This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Metal Halide Perovskite Crystals: Growth Techniques, Properties and Emerging Applications" that was published in Crystals

In recent years, metal halide perovskites have emerged as a rising star among semiconductor materials owing to their low cost, solution processability, and fascinating combination of material properties enabling a broad range of energy applications. Accompanied by the unprecedented success in the photovoltaic community, which has witnessed a certified power conversion efficiency of 23.7%, rapid advancement has also been achieved in the areas of light-emitting diodes, lasers, photodetectors, and solar-to-fuel energy conversion devices. Beyond the dominant format of polycrystalline perovskite thin films for solar cell applications, recent progress in metal halide perovskite crystals, ranging from nanocrystals to macroscopic single-crystals, has spurred a great deal of both scientific and industrial interest. Great research efforts have endeavored to develop new techniques for crystal growth and investigate the physical and chemical properties of the materials and explore their emerging applications. These exciting achievements call for a rationalization of the different forms of perovskite semiconductors beyond the widely used polycrystalline thin films. In the current Special Issue, "Metal Halide Perovskite Crystals: Growth Techniques, Properties and Emerging Applications", we aim to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of recent advances in the fields of research related to metal halide perovskite crystals.

This book will provide readers with a good overview of some of most recent advances in the field of technology for perovskite materials. There will be a good mixture of general chapters in both technology and applications in opto-electronics, Xray detection and emerging transistor structures. The book will have an in-depth review of the research topics from world-leading specialists in the field. The authors build connections between the materials’ physical properties to the main applications such as photovoltaics, LED, FETs and X-ray sensors. They also discuss the similarities and main differences when using perovskites for those devices.

Halide Perovskite Semiconductors Enables readers to acquire a systematic and in-depth understanding of various fundamental aspects of halide perovskite semiconductors Halide Perovskite Semiconductors: Structures, Characterization, Properties, and Phenomena covers the most fundamental topics with regards to halide perovskites, including but not limited to crystal/defect theory, crystal chemistry, heterogeneity, grain boundaries, single-crystals/thin-films/nanocrystals synthesis, photophysics, solid-state ionics, spin physics, chemical (in)stability, carrier dynamics, hot carriers, surface and interfaces, lower-dimensional structures, and structural/functional characterizations. Included discussions on the fundamentals of halide perovskites aim to expand the basic science fields of physics, chemistry, and materials science. Edited by two highly qualified researchers, Halide Perovskite Semiconductors includes specific information on: Crystal/defect theory of halide perovskites, crystal chemistry of halide perovskites, and processing and microstructures of halide perovskites Single-crystals of halide perovskites, nanocrystals of halide perovskites, low-dimensional perovskite crystals, and nanoscale heterogeneity of halide perovskites Carrier mobilities and dynamics in halide perovskites, light emission of halide perovskites, photophysics and ultrafast spectroscopy of halide perovskites Hot carriers in halide perovskites, correlating photophysics with microstructures in halide perovskites, chemical stability of halide perovskites, and solid-state ionics of halide perovskites Readers can find solutions to technological issues and challenges based on the fundamental knowledge gained from this book. As such, Halide Perovskite Semiconductors is an essential in-depth treatment of the subject, ideal for solid-state chemists, materials scientists, physical chemists, inorganic chemists, physicists, and semiconductor physicists.

Metal halide perovskites are the hottest materials currently.This unique compendium covers systematically the fundamental aspects of synthesis, properties, and applications of metal halide perovskites that exhibit unique properties and useful functionalities.Written for beginners and practitioners, this useful reference text provides a good balance between fundamental concepts/principles and related recent researches with many highlighted examples.This volume benefits researchers, practitioners, graduate students in materials chemistry/nanochemistry, physical chemistry and semiconductors.

As an emerging class of semiconductors, metal halide perovskites have demonstrated tremendous potential in various applications, including photovoltaic solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetection, and many other electronic devices. While most of these perovskite electronic devices have adopted polycrystalline perovskite thin films, problems of polycrystalline thin films like the high density of grain boundaries and defects, low stability can hinder the further performance enhancement of perovskite electronic devices. Comparing with their polycrystalline counterpart, single-crystal perovskites provide opportunities in solving such problems. Not only can they provide enhanced crystalline quality and excellent material stability, but also the possibility to alter the electronic properties of perovskites by lattice-mismatch-induced strain. Yet the development of single-crystal perovskite electronic devices is still in its infancy due to the low controllability over the growth of single-crystal perovskite nano/micro-structures and the incompatibility with the conventional semiconductor fabrication protocol. This research aims to develop a platform for growing high-quality single-crystal metal halide perovskite nano/micro-structures using controllable chemical homo/heteroepitaxial growth and fabricating high-performance single-crystal-perovskite-based electronic devices with the conventional semiconductor fabrication protocols. In Chapter One, the basic properties of metal halide perovskites and the current problems presented in the polycrystalline perovskite thin films will be introduced and discussed. In Chapter Two, controllable homoepitaxial growth of metal halide perovskite micro-arrays will be introduced. Our work presents the first controllable growth of large-area single-crystal perovskite microarrays with different sizes, morphologies, crystalline orientations, and patterned structures. In Chapter Three, controllable strain engineering of single-crystal metal halide perovskite thin films by heteroepitaxial-growth-induced lattice mismatch will be introduced. Our work presents the first controllable strain engineering in metal halide perovskite family. In Chapter Four, epitaxial stabilization induced by the chemically epitaxial strain growth will be introduced. Our strategy provides insights into structurally stabilizing the metastable metal halide perovskite family. Our understanding of the controllable epitaxial growth of metal halide perovskites paves the way for next-generation single-crystal metal halide perovskites electronic devices.

Single crystals of over 100 different electronically active materials have been synthesized using a variety of methods, including growth by flame-fusion, flux, melt, gel diffusion, low-temperature solution, vapor, as well as synthesis by ultra-high-pressure techniques. These crystals, including a large number of doped specimens, emphasize oxides, garnets, silicates, ferrites, fluorides, as well as a large variety of other electromagnetic materials. Charts are presented giving summary data on single crystals grown, percentage and kind of dopants, growth methods and apparatus, crystal dimensions and other physical characteristics, primary research interest or use, crystal system, class, space group, and pertinent references. Several of the growth methods and recent Laboratory accomplishments are described. (Author).