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Ye J, Gaur D, Mi C, Chen Z, Fernández IL, Zhao H, Dong Y, Polavarapu L, Hoye RLZ. Strongly-confined colloidal lead-halide perovskite quantum dots: from synthesis to applications. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:8095-8122. [PMID: 38894687 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00077c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
Abstract
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals enable the realization and exploitation of quantum phenomena in a controlled manner, and can be scaled up for commercial uses. These materials have become important for a wide range of applications, from ultrahigh definition displays, to solar cells, quantum computing, bioimaging, optical communications, and many more. Over the last decade, lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals have rapidly gained prominence as efficient semiconductors. Although the majority of studies have focused on large nanocrystals in the weak- to intermediate-confinement regime, quantum dots (QDs) in the strongly-confined regime (with sizes smaller than the Bohr diameter, which ranges from 4-12 nm for lead-halide perovskites) offer unique opportunities, including polarized light emission and color-pure, stable luminescence in the region that is unattainable by perovskites with single-halide compositions. In this tutorial review, we bring together the latest insights into this emerging and rapidly growing area, focusing on the synthesis, steady-state optical properties (including exciton fine-structure splitting), and transient kinetics (including hot carrier cooling) of strongly-confined perovskite QDs. We also discuss recent advances in their applications, including single photon emission for quantum technologies, as well as light-emitting diodes. We finish with our perspectives on future challenges and opportunities for strongly-confined QDs, particularly around improving the control over monodispersity and stability, important fundamental questions on the photophysics, and paths forward to improve the performance of perovskite QDs in light-emitting diodes.
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- Junzhi Ye
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.
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- CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Materials Chemistry and Physics Group, Department of Physical Chemistry Campus Universitario As Lagoas, Marcosende 36310, Vigo, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- Centre for Intelligent and Biomimetic Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 440305, China
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- CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Materials Chemistry and Physics Group, Department of Physical Chemistry Campus Universitario As Lagoas, Marcosende 36310, Vigo, Spain.
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- Centre for Intelligent and Biomimetic Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 440305, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Materials Chemistry and Physics Group, Department of Physical Chemistry Campus Universitario As Lagoas, Marcosende 36310, Vigo, Spain.
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.
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D'Amato M, Belzane L, Dabard C, Silly M, Patriarche G, Glorieux Q, Le Jeannic H, Lhuillier E, Bramati A. Highly Photostable Zn-Treated Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Efficient Single Photon Generation. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:10228-10235. [PMID: 37930320 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
Achieving pure single-photon emission is essential for a range of quantum technologies, from quantum computing to quantum key distribution to quantum metrology. Among solid-state quantum emitters, colloidal lead halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted considerable interest due to their structural and optical properties, which make them attractive candidates for single-photon sources (SPSs). However, their practical utilization has been hampered by environment-induced instabilities. In this study, we fabricate and characterize in a systematic manner Zn-treated CsPbBr3 colloidal NCs obtained through Zn2+ ion doping at the Pb-site, demonstrating improved stability under dilution and illumination. The doped NCs exhibit high single-photon purity, reduced blinking on a submillisecond time scale, and stability of the bright state even at excitation powers well above saturation. Our findings highlight the potential of this synthesis approach to optimize the performance of LHP-based SPSs, opening up interesting prospects for their integration into nanophotonic systems for quantum technology applications.
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- Marianna D'Amato
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Cedex 05 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Cedex 05 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin, BP48, F91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 10 Bd Thomas Gobert, Palaiseau 91120, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Cedex 05 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Cedex 05 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Cedex 05 Paris, France
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Nguyen HA, Dixon G, Dou FY, Gallagher S, Gibbs S, Ladd DM, Marino E, Ondry JC, Shanahan JP, Vasileiadou ES, Barlow S, Gamelin DR, Ginger DS, Jonas DM, Kanatzidis MG, Marder SR, Morton D, Murray CB, Owen JS, Talapin DV, Toney MF, Cossairt BM. Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37311205 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Solution-processed semiconductors are in demand for present and next-generation optoelectronic technologies ranging from displays to quantum light sources because of their scalability and ease of integration into devices with diverse form factors. One of the central requirements for semiconductors used in these applications is a narrow photoluminescence (PL) line width. Narrow emission line widths are needed to ensure both color and single-photon purity, raising the question of what design rules are needed to obtain narrow emission from semiconductors made in solution. In this review, we first examine the requirements for colloidal emitters for a variety of applications including light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, lasers, and quantum information science. Next, we will delve into the sources of spectral broadening, including "homogeneous" broadening from dynamical broadening mechanisms in single-particle spectra, heterogeneous broadening from static structural differences in ensemble spectra, and spectral diffusion. Then, we compare the current state of the art in terms of emission line width for a variety of colloidal materials including II-VI quantum dots (QDs) and nanoplatelets, III-V QDs, alloyed QDs, metal-halide perovskites including nanocrystals and 2D structures, doped nanocrystals, and, finally, as a point of comparison, organic molecules. We end with some conclusions and connections, including an outline of promising paths forward.
