here we report a universal solid state-based route for synthesizing high-quality perovskites, by means of simultaneously applying both electric and mechanical stress fields during the synthesis, i.e., the electrical and mechanical field-assisted sintering technique. We employ various perovskite compositions and arbitrary geometric designs for demonstration in this report, and establish such synthetic route with uniqueness of ultrahigh yield, fast processing and solvent-free nature, along with bulk products of exceptional quality approaching to single crystals. We exemplify the applications of the as-synthesized perovskites in photodetection and thermoelectric as well as other potentials to open extra chapters for future technical development.