Optical constants

Refractive index of CH3NH3PbI3 (Methylammonium lead iodide, MAPbI3)

Leguy et al. 2015: n,k 0.249–0.789 µm

Data: tabulated nk
Range: 0.249–0.789 µm
Points: 541
State: crystalline
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

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At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 2.74782
Extinction coefficient k: 0.13558

Permittivity ε₁: 7.53213
Permittivity ε₂: 0.745099

Absorption coefficient α: 28995 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 689.773 nm

Abbe number V_d: —
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -2.8 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 4.3931
Group velocity dispersion: — fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: — ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = n − λ dn/dλ, GVD = λ³/(2πc²) d²n/dλ², D = −(λ/c) d²n/dλ². Group-velocity dispersion is given for formula data only.

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# CH3NH3PbI3 (Methylammonium lead iodide, MAPbI3): Leguy et al. 2015: n,k 0.249–0.789 µm
ch3nh3pbi3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "CH3NH3PbI3", "Leguy", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ch3nh3pbi3.range_nm)  # (249, 789) nm
eps = ch3nh3pbi3.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_eda56d555ef0/lightsmith"
ch3nh3pbi3 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(ch3nh3pbi3.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (ch3nh3pbi3/leguy-2015).

# ... load ch3nh3pbi3 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=ch3nh3pbi3)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, stop_nm=789, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim)  # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext)     # extinction efficiency at each wavelength

Same spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).

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Comments and conditions

Single crystal CH₃NH₃PbI₃; orientation unknown; room temperature; critical point model used for fit, 249 nm - 789 nm - fit not reliable for sub-bandgap region - see reference

References

A. M. A. Leguy, Y. Hu, M. Campoy-Quiles, M. I. Alonso, O. J. Weber, P. Azarhoosh, M. van Schilfgaarde, M. T. Weller, T Bein, J. Nelson, P. Docampo, P. R. F. Barnes. Reversible hydration of CH₃NH₃PbI₃ in films, single crystals, and solar cells. Chem. Matter. 27, 3397-3407 (2015)

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00660 Reversible Hydration of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 in Films, Single Crystals, and Solar Cells, Chemistry of Materials (2015)

Cite

Aurélien M. A. Leguy et al.. Reversible Hydration of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 in Films, Single Crystals, and Solar Cells. Chemistry of Materials, 27, 3397-3407 (2015), doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00660; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

