Publication date: 15th December 2025
The emergence of perovskites as sought-after semiconductors owes to their unique electronic band structure, inherent defect tolerance, increased conversion efficiencies, synthetic flexibility, cost-effectiveness, near-unity PL quantum yield, narrow emission bandwidth, high solar cell efficiencies, etc. All these properties are due to the dynamic nature of the ground and excited states. These hybrid systems have strong electron-phonon interactions which manifest strongly in their optical and photovoltaic behaviours. A critical factor for understanding the light mater interaction is the direct observation of the ultrafast coupling between lattice phonon modes and the charge carriers. Using IVS, we were able to directly visualize light induced carrier- phonon interactions by observing the strong oscillatory features dressing the charge transfer and recombination kinetics of charge carriers. We observe not only the phonon modes coupling to the charge carriers in individual 2D layer with strong electron-phonon interaction but also the triggering of the coherent phonon modes in 3D layers upon charge transfer process completion. Finally, we present that upon suitable structural engineering of the interface, via epitaxial growth, we can efficiently transfer not only charge carrier but also trigger coherent phonon modes which can help improve charge recombination and protect carriers from trap states.
