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Simplification of Femtosecond Transient Absorption Microscopy Data from CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films into Decay Associate...

by Benjamin L Doughty, Mary Jane Simpson, Bin Yang, Kai Xiao, Yingzhong Ma
Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Nanotechnology
Publication Date
Page Number
114002
Volume
27
Issue
11

This work aims to simplify multi-dimensional femtosecond transient absorption microscopy (TAM) data into decay associated amplitude maps that describe the spatial distributions of dynamical processes occurring on various characteristic timescales. Application of this method to TAM data obtained from a model methyl-ammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite thin film allows us to simplify the dataset consisting of a 68 time-resolved images into 4 decay associated amplitude maps. These maps offer a simple means to visualize the complex electronic excited-state dynamics in this system by separating distinct dynamical processes evolving on characteristic timescales into individual spatial images. This approach provides new insight into subtle aspects of ultrafast relaxation dynamics associated with excitons and charge carriers in the perovskite thin film, which have recently been found to coexist at spatially distinct locations.