541 rows as published

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

CH3NH3PbI3 (Methylammonium lead iodide, MAPbI3), Leguy et al. 2015: n,k 0.249–0.789 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.249	1.8201	0.8158
0.25	1.823	0.8169
0.251	1.8258	0.8179
0.252	1.8284	0.8188
0.253	1.8309	0.8196
0.254	1.8333	0.8204
0.255	1.8356	0.8211
0.256	1.8377	0.8218
0.257	1.8398	0.8224
0.258	1.8417	0.823
0.259	1.8434	0.8236
0.26	1.845	0.8241
0.261	1.8465	0.8246
0.262	1.8477	0.8251
0.263	1.8489	0.8255
0.264	1.8497	0.826
0.265	1.8506	0.8264
0.266	1.8512	0.8269
0.267	1.8516	0.8273
0.268	1.8518	0.8278
0.269	1.8519	0.8284
0.27	1.8517	0.8289
0.271	1.8514	0.8296
0.272	1.8508	0.8302
0.273	1.85	0.831
0.274	1.8491	0.8319
0.275	1.8479	0.8328
0.276	1.8465	0.8339
0.277	1.8449	0.8351
0.278	1.843	0.8365
0.279	1.8409	0.838
0.28	1.8386	0.8396
0.281	1.8361	0.8415
0.282	1.8333	0.8436
0.283	1.8304	0.8459
0.284	1.8272	0.8484
0.285	1.8238	0.8513
0.286	1.8203	0.8544
0.287	1.8164	0.8578
0.288	1.8124	0.8615
0.289	1.8082	0.8656
0.29	1.8039	0.8701
0.291	1.7993	0.875
0.292	1.7947	0.8803
0.293	1.7899	0.886
0.294	1.785	0.8923
0.295	1.7801	0.899
0.296	1.775	0.9062
0.297	1.7699	0.914
0.298	1.7648	0.9223
0.299	1.7598	0.9312
0.3	1.7548	0.9407
0.301	1.7499	0.9508
0.302	1.7452	0.9616
0.303	1.7406	0.973
0.304	1.7362	0.985
0.305	1.7322	0.9977
0.306	1.7285	1.011
0.307	1.7252	1.025
0.308	1.7222	1.0396
0.309	1.7198	1.0549
0.31	1.7179	1.0708
0.311	1.7167	1.0873
0.312	1.716	1.1044
0.313	1.7161	1.122
0.314	1.7168	1.1401
0.315	1.7184	1.1585
0.316	1.7207	1.1775
0.317	1.724	1.1968
0.318	1.7282	1.2165
0.319	1.7333	1.2364
0.32	1.7394	1.2566
0.321	1.7464	1.2768
0.322	1.7545	1.2972
0.323	1.7635	1.3174
0.324	1.7736	1.3377
0.325	1.7847	1.3579
0.326	1.7969	1.3779
0.327	1.81	1.3977
0.328	1.8242	1.4172
0.329	1.8393	1.4363
0.33	1.8554	1.455
0.331	1.8724	1.4732
0.332	1.8901	1.4908
0.333	1.909	1.508
0.334	1.9286	1.5244
0.335	1.9491	1.5403
0.336	1.9703	1.5555
0.337	1.9922	1.5699
0.338	2.0149	1.5835
0.339	2.0382	1.5963
0.34	2.062	1.6082
0.341	2.0863	1.6193
0.342	2.1112	1.6295
0.343	2.1366	1.6388
0.344	2.1624	1.6472
0.345	2.1886	1.6546
0.346	2.215	1.661
0.347	2.2419	1.6666
0.348	2.2688	1.6711
0.349	2.296	1.6746
0.35	2.323	1.6772
0.351	2.3505	1.6788
0.352	2.3779	1.6794
0.353	2.4053	1.679
0.354	2.4327	1.6777
0.355	2.46	1.6754
0.356	2.4872	1.6721
0.357	2.5142	1.6679
0.358	2.5411	1.6628
0.359	2.5676	1.6568
0.36	2.5936	1.6499
0.361	2.6196	1.6422
0.362	2.6451	1.6334
0.363	2.6703	1.6239
0.364	2.6952	1.6136
0.365	2.7195	1.6025
0.366	2.7433	1.5906
0.367	2.7667	1.5779
0.368	2.7895	1.5645
0.369	2.8117	1.5504
0.37	2.8334	1.5356
0.371	2.8542	1.5204
0.372	2.8745	1.5043
0.373	2.8942	1.4878
0.374	2.9132	1.4706
0.375	2.9316	1.4528
0.376	2.9491	1.4346
0.377	2.9659	1.416
0.378	2.982	1.3969
0.379	2.9973	1.3774
0.38	3.0118	1.3576
0.381	3.0255	1.3374
0.382	3.0384	1.317
0.383	3.0503	1.2965
0.384	3.0617	1.2756
0.385	3.0721	1.2545
0.386	3.0817	1.2333
0.387	3.0905	1.2119
0.388	3.0984	1.1906
0.389	3.1055	1.1691
0.39	3.1118	1.1477
