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  • Materials Science
  • Surface Science
  • Optoelectronics

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  • Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) are promising for optoelectronic devices.
  • Their performance is limited by sensitivity to environmental factors like humidity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the initial degradation mechanism of HOIPs upon water adsorption.
  • Understand the surface restructuring and electronic structure changes caused by humidity.

Main Methods:

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to study water adsorption.
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to visualize surface changes.
  • Ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) to monitor electronic structure evolution.

Main Results:

  • No adsorption threshold for water on MAPbBr3 (001) surfaces.
  • Water exposure induces localized surface restructuring that expands over time.
  • Increased bandgap state density due to surface defects from lattice swelling.

Conclusions:

  • Water adsorption initiates HOIP degradation through surface restructuring and defect formation.
  • Findings provide crucial insights for engineering more stable perovskite-based optoelectronic devices.