Publications [#339254] of Volker Blum

Journal Articles

1. Liu, C; Huhn, W; Du, K-Z; Vazquez-Mayagoitia, A; Dirkes, D; You, W; Kanai, Y; Mitzi, DB; Blum, V, Tunable Semiconductors: Control over Carrier States and Excitations in Layered Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites., Physical Review Letters, vol. 121 no. 14 (October, 2018), pp. 146401 [doi]
   (last updated on 2023/06/01)

   Abstract:
   For a class of 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite semiconductors based on π-conjugated organic cations, we predict quantitatively how varying the organic and inorganic component allows control over the nature, energy, and localization of carrier states in a quantum-well-like fashion. Our first-principles predictions, based on large-scale hybrid density-functional theory with spin-orbit coupling, show that the interface between the organic and inorganic parts within a single hybrid can be modulated systematically, enabling us to select between different type-I and type-II energy level alignments. Energy levels, recombination properties, and transport behavior of electrons and holes thus become tunable by choosing specific organic functionalizations and juxtaposing them with suitable inorganic components.