0.391	3.1173	1.1263
0.392	3.1219	1.105
0.393	3.1257	1.0838
0.394	3.1287	1.0628
0.395	3.131	1.0422
0.396	3.1325	1.0216
0.397	3.1332	1.0013
0.398	3.1332	0.9812
0.399	3.1325	0.9615
0.4	3.1311	0.9421
0.401	3.129	0.9231
0.402	3.1263	0.9045
0.403	3.1229	0.8863
0.404	3.1189	0.8686
0.405	3.1144	0.8514
0.406	3.1093	0.8347
0.407	3.1038	0.8186
0.408	3.0977	0.8031
0.409	3.0912	0.788
0.41	3.0843	0.7736
0.411	3.0769	0.7597
0.412	3.0692	0.7465
0.413	3.0612	0.7339
0.414	3.0529	0.7219
0.415	3.0443	0.7105
0.416	3.0356	0.6998
0.417	3.0267	0.6898
0.418	3.0176	0.6804
0.419	3.0084	0.6717
0.42	2.999	0.6637
0.421	2.9898	0.6564
0.422	2.9806	0.6496
0.423	2.9713	0.6435
0.424	2.962	0.638
0.425	2.9529	0.6331
0.426	2.9438	0.6289
0.427	2.935	0.6252
0.428	2.9263	0.6221
0.429	2.9179	0.6196
0.43	2.9097	0.6176
0.431	2.9018	0.6162
0.432	2.8942	0.6152
0.433	2.887	0.6147
0.434	2.88	0.6148
0.435	2.8735	0.6152
0.436	2.8674	0.6159
0.437	2.8617	0.6171
0.438	2.8564	0.6186
0.439	2.8516	0.6204
0.44	2.8472	0.6226
0.441	2.8433	0.6249
0.442	2.8398	0.6274
0.443	2.8369	0.6302
0.444	2.8345	0.6331
0.445	2.8325	0.6361
0.446	2.8311	0.6391
0.447	2.8301	0.6422
0.448	2.8297	0.6454
0.449	2.8298	0.6485
0.45	2.8303	0.6515
0.451	2.8313	0.6545
0.452	2.8327	0.6573
0.453	2.8346	0.66
0.454	2.8369	0.6626
0.455	2.8397	0.6649
0.456	2.8427	0.6671
0.457	2.8463	0.669
0.458	2.8501	0.6706
0.459	2.8542	0.6719
0.46	2.8587	0.6729
0.461	2.8635	0.6736
0.462	2.8685	0.674
0.463	2.8738	0.674
0.464	2.8792	0.6736
0.465	2.8848	0.6729
0.466	2.8905	0.6718
0.467	2.8963	0.6704
0.468	2.9022	0.6685
0.469	2.9082	0.6663
0.47	2.9143	0.6637
0.471	2.9203	0.6607
0.472	2.9263	0.6573
0.473	2.9323	0.6535
0.474	2.9382	0.6494
0.475	2.944	0.645
0.476	2.9498	0.6402
0.477	2.9553	0.6351
0.478	2.9608	0.6296
0.479	2.966	0.6239
0.48	2.9712	0.6179
0.481	2.9761	0.6116
0.482	2.9807	0.6051
0.483	2.9852	0.5983
0.484	2.9894	0.5913
0.485	2.9934	0.5842
0.486	2.9971	0.5768
0.487	3.0005	0.5694
0.488	3.0037	0.5618
0.489	3.0066	0.554
0.49	3.0093	0.5461
0.491	3.0117	0.5381
0.492	3.0139	0.53
0.493	3.0157	0.5219
0.494	3.0173	0.5137
0.495	3.0186	0.5055
0.496	3.0197	0.4973
0.497	3.0206	0.4891
0.498	3.0211	0.4809
0.499	3.0214	0.4727
0.5	3.0215	0.4646
0.501	3.0214	0.4565
0.502	3.021	0.4484
0.503	3.0204	0.4405
0.504	3.0195	0.4326
0.505	3.0186	0.4247
0.506	3.0174	0.417
0.507	3.016	0.4095
0.508	3.0145	0.402
0.509	3.0128	0.3945
0.51	3.0109	0.3872
0.511	3.0088	0.38
0.512	3.0066	0.3729
0.513	3.0043	0.3659
0.514	3.0017	0.359
0.515	2.9992	0.3523
0.516	2.9965	0.3457
0.517	2.9937	0.3392
0.518	2.9907	0.3329
0.519	2.9877	0.3267
0.52	2.9846	0.3206
0.521	2.9814	0.3146
0.522	2.9781	0.3088
0.523	2.9748	0.3031
0.524	2.9714	0.2976
0.525	2.9679	0.2921
0.526	2.9643	0.2868
0.527	2.9608	0.2816
0.528	2.9572	0.2767
0.529	2.9535	0.2718
0.53	2.9498	0.267
0.531	2.946	0.2623
0.532	2.9423	0.2577
0.533	2.9385	0.2533
0.534	2.9346	0.2489
0.535	2.9308	0.2447
0.536	2.927	0.2406
0.537	2.9231	0.2366
0.538	2.9192	0.2327
0.539	2.9153	0.2289
0.54	2.9115	0.2253
0.541	2.9076	0.2217
0.542	2.9036	0.2182
0.543	2.8997	0.2148
