Circular polarized light-dependent anomalous photovoltaic effect from achiral hybrid perovskites

Tingting Zhu; Jie Bie; Chengmin Ji; Xinyuan Zhang; Lina Li; Xitao Liu; Xiao-Ying Huang; Wei Fa; Shuang Chen; Junhua Luo

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35441-9

Circular polarized light-dependent anomalous photovoltaic effect from achiral hybrid perovskites

Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 13;13(1):7702. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35441-9.

Authors

Tingting Zhu^{1

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5}, Jie Bie^{6

7}, Chengmin Ji^{8

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10}, Xinyuan Zhang^{1

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5}, Lina Li^{1

5}, Xitao Liu^{1

5}, Xiao-Ying Huang¹, Wei Fa⁷, Shuang Chen^{6

11}, Junhua Luo^{12

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Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China.
² School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 201210, Shanghai, China.
³ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, 330022, Nanchang, China.
⁴ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
⁵ Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectric Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, Fujian, P. R. China.
⁶ Kuang Yaming Honors School, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
⁷ National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
⁸ State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China. cmji@fjirsm.ac.cn.
⁹ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China. cmji@fjirsm.ac.cn.
¹⁰ Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectric Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, Fujian, P. R. China. cmji@fjirsm.ac.cn.
¹¹ Institute for Brain Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
¹² State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China. jhluo@fjirsm.ac.cn.
¹³ School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 201210, Shanghai, China. jhluo@fjirsm.ac.cn.
¹⁴ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, 330022, Nanchang, China. jhluo@fjirsm.ac.cn.
¹⁵ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China. jhluo@fjirsm.ac.cn.
¹⁶ Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectric Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, Fujian, P. R. China. jhluo@fjirsm.ac.cn.

Abstract

Circular polarized light-dependent anomalous bulk photovoltaic effect - a steady anomalous photovoltaic current can be manipulated by changing the light helicity, is an increasingly interesting topic in contexts ranging from physics to chemistry. Herein, circular polarized light-dependent anomalous bulk photovoltaic effect is presented in achiral hybrid perovskites, (4-AMP)BiI₅ (ABI, 4-AMP is 4-(aminomethyl)piperidinium), breaking conventional realization that it can only happen in chiral species. Achiral hybrid perovskite ABI crystallizes in chiroptical-active asymmetric point group m (C_s), showing an anomalous bulk photovoltaic effect with giant photovoltage of 25 V, as well as strong circular polarized light - sensitive properties. Significantly, conspicuous circular polarized light-dependent anomalous bulk photovoltaic effect is reflected in the large degree of dependence of anomalous bulk photovoltaic effect on left-and right-CPL helicity, which is associated with left and right-handed screw optical axes of ABI. Such degree of dependence is demonstrated by a large asymmetry factor of 0.24, which almost falls around the highest value of hybrid perovskites. These unprecedented results may provide a perspective to develop opto-spintronic functionalities in hybrid perovskites.