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Unleashing methylammonium–guanidinium lead iodide hybrid perovskite spherulitic microstructures: A structural and morphological investigation

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Perovskites can offer an attractive replacement option for existing commercial solar technologies. Herein microstructure plays an important role in improving the efficiency and stability of solar cells. Previously unidentified spherulitic microstructures of self-assembled polycrystalline perovskites are explored in this report. For this an intermediate phase of a promising guanidinium (GUAI)-rich perovskite has been investigated for its structural and morphological properties. This study infuses new insight into the evolution of perovskite microstructure from heterogeneity to homogeneity, as a result unravels the structure of perovskite embryonic spherulites, lamellar arrangements, transcrystalline nature, novel spherulites bridging, hole nucleation, impingement, and defects.

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Monika Mukul greatly acknowledges the experimental support from the CSIR-NCL, Pune. She is also thankful to Bharathkumar HJ for his support during experimental work.

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  1. Department of Physics, DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Monika Mukul & Mamta Rani

  2. Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

    Surya Kant Tripathi

  3. Nano and Computational Materials Lab, Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Selvaraj Kaliaperumal

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MM contributed to conceptualization, data curation, methodology, investigation, writing of the original draft, review and editing of the manuscript, and visualization. Dr. SK contributed to resources and review. Dr. MR contributed to conceptualization, resources, review and editing of the manuscript, methodology, and supervision. Dr. SKT contributed to resources, methodology, supervision, and review and editing of the manuscript.

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Mukul, M., Kaliaperumal, S., Rani, M. et al. Unleashing methylammonium–guanidinium lead iodide hybrid perovskite spherulitic microstructures: A structural and morphological investigation. MRS Communications 13, 406–415 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00375-w

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