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- Hao A Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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Sun W, Krajewska CJ, Kaplan AEK, Šverko T, Berkinsky DB, Ginterseder M, Utzat H, Bawendi MG. Elastic Phonon Scattering Dominates Dephasing in Weakly Confined Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals at Cryogenic Temperatures. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:2615-2622. [PMID: 36926921 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) have emerged as a potential next-generation single quantum emitter (QE) material for quantum optics and quantum information science. Optical dephasing processes at cryogenic temperatures are critical to the quality of a QE, making a mechanistic understanding of coherence losses of fundamental interest. We use photon-correlation Fourier spectroscopy (PCFS) to obtain a lower bound to the optical coherence times of single PNCs as a function of temperature. We find that 20 nm CsPbBr3 PNCs emit nearly exclusively into a narrow zero-phonon line from 4 to 13 K. Remarkably, no spectral diffusion is observed at time scales of 10 μs to 5 ms. Our results suggest that exciton dephasing in this temperature range is dominated by elastic scattering from phonon modes with characteristic frequencies of 1-3 meV, while inelastic scattering is minimal due to weak exciton-phonon coupling.
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- Weiwei Sun
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Ghosh S, Ross U, Chizhik AM, Kuo Y, Jeong BG, Bae WK, Park K, Li J, Oron D, Weiss S, Enderlein J, Chizhik AI. Excitation Intensity-Dependent Quantum Yield of Semiconductor Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2702-2707. [PMID: 36892266 PMCID: PMC10026174 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
One of the key phenomena that determine the fluorescence of nanocrystals is the nonradiative Auger-Meitner recombination of excitons. This nonradiative rate affects the nanocrystals' fluorescence intensity, excited state lifetime, and quantum yield. Whereas most of the above properties can be directly measured, the quantum yield is the most difficult to assess. Here we place semiconductor nanocrystals inside a tunable plasmonic nanocavity with subwavelength spacing and modulate their radiative de-excitation rate by changing the cavity size. This allows us to determine absolute values of their fluorescence quantum yield under specific excitation conditions. Moreover, as expected considering the enhanced Auger-Meitner rate for higher multiple excited states, increasing the excitation rate reduces the quantum yield of the nanocrystals.
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- Subhabrata Ghosh
- Third Institute
of Physics − Biophysics, Georg August
University Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- IV. Physical
Institute - Solids and Nanostructures, Georg
August University Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Third Institute
of Physics − Biophysics, Georg August
University Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- School of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan
National University, Busan 46241, Republic
of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced
Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan
University, Suwon 16419, Republic
of Korea
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- Korea Electronics
Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13509, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department
of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Physiology, University of California
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Physics, Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel
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- Third Institute
of Physics − Biophysics, Georg August
University Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Cluster
of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines
to Networks of Excitable Cells,” (MBExC), Georg August University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Third Institute
of Physics − Biophysics, Georg August
University Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Zhu H, Šverko T, Zhang J, Berkinsky DB, Sun W, Krajewska CJ, Bawendi MG. One-Dimensional Highly-Confined CsPbBr 3 Nanorods with Enhanced Stability: Synthesis and Spectroscopy. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8355-8362. [PMID: 36223648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
One-dimensional (1D) colloidal lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have potential as quantum emitters. Their study, however, has been hampered by their previous instability, leaving a gap in our understanding of structure-property relationships in colloidal LHPs with anisotropic shapes. Here, we synthesize stable, highly-confined 1D CsPbBr3 nanorods (NRs) and demonstrate their structural details and photoluminescence (PL) properties at both the ensemble and single particle levels. Using amino-terminated copolymers, we are able to stabilize and characterize 1D CsPbBr3 NRs utilizing transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and small angle scattering (SAS). Scanning transmission electron microscopy reveals that these NRs possess structural defects, including twists and inhomogeneity. Solution-phase photon correlation spectroscopy shows low biexciton-to-exciton quantum yield ratios (QYBX/QYX) and broad spectral line widths dominated by homogeneous broadening.
