Photoinduced Energy-Level Realignment at Interfaces between Organic Semiconductors and Metal-Halide Perovskites

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Dec 10;127(24):246401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.246401.

Abstract

In contrast to the common conception that the interfacial energy-level alignment is affixed once the interface is formed, we demonstrate that heterojunctions between organic semiconductors and metal-halide perovskites exhibit huge energy-level realignment during photoexcitation. Importantly, the photoinduced level shifts occur in the organic component, including the first molecular layer in direct contact with the perovskite. This is caused by charge-carrier accumulation within the organic semiconductor under illumination and the weak electronic coupling between the junction components.