Formamidinium lead iodide

Chemical Formula: CH5N2PbI3
IUPAC: Imidoformamidinium lead(II) iodide
Alternate Names: Methanimidamide triiodoplumbate(II), FAPI, FAPbI3, HC(NH2)2PbI3, (NH2)2CHPbI3
Organic: CH5N2
Inorganic: PbI3, Lead iodide
Dimensionality: 3D
Formal Stoichiometry: C : 1 , H : 5 , N : 2 , Pb : 1 , I : 3
Atomic structure

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α-phase (trigonal space group, revised in later literature)
Origin: experimental (T = 293.0 (±2.0) K)
Space group: P 3 m 1
Lattice parameters

Crystal system: trigonal

a:8.9817 (±0.0013) Å
b:8.9817 (±0.0013) Å
c:11.006 (±0.002) Å
α:90°
β:90°
γ:120°
Fixed parameters:
  • temperature = 293.0 (±2.0) K
C. Stoumpos, C. Malliakas, and M. Kanatzidis, Semiconducting Tin and Lead Iodide Perovskites with Organic Cations: Phase Transitions, High Mobilities, and Near-Infrared Photoluminescent Properties, Inorganic Chemistry 52, 9019‑9038 (2013). doi: 10.1021/ic401215x.
System description
Dimensionality: 3D
Sample type: single crystal

Starting materials: HC(NH2)2I, PbI2,distilled HI (57% aqueous) (99.95%), H3PO2 (50% aqueous)

Product: Black FAPbI3 Crystals (alpha phase)

Description: Charge 100 ml 2-necked round bottom flask with a mixture of aqueous HI (6.8 ml, 7.58M) and aqueous H3PO2 (1.7 ml, 9.14M). The liquid was degassed by passing a stream of nitrogen through it for 1 min and keeping it under a nitrogen atmosphere throughout the experiment. Dissolve PbI2 (462 mg, 1 mmol) in the mixture upon heating the flask to 120 °C using an oil bath, under constant magnetic stirring, forming a bright yellow solution. Add solid HC(NH2)2I (172 mg, 1 mmol). Evaporate solution to approximately half its original volume by heating at 120 °C. Stop stirring and leave the solution to evaporate at 100 °C. Black hexagonal (8 faces) or trigonal (5 faces) crystals of the title compound were precipitated and grown at this temperature. After standing for 2-3 h at 100 °C, under a nitrogen atmosphere, set the temperature to 80 °C for a further 2-3 h. Repeat the previous step for two more times to reach 60 °C and 40 °C at which point the solution was left to come to room temperature by powering off the hotplate. The crystals were collected by filtration and washed with anhydrous EtOH.

Method: Single crystal X-ray diffraction

Description: Single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments were performed using either an STOE IPDS II or IPDS 2T diffractometer using Mo Kα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å) and operating at 50 kV and 40 mA. Integration and numerical absorption corrections were performed using the X-AREA, X-RED, and X-SHAPE programs. Refer to page 9025 Table 1.

Comment: This compound was assigned the trigonal space group P3m1 in the original publication (doi: 10.1021/ic401215x) and this assignment is therefore retained here. However, the literature consensus for the alpha phase of formamidinium, including a later report by some of the same authors (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201609538), is that the compound crystallizes in the cubic space group Pm-3m. Those later reports are considered more accurate.

C. Stoumpos, C. Malliakas, and M. Kanatzidis, Semiconducting Tin and Lead Iodide Perovskites with Organic Cations: Phase Transitions, High Mobilities, and Near-Infrared Photoluminescent Properties, Inorganic Chemistry 52, 9019‑9038 (2013). doi: 10.1021/ic401215x.