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- Hua Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Li Y, Han Y, Liang W, Zhang B, Li Y, Liu Y, Yang Y, Wu K, Zhu J. Excitonic Bloch-Siegert shift in CsPbI 3 perovskite quantum dots. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5559. [PMID: 36138041 PMCID: PMC9500032 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33314-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Coherent interaction between matter and light field induces both optical Stark effect and Bloch-Siegert shift. Observing the latter has been historically challenging, because it is weak and is often accompanied by a much stronger Stark shift. Herein, by controlling the light helicity, we can largely restrict these two effects to different spin-transitions in CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots, achieving room-temperature Bloch-Siegert shift as strong as 4 meV with near-infrared pulses. The ratio between the Bloch-Siegert and optical Stark shifts is however systematically higher than the prediction by the non-interacting, quasi-particle model. With a model that explicitly accounts for excitonic effects, we quantitatively reproduce the experimental observations. This model depicts a unified physical picture of the optical Stark effect, biexcitonic optical Stark effect and Bloch-Siegert shift in low-dimensional materials displaying strong many-body interactions, forming the basis for the implementation of these effects to information processing, optical modulation and Floquet engineering.
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- Yuxuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Hubei University of Art and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, China.
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Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr 3 perovskite quantum dots. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2587. [PMID: 35546149 PMCID: PMC9095639 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Semiconductor quantum dots have long been considered artificial atoms, but despite the overarching analogies in the strong energy-level quantization and the single-photon emission capability, their emission spectrum is far broader than typical atomic emission lines. Here, by using ab-initio molecular dynamics for simulating exciton-surface-phonon interactions in structurally dynamic CsPbBr3 quantum dots, followed by single quantum dot optical spectroscopy, we demonstrate that emission line-broadening in these quantum dots is primarily governed by the coupling of excitons to low-energy surface phonons. Mild adjustments of the surface chemical composition allow for attaining much smaller emission linewidths of 35−65 meV (vs. initial values of 70–120 meV), which are on par with the best values known for structurally rigid, colloidal II-VI quantum dots (20−60 meV). Ultra-narrow emission at room-temperature is desired for conventional light-emitting devices and paramount for emerging quantum light sources. Narrow emission is desired for light-emitting devices. Here, Kovalenko et al. demonstrate that the emission line-broadening in perovskite quantum dots is dominated by the coupling between excitons and surface phonon modes which can be controlled by minimal surface modifications.
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Zhu C, Marczak M, Feld L, Boehme SC, Bernasconi C, Moskalenko A, Cherniukh I, Dirin D, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Rainò G. Room-Temperature, Highly Pure Single-Photon Sources from All-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:3751-3760. [PMID: 35467890 PMCID: PMC9101069 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Attaining pure single-photon emission is key for many quantum technologies, from optical quantum computing to quantum key distribution and quantum imaging. The past 20 years have seen the development of several solid-state quantum emitters, but most of them require highly sophisticated techniques (e.g., ultrahigh vacuum growth methods and cryostats for low-temperature operation). The system complexity may be significantly reduced by employing quantum emitters capable of working at room temperature. Here, we present a systematic study across ∼170 photostable single CsPbX3 (X: Br and I) colloidal quantum dots (QDs) of different sizes and compositions, unveiling that increasing quantum confinement is an effective strategy for maximizing single-photon purity due to the suppressed biexciton quantum yield. Leveraging the latter, we achieve 98% single-photon purity (g(2)(0) as low as 2%) from a cavity-free, nonresonantly excited single 6.6 nm CsPbI3 QDs, showcasing the great potential of CsPbX3 QDs as room-temperature highly pure single-photon sources for quantum technologies.
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- Chenglian Zhu
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Evidence of auger heating in hot carrier cooling of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.128025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Huang Y, Cohen TA, Sperry BM, Larson H, Nguyen HA, Homer MK, Dou FY, Jacoby LM, Cossairt BM, Gamelin DR, Luscombe CK. Organic building blocks at inorganic nanomaterial interfaces. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2022; 9:61-87. [PMID: 34851347 DOI: 10.1039/d1mh01294k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This tutorial review presents our perspective on designing organic molecules for the functionalization of inorganic nanomaterial surfaces, through the model of an "anchor-functionality" paradigm. This "anchor-functionality" paradigm is a streamlined design strategy developed from a comprehensive range of materials (e.g., lead halide perovskites, II-VI semiconductors, III-V semiconductors, metal oxides, diamonds, carbon dots, silicon, etc.) and applications (e.g., light-emitting diodes, photovoltaics, lasers, photonic cavities, photocatalysis, fluorescence imaging, photo dynamic therapy, drug delivery, etc.). The structure of this organic interface modifier comprises two key components: anchor groups binding to inorganic surfaces and functional groups that optimize their performance in specific applications. To help readers better understand and utilize this approach, the roles of different anchor groups and different functional groups are discussed and explained through their interactions with inorganic materials and external environments.
