Dopants Control of Electron-Hole Recombination in Cesium-Titanium Halide Double Perovskite by Time Domain Ab Initio Simulation: Co-Doping Supersedes Mono-Doping

摘要： Using nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics combined with time-domain density functional theory, we simulate electron-hole recombination in pristine and doped inorganic Pb-free double perovskite Cs2TiBr6. We show that replacing the titanium and/or bromine with silicon and/or chlorine extends the charge carrier lifetime. Importantly, dopants avoid deep traps despite they do not change the fundamental bandgap of Cs2TiBr6, they decrease the NA electron-phonon coupling and accelerate decoherence, arising from the reduced overlap of electron and hole wave functions as well as fast phonon modes induced by light dopants respectively, suppressing electron-hole recombination. More importantly, co-doping can reduce the formation energy of silicon and achieve higher doping concentration, potentially increasing the lifetime further. Our study suggests a rational strategy to reduce energy losses by co-doping in design of high performance all-inorganic Pb-free perovskite solar cells.