Nanomechanical signatures of degradation-free influence of water on halide perovskite mechanics

oleh: Isaac Buchine, Irit Rosenhek-Goldian, Naga Prathibha Jasti, Davide R. Ceratti, Sujit Kumar, David Cahen, Sidney R. Cohen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01

Deskripsi

Humidity can change the properties of halide perovskites used in functional devices. Here, indentation experiments reveal that humidity causes an increase in elastic modulus and a decrease in hardness, which is correlated to bond length, hydrogen bonding and polarizability of the ions.