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- Yunping Huang
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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- Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
- Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Vonk SW, Heemskerk BAJ, Keitel RC, Hinterding SOM, Geuchies JJ, Houtepen AJ, Rabouw FT. Biexciton Binding Energy and Line width of Single Quantum Dots at Room Temperature. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:5760-5766. [PMID: 34133188 PMCID: PMC8283756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Broadening of multiexciton emission from colloidal quantum dots (QDs) at room temperature is important for their use in high-power applications, but an in-depth characterization has not been possible until now. We present and apply a novel spectroscopic method to quantify the biexciton line width and biexciton binding energy of single CdSe/CdS/ZnS colloidal QDs at room temperature. In our method, which we term "cascade spectroscopy", we select emission events from the biexciton cascade and reconstruct their spectrum. The biexciton has an average emission line width of 86 meV on the single-QD scale, similar to that of the exciton. Variations in the biexciton repulsion (Eb = 4.0 ± 3.1 meV; mean ± standard deviation of 15 QDs) are correlated with but are more narrowly distributed than variations in the exciton energy (10.0 meV standard deviation). Using a simple quantum-mechanical model, we conclude that inhomogeneous broadening in our sample is primarily due to variations in the CdS shell thickness.
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- Sander
J. W. Vonk
- Debye
Institute, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Debye
Institute, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Optical
Materials Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Debye
Institute, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Hedley GJ, Schröder T, Steiner F, Eder T, Hofmann FJ, Bange S, Laux D, Höger S, Tinnefeld P, Lupton JM, Vogelsang J. Picosecond time-resolved photon antibunching measures nanoscale exciton motion and the true number of chromophores. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1327. [PMID: 33637741 PMCID: PMC7910429 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21474-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The particle-like nature of light becomes evident in the photon statistics of fluorescence from single quantum systems as photon antibunching. In multichromophoric systems, exciton diffusion and subsequent annihilation occurs. These processes also yield photon antibunching but cannot be interpreted reliably. Here we develop picosecond time-resolved antibunching to identify and decode such processes. We use this method to measure the true number of chromophores on well-defined multichromophoric DNA-origami structures, and precisely determine the distance-dependent rates of annihilation between excitons. Further, this allows us to measure exciton diffusion in mesoscopic H- and J-type conjugated-polymer aggregates. We distinguish between one-dimensional intra-chain and three-dimensional inter-chain exciton diffusion at different times after excitation and determine the disorder-dependent diffusion lengths. Our method provides a powerful lens through which excitons can be studied at the single-particle level, enabling the rational design of improved excitonic probes such as ultra-bright fluorescent nanoparticles and materials for optoelectronic devices.
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- Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Baranov D, Fieramosca A, Yang RX, Polimeno L, Lerario G, Toso S, Giansante C, Giorgi MD, Tan LZ, Sanvitto D, Manna L. Aging of Self-Assembled Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Superlattices: Effects on Photoluminescence and Energy Transfer. ACS NANO 2021; 15:650-664. [PMID: 33350811 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Excitonic coupling, electronic coupling, and cooperative interactions in self-assembled lead halide perovskite nanocrystals were reported to give rise to a red-shifted collective emission peak with accelerated dynamics. Here we report that similar spectroscopic features could appear as a result of the nanocrystal reactivity within the self-assembled superlattices. This is demonstrated by studying CsPbBr3 nanocrystal superlattices over time with room-temperature and cryogenic micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy. It is shown that a gradual contraction of the superlattices and subsequent coalescence of the nanocrystals occurs over several days of keeping such structures under vacuum. As a result, a narrow, low-energy emission peak is observed at 4 K with a concomitant shortening of the photoluminescence lifetime due to the energy transfer between nanocrystals. When exposed to air, self-assembled CsPbBr3 nanocrystals develop bulk-like CsPbBr3 particles on top of the superlattices. At 4 K, these particles produce a distribution of narrow, low-energy emission peaks with short lifetimes and excitation fluence-dependent, oscillatory decays. Overall, the aging of CsPbBr3 nanocrystal assemblies dramatically alters their emission properties and that should not be overlooked when studying collective optoelectronic phenomena nor confused with superfluorescence effects.
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- Dmitry Baranov
- Nanochemistry Department, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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- CNR Nanotec, Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- CNR Nanotec, Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. de Giorgi", Università Del Salento, Campus Ecotekne, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- CNR Nanotec, Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
- International Doctoral Program in Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia 25121, Italy
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- CNR Nanotec, Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- CNR Nanotec, Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- CNR Nanotec, Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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Kagan CR, Bassett LC, Murray CB, Thompson SM. Colloidal Quantum Dots as Platforms for Quantum Information Science. Chem Rev 2020; 121:3186-3233. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Crane MJ, Jacoby LM, Cohen TA, Huang Y, Luscombe CK, Gamelin DR. Coherent Spin Precession and Lifetime-Limited Spin Dephasing in CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:8626-8633. [PMID: 33238099 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Carrier spins in semiconductor nanocrystals are promising candidates for quantum information processing. Using a combination of time-resolved Faraday rotation and photoluminescence spectroscopies, we demonstrate optical spin polarization and coherent spin precession in colloidal CsPbBr3 nanocrystals that persists up to room temperature. By suppressing the influence of inhomogeneous hyperfine fields with a small applied magnetic field, we demonstrate inhomogeneous hole transverse spin-dephasing times (T2*) that approach the nanocrystal photoluminescence lifetime, such that nearly all emitted photons derive from coherent hole spins. Thermally activated LO phonons drive additional spin dephasing at elevated temperatures, but coherent spin precession is still observed at room temperature. These data reveal several major distinctions between spins in nanocrystalline and bulk CsPbBr3 and open the door for using metal-halide perovskite nanocrystals in spin-based quantum technologies.
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- Matthew J Crane
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
- Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1652, United States
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2120, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2120, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
- Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1652, United States
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2120, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
- Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1652, United States
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Delmas WG, Vickers ET, DiBenedetto AC, Lum C, Hernandez IN, Zhang JZ, Ghosh S. Modulating Charge Carrier Dynamics and Transfer via Surface Modifications in Organometallic Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:7886-7892. [PMID: 32870009 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We investigate the effect of functionalization by acid/amine combinations of four aromatic capping ligands on the optoelectronic properties of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite quantum dots (PQDs). These include benzoic acid (BA), phenylacetic acid (PAA), benzylamine, and isopropyl benzylamine. We observe that charge transfer efficiency in PQD films comprising BA-ligated samples varies between 12% and 95% as the dot density is tuned from 102 to 105 dots/μm2 but is consistently ∼92% over that entire range for PAA-ligated PQDs. As temperature T decreases, initially, recombination is dominated by bound or trapped excitons, but below 80 K, spectral broadening, accompanied by free excitonic behavior, is observed. Our results indicate enhanced charge delocalization at lower values of T, which reduces the level of exciton confinement and recombination decay rates and underlines the importance of investigating PQD-ligand interactions at a fundamental level given the significant effect minute changes in ligand structures have on the optoelectronic properties of quantum dots.
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- William G Delmas
- Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95344, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95344, United States
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- Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95344, United States
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95344, United States
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Forde A, Fagan JA, Schaller RD, Thomas SA, Brown SL, Kurtti MB, Petersen RJ, Kilin DS, Hobbie EK. Brightly Luminescent CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals through Ultracentrifugation. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:7133-7140. [PMID: 32787334 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Using a combination of density-gradient and analytical ultracentrifugation, we studied the photophysical profile of CsPbBr3 nanocrystal (NC) suspensions by separating them into size-resolved fractions. Ultracentrifugation drastically alters the ligand profile of the NCs, which necessitates postprocessing to restore colloidal stability and enhance quantum yield (QY). Rejuvenated fractions show a 50% increase in QY compared to no treatment and a 30% increase with respect to the parent. Our results demonstrate how the NC environment can be manipulated to improve photophysical performance, even after there has been a measurable decline in the response. Size separation reveals blue-emitting fractions, a narrowing of photoluminescence spectra in comparison to the parent, and a crossover from single- to stretched-exponential relaxation dynamics with decreasing NC size. As a function of edge length, L, our results confirm that the photoluminescence peak energy scales a L-2, in agreement with the simplest picture of quantum confinement.
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- Aaron Forde
- Materials & Nanotechnology Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials & Nanotechnology Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Materials & Nanotechnology Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Materials & Nanotechnology Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
- Department of Coatings & Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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Lignos I, Utzat H, Bawendi MG, Jensen KF. Nanocrystal synthesis, μfluidic sample dilution and direct extraction of single emission linewidths in continuous flow. LAB ON A CHIP 2020; 20:1975-1980. [PMID: 32352465 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc00213e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The rational design of semiconductor nanocrystal populations requires control of their emission linewidths, which are dictated by interparticle inhomogeneities and single-nanocrystal spectral linewidths. To date, research efforts have concentrated on minimizing the ensemble emission linewidths, however there is little knowledge about the synthetic parameters dictating single-nanocrystal linewidths. In this direction, we present a flow-based system coupled with an optical interferometry setup for the extraction of single nanocrystal properties. The platform has the ability to synthesize nanocrystals at high temperature <300 °C, adjust the particle concentration after synthesis and extract ensemble-averaged single nanocrystal emission linewidths using flow photon-correlation Fourier spectroscopy.
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- Ioannis Lignos
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Palato S, Seiler H, Baker H, Sonnichsen C, Brosseau P, Kambhampati P. Investigating the electronic structure of confined multiexcitons with nonlinear spectroscopies. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:104710. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5142180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- S. Palato
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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Wang D, Cavin J, Yin B, Thind AS, Borisevich AY, Mishra R, Sadtler B. Role of Solid-State Miscibility during Anion Exchange in Cesium Lead Halide Nanocrystals Probed by Single-Particle Fluorescence. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:952-959. [PMID: 31945295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In this Letter, we used fluorescence microscopy to image the reversible transformation of individual CsPbCl3 nanocrystals to CsPbBr3, which enables us to quantify heterogeneity in reactivity among hundreds of nanocrystals prepared within the same batch. We observed a wide distribution of waiting times for individual nanocrystals to react as has been seen previously for cation exchange and ion intercalation. However, a significant difference for this reaction is that the switching times for changes in fluorescence intensity are dependent on the concentration of substitutional halide ions in solution (i.e., Br- or Cl-). On the basis of the high solid-state miscibility between CsPbCl3 and CsPbBr3, we develop a model in which the activation energy for anion exchange depends on the density of exchanged ions in the nanocrystal. The heterogeneity in reaction kinetics observed among individual nanocrystals limits the compositional uniformity that can be achieved in luminescent CsPbCl3-xBrx nanocrystals prepared by anion exchange.
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- Dong Wang
- Department of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Department of Physics , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennnessee , 37831 , United States
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- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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Yoshimura H, Yamauchi M, Masuo S. In Situ Observation of Emission Behavior during Anion-Exchange Reaction of a Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal at the Single-Nanocrystal Level. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:530-535. [PMID: 31814415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Postsynthesis anion-exchange reaction of cesium lead halide (CsPbX3; X = Cl, Br, and I) perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has emerged as a unique strategy to control band gap. Recently, the partially anion-exchanged CsPb(Br/I)3 NC was reported to form an inhomogeneously alloyed heterostructure, which could possibly form some emission sites depending on the halide composition in the single NC. In this work, we observed the in situ emission behavior of single CsPb(Br/I)3 NCs during the anion-exchange reaction. Photon-correlation measurements of the single NCs revealed that the mixed halide CsPb(Br/I)3 NC exhibited single-photon emission. Even when irradiated with an intense excitation laser, the single NC exhibited single-photon emission with a photoluminescence spectrum of a single peak. These results suggested that the heterohalide compositions of the CsPb(Br/I)3 NC do not form any emission sites with different band gap energies; instead, the NC forms emission sites with uniform band gap energy as a whole NC via quantum confinement.
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- Hiroyuki Yoshimura
- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment , Kwansei Gakuin University , 2-1 Gakuen , Sanda , Hyogo 669-1337 , Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment , Kwansei Gakuin University , 2-1 Gakuen , Sanda , Hyogo 669-1337 , Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment , Kwansei Gakuin University , 2-1 Gakuen , Sanda , Hyogo 669-1337 , Japan
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Hofmann FJ, Bodnarchuk MI, Dirin DN, Vogelsang J, Kovalenko MV, Lupton JM. Energy Transfer from Perovskite Nanocrystals to Dye Molecules Does Not Occur by FRET. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:8896-8902. [PMID: 31646869 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Single formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) perovskite nanocubes, approximately 10 nm in size, have extinction cross sections orders of magnitude larger than single dye molecules and can therefore be used to photoexcite one single dye molecule within their immediate vicinity by means of excitation-energy transfer (EET). The rate of photon emission by the single dye molecule is increased by 2 orders of magnitude under excitation by EET compared to direct excitation at the same laser fluence. Because the dye cannot accommodate biexcitons, NC biexcitons are filtered out by EET, giving rise to up to an order-of-magnitude improvement in the fidelity of photon antibunching. We demonstrate here that, contrary to expectation, energy transfer from the nanocrystal to dye molecules does not depend on the spectral line widths of the donor and acceptor and is therefore not governed by Förster's theory of resonance energy transfer (FRET). Two different cyanine dye acceptors with substantially different spectral overlaps with the nanocrystal donor show a similar light-harvesting capability. Cooling the sample from room temperature to 5 K reduces the average transition line widths 25-fold but has no apparent effect on the number of molecules emitting, i.e., on the spatial density of single dye molecules being photoexcited by single nanocrystals. Narrow zero-phonon lines are identified for both donor and acceptor, with an energetic separation of over 40 times the line width, implying a complete absence of spectral overlap-even though EET is evident. Both donor and acceptor exhibit spectral fluctuations, but no correlation is apparent between the jitter, which controls spectral overlap, and the overall light harvesting. We conclude that the energy transfer process is fundamentally nonresonant, implying effective energy dissipation in the perovskite donor because of strong electron-phonon coupling of the carriers comprising the exciton. The work highlights the importance of performing cryogenic spectroscopy to reveal the underlying mechanisms of energy transfer in complex donor-acceptor systems.
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- Felix J Hofmann
- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , 93053 Regensburg , Germany
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- ETH Zürich , Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstr. 129 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich , Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstr. 129 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , 93053 Regensburg , Germany
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- ETH Zürich , Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstr. 129 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , 93053 Regensburg , Germany
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Krieg F, Ong QK, Burian M, Rainò G, Naumenko D, Amenitsch H, Süess A, Grotevent MJ, Krumeich F, Bodnarchuk MI, Shorubalko I, Stellacci F, Kovalenko MV. Stable Ultraconcentrated and Ultradilute Colloids of CsPbX 3 (X = Cl, Br) Nanocrystals Using Natural Lecithin as a Capping Ligand. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19839-19849. [PMID: 31763836 PMCID: PMC6923794 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Attaining thermodynamic stability of colloids in a broad
range
of concentrations has long been a major thrust in the field of colloidal
ligand-capped semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). This challenge is
particularly pressing for the novel NCs of cesium lead halide perovskites
(CsPbX3; X = Cl, Br) owing to their highly dynamic and
labile surfaces. Herein, we demonstrate that soy lecithin, a mass-produced
natural phospholipid, serves as a tightly binding surface-capping
ligand suited for a high-reaction yield synthesis of CsPbX3 NCs (6–10 nm) and allowing for long-term retention of the
colloidal and structural integrity of CsPbX3 NCs in a broad
range of concentrations—from a few ng/mL to >400 mg/mL (inorganic
core mass). The high colloidal stability achieved with this long-chain
zwitterionic ligand can be rationalized with the Alexander–De
Gennes model that considers the increased particle–particle
repulsion due to branched chains and ligand polydispersity. The versatility
and immense practical utility of such colloids is showcased by the
single NC spectroscopy on ultradilute samples and, conversely, by
obtaining micrometer-thick, optically homogeneous dense NC films in
a single spin-coating step from ultraconcentrated colloids.
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- Franziska Krieg
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Materials , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source , Paul Scherrer Institut , 5232 Villigen PSI , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry , Graz University of Technology , Stremayrgasse 9/V , 8010 Graz , Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry , Graz University of Technology , Stremayrgasse 9/V , 8010 Graz , Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Materials , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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Ihara T, Miki S, Yamada T, Kaji T, Otomo A, Hosako I, Terai H. Superior properties in room-temperature colloidal-dot quantum emitters revealed by ultralow-dark-count detections of temporally-purified single photons. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15941. [PMID: 31685915 PMCID: PMC6828765 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52377-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The realization of high-quality quantum emitters that can operate at room temperature is important for accelerating the application of quantum technologies, such as quantum communication, quantum information processing, and quantum metrology. In this work, we study the photon-antibunching properties on room-temperature emission from individual colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) using superconducting-nanowire single-photon detectors and temporal filtering of the photoluminescence decay curve. We find that high single-photon purities and high photon-generation rates can be simultaneously achieved by removing the signals originating from the sequential two-photon emission of biexcitons created by multiple excitation pulses. We successfully demonstrate that the ultrahigh performance of the room-temperature single-photon sources showing g(2)(0) ≪ 10−2 can be confirmed by the ultralow-dark-count detection of the temporally purified single photons. These findings provide strong evidence for the attractiveness of CQDs as candidates for high-quality room-temperature quantum light sources.
