Perovskite Puzzle for Revolutionary Functional Materials

Nikolai Belich; Natalia Udalova; Anna Semenova; Andrey Petrov; Sergey Fateev; Alexey Tarasov; Eugene Goodilin

doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.550625

Perovskite Puzzle for Revolutionary Functional Materials

Front Chem. 2020 Nov 2:8:550625. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.550625. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Nikolai Belich¹, Natalia Udalova¹, Anna Semenova¹, Andrey Petrov¹, Sergey Fateev¹, Alexey Tarasov^{1

2}, Eugene Goodilin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
² Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

Widely spread crystal lattices of perovskites represent a natural flexible platform for chemical design of various advanced functional materials with unique features. An interplay between chemical bonding, defects and crystallochemical peculiarities makes the perovskite structure a "LEGO designer" utilizing natural features of chemical elements of the renowned Mendeleev's Periodic Table (PTE) celebrating its 150-year anniversary. In this mini-review, crystal chemistry and bonding features, physical and functional properties, preparation methods and tuning functional properties with periodicity "tools" of the PTE will be exemplified for legendary families of high-temperature superconductive cuprates, colossal magnetoresistive manganites and hybrid lead halides for a new generation of solar cells.

Keywords: copper; lead halides; magnetoresistance; manganese; perovskite solar cells; perovskites; photovoltaics; superconductivity.

Publication types

Review