Stojkovski D, Szafrański M. High-Pressure Structural and Optical Studies of Pure Low-Dimensional Cesium Lead Chlorides CsPb
2Cl
5 and Cs
4PbCl
6.
Inorg Chem 2024;
63:7903-7911. [PMID:
38629161 PMCID:
PMC11061828 DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00809]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/30/2024]
Abstract
We report high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction, optical absorption, and photoluminescence investigations of all-inorganic perovskite-related materials CsPb2Cl5 and Cs4PbCl6. The crystal structure of CsPb2Cl5, composed of alternate layers of Cs+ cations and Pb-Cl frameworks, is stable under pressure up to at least 4.2 GPa. Because external stress is mainly absorbed by the Cs+ layers, the optical absorption edge of the crystal only slightly red-shifts with increasing pressure, which correlates well with a moderate shortening of the Pb-Cl bonds. A quite different response to pressure shows Cs4PbCl6, the crystal built of isolated PbCl64- octahedra and Cs+ cations. During the compression at around 3.4 GPa, the trigonal phase I, space group R3̅c, transforms to the orthorhombic phase II, space group Cmce, which at around 4 GPa transforms into phase III. On decompression, phase II is not restored, but phase III converts through a diffuse phase transition into another high-pressure phase IV, which is stable in a wide pressure range and transforms to the initial phase I only around atmospheric pressure. The red shift of the absorption edge and the profound modification of the absorption spectrum in phase II were ascribed to the deformation of the PbCl64- octahedra. The transition to phase III induces a blue shift of the absorption edge, while the transition to phase IV is associated with a large red shift. Photoluminescence was detected in phases I and II with the intensity quenched with increasing pressure.
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