研究目的
To investigate the geometry distortion and small polaron binding energy changes with ionic substitution in halide perovskites, focusing on the interrelated aspects of local lattice symmetry, electronic structure, and electron-phonon coupling in polaron formation.
研究成果
The study provides an in-depth computational analysis of small polaron formation in halide perovskites, highlighting the differences in structural deformations between electron and hole polarons. It establishes trends for optimization in specific optoelectronic applications and suggests that the observed differences in structural changes can be used to identify which species are dominant in a given experimental system.
研究不足
Due to the size of the systems, use of hybrid functional, and intentional use of local basis functions, spin orbit coupling (SOC) could not be taken into account for these calculations. This leads to overestimation of the electron reorganization and polaron binding energies. The observed anisotropic effect should not be as strong in real systems where SOC already lifts the conduction band degeneracy.