The cubic-tetragonal phase transition of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 was investigated by single crystal X-Ray diffractometry. The crystal structure was refined at five temperatures in the teragonal phase. The PbI 6 octahedron rorates around the c-axis alternatively to construct the SrTiO 3 -type tetragonal structure. A methylammonium ion is partially orderd; 24 disordered states in the cubic phase are reduced to 8. With decreasing temperature, the rotation angle of the octahedron increases monotonically, which indicates it is an order parameter of the cubictetragonal transition.
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