0.544	2.8959	0.2115
0.545	2.892	0.2084
0.546	2.8881	0.2053
0.547	2.8843	0.2023
0.548	2.8805	0.1993
0.549	2.8766	0.1965
0.55	2.8728	0.1938
0.551	2.869	0.1911
0.552	2.8653	0.1886
0.553	2.8615	0.1861
0.554	2.8578	0.1836
0.555	2.8541	0.1813
0.556	2.8504	0.179
0.557	2.8467	0.1768
0.558	2.843	0.1746
0.559	2.8394	0.1726
0.56	2.8358	0.1705
0.561	2.8322	0.1686
0.562	2.8287	0.1667
0.563	2.8252	0.1649
0.564	2.8216	0.1631
0.565	2.8182	0.1614
0.566	2.8148	0.1598
0.567	2.8114	0.1582
0.568	2.8079	0.1566
0.569	2.8045	0.1552
0.57	2.8013	0.1537
0.571	2.798	0.1523
0.572	2.7947	0.151
0.573	2.7915	0.1497
0.574	2.7883	0.1485
0.575	2.7851	0.1473
0.576	2.7819	0.1461
0.577	2.7789	0.145
0.578	2.7758	0.144
0.579	2.7728	0.1429
0.58	2.7697	0.1419
0.581	2.7668	0.141
0.582	2.7638	0.14
0.583	2.7608	0.1392
0.584	2.758	0.1383
0.585	2.7551	0.1375
0.586	2.7523	0.1367
0.587	2.7495	0.136
0.588	2.7467	0.1353
0.589	2.7439	0.1346
0.59	2.7412	0.1339
0.591	2.7385	0.1333
0.592	2.7359	0.1327
0.593	2.7332	0.1321
0.594	2.7307	0.1316
0.595	2.7281	0.131
0.596	2.7256	0.1306
0.597	2.7231	0.1301
0.598	2.7206	0.1296
0.599	2.7181	0.1292
0.6	2.7157	0.1288
0.601	2.7134	0.1284
0.602	2.711	0.1281
0.603	2.7086	0.1277
0.604	2.7063	0.1274
0.605	2.7041	0.1271
0.606	2.7019	0.1269
0.607	2.6997	0.1266
0.608	2.6974	0.1263
0.609	2.6953	0.1261
0.61	2.6931	0.1259
0.611	2.691	0.1257
0.612	2.6889	0.1255
0.613	2.6869	0.1254
0.614	2.6848	0.1252
0.615	2.6828	0.1251
0.616	2.6808	0.125
0.617	2.6788	0.1249
0.618	2.6769	0.1248
0.619	2.675	0.1247
0.62	2.6732	0.1247
0.621	2.6712	0.1246
0.622	2.6694	0.1246
0.623	2.6676	0.1245
0.624	2.6658	0.1245
0.625	2.664	0.1245
0.626	2.6623	0.1245
0.627	2.6606	0.1245
0.628	2.6589	0.1245
0.629	2.6573	0.1246
0.63	2.6556	0.1246
0.631	2.654	0.1247
0.632	2.6524	0.1247
0.633	2.6508	0.1248
0.634	2.6492	0.1249
0.635	2.6477	0.125
0.636	2.6463	0.125
0.637	2.6448	0.1251
0.638	2.6433	0.1252
0.639	2.6419	0.1253
0.64	2.6404	0.1255
0.641	2.639	0.1256
0.642	2.6377	0.1257
0.643	2.6363	0.1258
0.644	2.635	0.126
0.645	2.6336	0.1261
0.646	2.6324	0.1263
0.647	2.6311	0.1264
0.648	2.6298	0.1266
0.649	2.6286	0.1268
0.65	2.6274	0.1269
0.651	2.6262	0.1271
0.652	2.625	0.1273
0.653	2.6239	0.1275
0.654	2.6228	0.1276
0.655	2.6217	0.1278
0.656	2.6206	0.128
0.657	2.6195	0.1282
0.658	2.6184	0.1284
0.659	2.6174	0.1286
0.66	2.6164	0.1288
0.661	2.6154	0.129
0.662	2.6144	0.1292
0.663	2.6134	0.1294
0.664	2.6125	0.1296
0.665	2.6116	0.1298
0.666	2.6107	0.13
0.667	2.6098	0.1303
0.668	2.609	0.1305
0.669	2.6081	0.1307
0.67	2.6073	0.1309
0.671	2.6065	0.1311
0.672	2.6057	0.1313
0.673	2.605	0.1316
0.674	2.6042	0.1318
0.675	2.6035	0.132
0.676	2.6028	0.1322
0.677	2.6021	0.1324
0.678	2.6014	0.1326
0.679	2.6007	0.1329
0.68	2.6001	0.1331
0.681	2.5994	0.1333
0.682	2.5988	0.1335
0.683	2.5982	0.1337
0.684	2.5977	0.134
0.685	2.5972	0.1342
0.686	2.5966	0.1344
0.687	2.5961	0.1346
0.688	2.5956	0.1348
0.689	2.5952	0.135
0.69	2.5947	0.1352
0.691	2.5943	0.1354
0.692	2.5939	0.1356
0.693	2.5935	0.1358
0.694	2.5931	0.136
0.695	2.5928	0.1362
