The energy dependence of the electronic scattering time is probed by Landau level spectroscopy in quasineutral multilayer epitaxial graphene. From the broadening of overlapping Landau levels we find that the scattering rate 1/τ increases linearly with energy ϵ. This implies a surprising property of the Landau level spectrum in graphene-the number of resolved Landau levels remains constant with the applied magnetic field. Insights are given about possible scattering mechanisms and carrier mobilities in the graphene system investigated.
Understanding the type, formation energy and capture cross section of defects is one of the challenges in the field of organometallic halide perovskite (OMHP) devices. Currently, such understanding is limited, restricting the power conversion efficiencies of OMHPs solar cells from reaching their Shockley-Queisser limit. In more matured semiconductors like Si, the knowledge of defects was one of the major factor in successful technological implementation. This knowledge and its control can make a paradigm in development of OMHP devices. Here, we report on deep level (DL) defects and their effect on free charge transport properties of single crystalline methylammonium lead bromide perovskite (MAPbBr3). In order to determine DL activation energy and capture cross section we used photo-Hall effect spectroscopy (PHES) with enhanced illumination in both steady-state and dynamic regimes. This method has shown to be convenient due to the direct DL visualization by sub-bandgap photo-excitation of trapped carriers. DLs with activation energies of EV + 1.05 eV, EV + 1.5 eV, and EV + 1.9 eV (or EC -1.9 eV) were detected. The hole capture cross section of h = 4 × 10 -17 cm 2 is found using photoconductivity relaxation after sub-bandgap photo-excitation. Here, we found the DL defects responsible for non-radiative recombination and its impact on band alignment for the first time. Additionally, the transport properties of single crystal MAPbBr3 is measured by Time of Flight
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