Electronic Properties of a New All-Inorganic Perovskite TlPbI3 Simulated by the First Principles

Zhao Liu, Ting Zhang, Yafei Wang, Chenyun Wang, Peng Zhang, Hojjatollah Sarvari, Zhi Chen, Shibin Li

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Abstract

All-inorganic perovskites have been recognized as promising photovoltaic materials. We simulated the perovskite material of TlPbI3 using ab initio electronic structure calculations. The band gap of 1.33 eV is extremely close to the theoretical optimum value. Compared TlPbI3 with CsPbI3, the total energy (−3980 eV) of the former is much lower than the latter. The partial density of states (PDOS) of TlPbI3 shows that a strong bond exists between Tl and I, resulting in the lower total energy and more stable existence than CsPbI3.

Original languageEnglish
Article number232
JournalNanoscale Research Letters
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant nos. 61421002, 61574029, and 61371046. This work was also partially supported by the University of Kentucky.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).

Keywords

  • All-inorganic perovskite
  • CsPbI
  • First principles
  • TlPbI

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science (all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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