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  • Title: Structural and Thermal Properties in Formamidinium and Cs-Mixed Lead Halides.
    Author: Kawachi S, Atsumi M, Saito N, Ohashi N, Murakami Y, Yamaura JI.
    Journal: J Phys Chem Lett; 2019 Nov 21; 10(22):6967-6972. PubMed ID: 31645099.
    Abstract:
    Formamidinium [FA, HC(NH2)2+] lead iodide and its cation mixture have attracted interest as potentials in applications for efficient solar cells superior to well-known methylammonium lead iodide. We investigated the crystal structure and thermodynamic properties of high-quality single crystals of FA1-xCsxPbI3 for x = 0 and 0.1 through X-ray diffraction and heat capacity measurements. Both α-FA0.9Cs0.1PbI3 as well as α-FAPbI3 crystallize in a cubic Pm3̅m structure with orientationally disordered FA molecules confined in the nondistorted Pb-I framework. In FAPbI3, we observed a second-order transition at 280 K and two first-order transitions at 141.2 and 130.2 K in between β- and γ-phases instead of the previously known single β-γ transition. After doping with 10% Cs, the multiple first-order transitions disappeared, leading to phase transitions emerging at 300 and 149 K with second-order character. We moreover observed low-energy localized modes for both compounds, which is presumably tied to anomalous thermal motion, rattling, of the FA molecule.
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