Extraction method: Manual entry
Entry added on: April 8, 2019, 10:09 p.m.
Entry added by: Xiaochen Du Duke University
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Atomic coordinates


Photoluminescence peak position Verified

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δ-phase
Origin: experimental (T = 298.0 K)
Space group: P 6₃ m c
Photoluminescence peak position

Crystal system: hexagonal

Photoluminescence peak position, Å
Fixed parameters:
  • temperature = 298.0 K
  • excitation wavelength = 475.0 nm
Q. Han, S. Bae, P. Sun, Y. Hsieh, Y. (. Yang, Y. S. Rim, H. Zhao, Q. Chen, W. Shi, G. Li, and Y. Yang, Single Crystal Formamidinium Lead Iodide (FAPbI3): Insight into the Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties, Advanced Materials 28, 2253‑2258 (2016). doi: 10.1002/adma.201505002.
System description
Dimensionality: 3D
Sample type: single crystal

Starting materials: Lead (II) acetate trihydrate (Pb(ac) 2·3H2O, 99%), fomamidine acetate salt (FAac, 99%), lead iodide (PbI2 , 99.999%), hydriodic acid (HI) (57% w/w aq. soln., stabilized with H3PO2), and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL, 99%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich

Product: FAPbI3 Single-crystal 5 mm yellow

Description: Synthesis of Seed Crystal of FAPbI3: Dissolve 2.5 g Pb(ac)2 ·3H2O in 15 mL of HI in a 100 mL flask in a 105 °C oil bath. Add 1.5 mL HI solution and 0.7 g of FAac to the mixed acid solution. Decrease the temperature of the mixed solution to 70 °C; maintain temperature for 6 h for the precipitation of seed crystal FAPbI3 (≈1 mm in size). Wash crystals with diethyl ether and dry in vacuum. Synthesis of Single Crystal FAPbI3: Dissolve 1.0 M solution containing PbI2 and FAI (1:1) was in GBL at 60 °C overnight. Filter the solution using PTFE filter with 0.2 µm pore size. Place seed crystals into this GBL solution in oil bath ≈100–105 °C for 3 h to grow larger crystals. Replace with fresh precursor to obtain an even larger crystal. Repeat this process three times to obtain a large single crystal FAPbI3 in alpha phase. The crystals turn to the yellow delta-phase in 10 days. Refer to Page 2257 Experimental section.

Method: Photoluminescence

Description: NKT SuperK Extreme laser with an excitation of 475 nm and New Focus Si fW detector. Refer to SI Figure S5.

Q. Han, S. Bae, P. Sun, Y. Hsieh, Y. (. Yang, Y. S. Rim, H. Zhao, Q. Chen, W. Shi, G. Li, and Y. Yang, Single Crystal Formamidinium Lead Iodide (FAPbI3): Insight into the Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties, Advanced Materials 28, 2253‑2258 (2016). doi: 10.1002/adma.201505002.

Extraction method: Manual entry
Entry added on: March 25, 2019, 3:52 p.m.
Entry added by: Xiaochen Du Duke University
Last updated on: June 22, 2022, 9:52 p.m.
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Band gap (optical, diffuse reflectance) Verified
Origin: experimental (T = 298.0 K)
Space group: P 3 m 1
Band gap (optical, diffuse reflectance)

Crystal system: unknown

Band gap (optical, diffuse reflectance), eV
Fixed parameters:
  • temperature = 298.0 K
C. Stoumpos, C. Malliakas, and M. Kanatzidis, Semiconducting Tin and Lead Iodide Perovskites with Organic Cations: Phase Transitions, High Mobilities, and Near-Infrared Photoluminescent Properties, Inorganic Chemistry 52, 9019‑9038 (2013). doi: 10.1021/ic401215x.
System description
Dimensionality: 3D
Sample type: single crystal

Starting materials: HC(NH2)2I, PbI2, distilled HI (57% aqueous) (99.95%), H3PO2 (50% aqueous)

Product: Black FAPbI3 Crystals (α phase)

Description: Charge 100 ml 2-necked round bottom flask with a mixture of aqueous HI (6.8 ml, 7.58M) and aqueous H3PO2 (1.7 ml, 9.14M). The liquid was degassed by passing a stream of nitrogen through it for 1 min and keeping it under a nitrogen atmosphere throughout the experiment. Dissolve PbI2 (462 mg, 1 mmol) in the mixture upon heating the flask to 120 °C using an oil bath, under constant magnetic stirring, forming a bright yellow solution. Add solid HC(NH2)2I (172 mg, 1 mmol). Evaporate solution to approximately half its original volume by heating at 120 °C. Stop stirring and leave solution to evaporate at 100 °C. Black hexagonal (8 faces) or trigonal (5 faces) crystals of the title compound were precipitated and grown at this temperature. After standing for 2-3 h at 100 °C, under a nitrogen atmosphere, set temperature to 80 °C for a further 2-3 h. Repeat the previous step for two more times to reach 60 °C and 40 °C at which point the solution was left to come to room temperature by powering off the hotplate. The crystals were collected by filtration and washed with anhydrous EtOH.

