title: Free Excitons and Exciton-Phonon Coupling in CH3NH3PbI3Single Crystals Revealed by Photocurrent and Photoluminescence Measurements at Low Temperatures.
abstract: We investigated the exciton-phonon couplings and exciton binding energy in CH3NH3PbI3(MAPbI3) single crystals using temperature-dependent photocurrent (PC) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The PC and PL data provide clear evidence of the existence of excitons in orthorhombic-phase MAPbI3. The temperature-dependent PC data were found to be less influenced by the bound excitons than the PL data, and thus the PC data reflect the intrinsic scatterings of excitons. We observed that the exciton-phonon couplings were strong in MAPbI3and determined the longitudinal optical phonon energy to be 16.1 meV. Moreover, on the basis of the temperature dependences of the PC and PL data, we evaluated the exciton binding energy to be 12.4 meV for orthorhombic-phase MAPbI3single crystals. Our findings pave a way for using simultaneous PC and PL measurements to determine precisely fundamental properties of perovskites.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Le Quang
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Phuong
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaike
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wakamiya
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanemitsu