Aaron Breidenbach
Ph.D. Student in Physics, admitted Autumn 2019
All Publications
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Halide Perovskites Breathe Too: The Iodide-Iodine Equilibrium and Self-Doping in Cs<sub>2</sub>SnI<sub>6</sub>
ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE
2024
View details for DOI 10.1021/acscentsci.4c00056
View details for Web of Science ID 001196483400001
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High-energy spin excitations in the quantum spin liquid candidate Zn-substituted barlowite probed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2023; 107 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L060402
View details for Web of Science ID 000938787400002
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Charge Reservoirs in an Expanded Halide Perovskite Analog: Enhancing High-Pressure Conductivity through Redox-Active Molecules.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
2022
Abstract
As halide perovskites and their derivatives are being developed for numerous optoelectronic applications, controlling their electronic doping remains a fundamental challenge. Herein, we describe a novel strategy of using redox-active organic molecules as stoichiometric electron acceptors. The cavities in the new expanded perovskite analogs (dmpz)[Sn2X6], (X = Br- ( 1Br ) or I- ( 1I )) are occupied by dmpz2+ (N, N'-dimethylpyrazinium), with the LUMOs lying ca. 1 eV above the valence band maximum (VBM). Compressing the metal-halide framework drives up the VBM in 1I relative to the dmpz LUMO. The electronic conductivity increases by a factor of 105 with pressure, reaching 50(17) S cm-1 at 60 GPa, exceeding the high-pressure conductivities of most halide perovskites. This conductivity enhancement is attributed to an increased hole density created by dmpz2+ reduction. This work elevates the role of organic cations in 3D metal-halides, from templating the structure to serving as charge reservoirs for tuning the carrier concentration.
View details for DOI 10.1002/anie.202202911
View details for PubMedID 35421260
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Anomalous Nernst and Seebeck coefficients in epitaxial thin film Co2MnAlxSi1-x and Co2FeAl
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2022; 105 (14)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.144405
View details for Web of Science ID 000804069200004