Method: Optical-diffuse reflectance

Description: Optical diffuse-reflectance measurements were performed at room temperature using a Shimadzu UV-3101 PC double-beam, double-monochromator spectrophotometer operating from 200 to 2500 nm. BaSO4 was used as a nonabsorbing reflectance reference. The generated reflectance-versus-wavelength data were used to estimate the band gap of the material by converting reflectance to absorbance data according to the Kubelka−Munk equation: α/S =(1 − R)^2/2R, where R is the reflectance and α and S are the absorption and scattering coefficients, respectively. Refer to Page 9029 Figure 9.

Comment: Black FAPbI3 Crystals (α phase)

C. Stoumpos, C. Malliakas, and M. Kanatzidis, Semiconducting Tin and Lead Iodide Perovskites with Organic Cations: Phase Transitions, High Mobilities, and Near-Infrared Photoluminescent Properties, Inorganic Chemistry 52, 9019‑9038 (2013). doi: 10.1021/ic401215x.

Extraction method: Manual entry
Entry added on: April 5, 2019, 2:07 p.m.
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Last updated on: June 22, 2022, 9:53 p.m.
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LED device characteristic Verified
Origin: experimental
A. Barnabas Wong, M. Lai, S. Wilson Eaton, Y. Yu, E. Li, L. Dou, A. Fu, and P. Yang, Growth and Anion Exchange Conversion of CH3NH3PbX3 Nanorod Arrays for Light-Emitting Diodes, Nano Letters 15, 5519‑5524 (2015). doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02082.
System description
Dimensionality: 3D
Sample type: single crystal

Starting materials: CH3NH3PbBr3

Product: CH3NH3PbI3

Description: The hybrid perovskite (CH3NH3PbBr3) was converted at low temperature via anion exchange to produce a CH3NH3PbI3.

Method: I-V Test Device

Description: The I-V characteristics of CH3NH3PbI3 were determined by using a Keithley 2636 source-measure unit, which was coupled to a 60X objective in an inverted microscope. This was performed by with a set up of a 100 ms pulse as the device was electrically contacted a soft probe (Picoprobe T 4-10) coated with indium gallium eutectic (Aldrich).

Comment: The circuit current density and slope of CH3NH3PbI3 were measured.

A. Barnabas Wong, M. Lai, S. Wilson Eaton, Y. Yu, E. Li, L. Dou, A. Fu, and P. Yang, Growth and Anion Exchange Conversion of CH3NH3PbX3 Nanorod Arrays for Light-Emitting Diodes, Nano Letters 15, 5519‑5524 (2015). doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02082.

Extraction method: Engauge Digitizer
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Last updated on: Aug. 31, 2022, 3:19 p.m.
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Absorption spectrum

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Band gap determined from a Tauc plot
Origin: experimental (T = 298.0 K)
G. Eperon, S. Stranks, C. Menelaou, M. Johnston, L. Herz, and H. Snaith, Formamidinium lead trihalide: a broadly tunable perovskite for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells, Energy & Environmental Science 7, 982‑988 (2014). doi: 10.1039/c3ee43822h.
System description
Dimensionality: 3D
Sample type: film
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Starting materials: FAI, PbI2, N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)

Product: FAPbI3 film

Description: FAI and PbI2 were dissolved in anhydrous DMF in a 1:1 molar ratio, at 0.88M. 60µl of hydroiodic acid (57%w/w) was added to 1ml of the solution. The FAPbI3 precursor was diluted down to 0.55M with DMF. The precursor solution was spin-coated and annealed on glass in a nitrogen-filled glovebox at 170°C for 25 minutes.

Method: optical absorption

Description: Transmittance and reflectance spectra were collected with a Varian Cary 300 UV-Vis spectrophotometer with an internally coupled integrating sphere.

G. Eperon, S. Stranks, C. Menelaou, M. Johnston, L. Herz, and H. Snaith, Formamidinium lead trihalide: a broadly tunable perovskite for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells, Energy & Environmental Science 7, 982‑988 (2014). doi: 10.1039/c3ee43822h.

Extraction method: manual entry
Entry added on: April 17, 2022, 6:47 p.m.
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