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ArticleNature communications2022

Optoelectronic properties and ultrafast carrier dynamics of copper iodide thin films.

Zhan Hua Li, Jia Xing He, Xiao Hu Lv, Ling Fei Chi, Kingsley O Egbo, Ming-De Li, Tooru Tanaka, Qi Xin Guo, Kin Man Yu, Chao Ping Liu

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Limits to Hole Mobility and Doping in Copper Iodide.Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Zhan Hua LiDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Jia Xing HeDepartment of Chemistry, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Xiao Hu LvDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Ling Fei ChiDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Kingsley O EgboDepartment of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Ming-De LiDepartment of Chemistry, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China. mdli@stu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7568-8300
Tooru TanakaSynchrotron Light Application Center, Saga University, Saga, 840-8502, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-1717
Qi Xin GuoSynchrotron Light Application Center, Saga University, Saga, 840-8502, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9471-2353
Kin Man YuDepartment of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Chao Ping LiuDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China. cpliu@stu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3802-9557

Funding

Shantou University (STU) No. NTF18027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a promising high mobility p-type wide bandgap semiconductor, copper iodide has received increasing attention in recent years. However, the defect physics/evolution are still controversial, and particularly the ultrafast carrier and exciton dynamics in copper iodide has rarely been investigated. Here, we study these fundamental properties for copper iodide thin films by a synergistic approach employing a combination of analytical techniques. Steady-state photoluminescence spectra reveal that the emission at ~420 nm arises from the recombination of electrons with neutral copper vacancies. The photogenerated carrier density dependent ultrafast physical processes are elucidated with using the femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Both the effects of hot-phonon bottleneck and the Auger heating significantly slow down the cooling rate of hot-carriers in the case of high excitation density. The effect of defects on the carrier recombination and the two-photon induced ultrafast carrier dynamics are also investigated. These findings are crucial to the optoelectronic applications of copper iodide.

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