0.696	2.5925	0.1364
0.697	2.5922	0.1366
0.698	2.5918	0.1368
0.699	2.5916	0.137
0.7	2.5913	0.1371
0.701	2.5911	0.1373
0.702	2.5909	0.1375
0.703	2.5907	0.1377
0.704	2.5905	0.1378
0.705	2.5904	0.138
0.706	2.5903	0.1381
0.707	2.5902	0.1383
0.708	2.5901	0.1384
0.709	2.5901	0.1386
0.71	2.5901	0.1387
0.711	2.5901	0.1388
0.712	2.5901	0.1389
0.713	2.5901	0.139
0.714	2.5902	0.1391
0.715	2.5904	0.1392
0.716	2.5905	0.1393
0.717	2.5906	0.1394
0.718	2.5908	0.1395
0.719	2.5911	0.1395
0.72	2.5913	0.1396
0.721	2.5915	0.1396
0.722	2.5919	0.1396
0.723	2.5922	0.1396
0.724	2.5926	0.1396
0.725	2.593	0.1396
0.726	2.5935	0.1396
0.727	2.594	0.1396
0.728	2.5945	0.1395
0.729	2.5951	0.1394
0.73	2.5957	0.1393
0.731	2.5964	0.1392
0.732	2.5971	0.1391
0.733	2.5979	0.1389
0.734	2.5987	0.1387
0.735	2.5995	0.1385
0.736	2.6004	0.1382
0.737	2.6014	0.1379
0.738	2.6025	0.1376
0.739	2.6036	0.1373
0.74	2.6047	0.1368
0.741	2.606	0.1364
0.742	2.6073	0.1359
0.743	2.6088	0.1353
0.744	2.6103	0.1346
0.745	2.6119	0.1339
0.746	2.6137	0.1331
0.747	2.6155	0.1322
0.748	2.6175	0.1311
0.749	2.6195	0.1299
0.75	2.6218	0.1285
0.751	2.6242	0.127
0.752	2.6266	0.1253
0.753	2.6292	0.1233
0.754	2.6321	0.1209
0.755	2.6351	0.1182
0.756	2.6382	0.115
0.757	2.6413	0.1111
0.758	2.6445	0.1067
0.759	2.6475	0.1012
0.76	2.6503	0.0953
0.761	2.6519	0.0879
0.762	2.6533	0.0803
0.763	2.6522	0.0718
0.764	2.6507	0.0634
0.765	2.6469	0.0558
0.766	2.6427	0.0486
0.767	2.6374	0.043
0.768	2.632	0.0381
0.769	2.6264	0.0343
0.77	2.621	0.0311
0.771	2.6157	0.0287
0.772	2.6107	0.0267
0.773	2.6059	0.0251
0.774	2.6014	0.0238
0.775	2.5971	0.0228
0.776	2.5931	0.022
0.777	2.5892	0.0213
0.778	2.5855	0.0208
0.779	2.582	0.0204
0.78	2.5787	0.0201
0.781	2.5754	0.0198
0.782	2.5723	0.0197
0.783	2.5693	0.0196
0.784	2.5665	0.0195
0.785	2.5637	0.0195
0.786	2.5611	0.0195
0.787	2.5585	0.0196
0.788	2.556	0.0197
0.789	2.5535	0.0198

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CH3NH3PbI3 (Methylammonium lead iodide, MAPbI3): all datasets

About CH3NH3PbI3 (Methylammonium lead iodide, MAPbI3)

Methylammonium lead iodide (CH₃NH₃PbI₃) is a prominent perovskite material used extensively in solar cell technology. It is renowned for its high photovoltaic efficiency due to its optimal band gap and strong light absorption capabilities. This compound typically forms a tetragonal crystalline structure that facilitates efficient charge transport, critical for its application in perovskite solar cells. Its optical properties, particularly its refractive index, are crucial for enhancing light-harvesting efficiency. Despite its potential in renewable energy applications, CH₃NH₃PbI₃ faces challenges related to environmental impact and stability, given its lead content and sensitivity to moisture and temperature.

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Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/other/perovskite/CH3NH3PbI3/nk/Leguy.yml
ID: ds_eda56d555ef0
API: /v1/datasets/ds_eda56d555ef0

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