Nanostructuring methylammonium lead iodide perovskite by ultrafast nano imprinting lithography

The nanopatterning of the methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) perovskite, a polycrystalline hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor with very promising perspectives for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications has been achieved. Nanopatterning of MAI is obtained via Pulsed-NIL technology, an ultrafast version of the thermal nanoimprint lithography (NIL) based on stamps with integrated heaters. By Pulsed-NIL we were able to replicate onto the hybrid perovskite structures with details at the sub-100 nm scale, in spite of its crystalline nature. This work shows a new possibility for the exploitation of organo-metal halide perovskites in optoelectronic devices with more complex architectures than just planar films.
 
Nanostructuring methylammonium lead iodide perovskite by ultrafast nano imprinting lithography
Cefarin, N., Cian, A., Sonato, A., Sovernigo, E., Suran, F., Teklu. Z., Zanut, A., Pozzato, A., Tormen, M.
2017Microelectronic Engineering, 176, pp. 106-110