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Methylammonium Bromide (MABr)

CAS Number 6876-37-5

Perovskite Materials, Perovskite Precursor Materials


Product Code M571-5g
Price £140 ex. VAT

Methylammonium bromide for the synthesis of perovskites

High purity precursor available to buy online (or request a quote) for fast, secure dispatch


Methylammonium bromide (MABr) is a precursor for the synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites for use in FETs, LEDs and PVs.

Methylammonium Bromide (MABr) from Ossila was used in a high-impact paper (IF 9.229)

Methylammonium Bromide (MABr) from Ossila was used in the high-impact paper (IF 9.229), Using Soft Polymer Template Engineering of Mesoporous TiO2 Scaffolds to Increase Perovskite Grain Size and Solar Cell Efficiency, Q. Lian et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 18578–18589 (2020); DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02248.

General Information

CAS number 6876-37-5
Chemical formula CH6BrN
Molecular weight 111.97 g/mol
Synonyms
  • MABr
  • Methylamine hydrobromide
HOMO / LUMO n.a.
Classification / Family Organic photovoltaics, Light-emitting diodes, Perovskite precursor materials

Product Details

Purity

98% (M572)

>99.5% (M571 further purified by recrystallisation of M572)

Melting point 296 °C
Appearance White crystals/powder

Chemical Structure

chemical structure of MABr, Methylammonium bromide
Chemical structure of methylammonium bromide (MABr), CAS No. 6876-37-5

Applications

Methylammonium bromide (MABr) is a precursor of MAPbBr3 perovskites. Having a band gap of 2.3 eV (HOMO 5.68 eV, LUMO 3.38 eV) [1], MAPbBr3 perovskites have been used to tune the band gap of mixed MAPbX3 (where X is the halide I, Br and/or Cl mixtures) [2,3,4,5,6]. For this reason, bromide MAPbBr3 perovskites can be utilised as light absorbers for high-energy photons, and can serve as the front cell in tandem cells. This perovskite can provide a higher open-circuit voltage in perovskite solar cells than the iodide analogue.

High-efficiency solar cells, with a VOC of up to 1.40 V, a fill factor (FF) of 79%, and a PCE of 6.7% have been reported for pure MAPbBr3 perovskite solar cells [1].

It has also been demonstrated that MAPbBr3 nanoplatelets can be employed in light-emitting diodes, exhibiting bright photoluminescence (PL) at 529 nm, with a narrow spectral band and a quantum yield up to 85% [7].

Device structure FTO/TiO2/(FAPbI3)0.85(MAPbBr3)0.15/PTAA/Au [8]
Jsc (mA cm-2) 23.3
Voc (V) 0.94
FF (%) 65
PCE 14.2

MSDS Documentation

Methylammonium bromide MSDSMethylammonium bromide MSDS sheet

Pricing

Grade Order Code Quantity Price
98% purity M572 10 g £140
98% purity M572 25 g £260
>99.5% purity M571 5 g £140
>99.5% purity M571 10 g £220
>99.5% purity M571 25 g £420

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Literature and Reviews

  1. Voltage output of efficient perovskite solar cells with high open-circuit voltage and fill factor, S. Ryu et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 7, 2614–2618 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/c4ee00762j.
  2. Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells Based on 1.8 eV Band Gap Ch2Nh2PbI2Br Nanosheets via Thermal Decomposition, Y. Zhao et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136 (35), 12241–12244 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/ja5071398.
  3. High Open-Circuit Voltage Solar Cells Based on Organic–Inorganic Lead Bromide Perovskite, E. Edri et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 4 (6), 897–902 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jz400348q.
  4. Preparation of Single-Phase Films of Ch2Nh2Pb(I1-xBrx)3 with Sharp Optical Band Edges, A. Sadhanala et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5, 2501-2505 (2014). dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz501332v.
  5. Chemical Management for Colorful, Efficient, and Stable Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Nanostructured Solar Cells, J-H. Noh et al., Nano Lett., 13, 1764-1769 (2013). dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl400349b.
  6. Maximizing the emissive properties of Ch2Nh2PbBr3 perovskite nanoparticles, S. Gonzalez-Carrero et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 3, 9187-9193 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4TA05878J.
  7. Bright Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets, Y. Ling et al., Adv. Mater. 2015, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503954.
  8. Compositional engineering of perovskite materials for high-performance solar cells, N. Jeon et al., Nature 517, 476–480 (2015), doi:10.1038/nature14133.
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