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- Toshiyuki Ihara
- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan.
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan.,Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
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Shulenberger KE, Ashner MN, Ha SK, Krieg F, Kovalenko MV, Tisdale WA, Bawendi MG. Setting an Upper Bound to the Biexciton Binding Energy in CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5680-5686. [PMID: 31502848 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are promising emissive materials for a variety of optoelectronic applications. To fully realize the potential of these materials, we must understand the energetics and dynamics of multiexciton states which are populated under device relevant excitation conditions. We utilized time-resolved and spectrally-resolved photoluminescence studies to investigate the biexciton binding energy as well as a red-shifted emission feature previously reported under high-flux excitation conditions. We determine that this red-shifted emission feature can be ascribed to sample sintering induced by air-exposure and high-flux irradiation. Furthermore, we determine that the biexciton binding energy at room temperature is at most ±20 meV, providing a key insight toward understanding many-body interactions in the lead halide perovskite lattice.
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- Katherine E Shulenberger
- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , 8093 Zurich , Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics , Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , 8093 Zurich , Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics , Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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Shamsi J, Urban AS, Imran M, De Trizio L, Manna L. Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Post-Synthesis Modifications, and Their Optical Properties. Chem Rev 2019; 119:3296-3348. [PMID: 30758194 PMCID: PMC6418875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 583] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Metal halide perovskites represent a flourishing area of research, which is driven by both their potential application in photovoltaics and optoelectronics and by the fundamental science behind their unique optoelectronic properties. The emergence of new colloidal methods for the synthesis of halide perovskite nanocrystals, as well as the interesting characteristics of this new type of material, has attracted the attention of many researchers. This review aims to provide an up-to-date survey of this fast-moving field and will mainly focus on the different colloidal synthesis approaches that have been developed. We will examine the chemistry and the capability of different colloidal synthetic routes with regard to controlling the shape, size, and optical properties of the resulting nanocrystals. We will also provide an up-to-date overview of their postsynthesis transformations, and summarize the various solution processes that are aimed at fabricating halide perovskite-based nanocomposites. Furthermore, we will review the fundamental optical properties of halide perovskite nanocrystals by focusing on their linear optical properties, on the effects of quantum confinement, and on the current knowledge of their exciton binding energies. We will also discuss the emergence of nonlinear phenomena such as multiphoton absorption, biexcitons, and carrier multiplication. Finally, we will discuss open questions and possible future directions.
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- Javad Shamsi
- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanospectroscopy
Group, Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Amalienstaße 54, 80799 Munich, Germany
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università
degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience and Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600AA Delft, The Netherlands
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Hofmann FJ, Bodnarchuk MI, Protesescu L, Kovalenko MV, Lupton JM, Vogelsang J. Exciton Gating and Triplet Deshelving in Single Dye Molecules Excited by Perovskite Nanocrystal FRET Antennae. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1055-1062. [PMID: 30789278 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The extraordinary absorption cross section and high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield of perovskite nanocrystals make this type of material attractive to a variety of applications in optoelectronics. For the same reasons, nanocrystals are also ideally suited to function as nanoantennae to excite nearby single dye molecules by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Here, we demonstrate that FAPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals, of cuboidal shape and approximately 10 nm in size, are capable of selectively exciting single cyanine 3 molecules at a concentration 100-fold higher than standard single-molecule concentrations. This FRET antenna mechanism increases the effective brightness of the single dye molecules 100-fold. Photon statistics and emission polarization measurements provide evidence for the FRET process by revealing photon antibunching with unprecedented fidelity and highly polarized emission stemming from single dye molecules. Remarkably, the quality of single-photon emission improves 1.5-fold compared to emission collected directly from the nanocrystals because the higher excited states of the dye molecule act as effective filters to multiexcitons. The same process gives rise to efficient deshelving of the molecular triplet state by reverse intersystem crossing (RISC), translating into a reduction of the PL saturation of the dye, thereby increasing the maximum achievable PL intensity of the dye by a factor of 3.
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- Felix J Hofmann
- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , 93053 Regensburg , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , Überlandstrasse 129 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , Überlandstrasse 129 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , Überlandstrasse 129 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , 93053 Regensburg , Germany
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- Department Chemie , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Butenandtstrasse 5-13 , 81377 München , Germany
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Utzat H, Sun W, Kaplan AEK, Krieg F, Ginterseder M, Spokoyny B, Klein ND, Shulenberger KE, Perkinson CF, Kovalenko MV, Bawendi MG. Coherent single-photon emission from colloidal lead halide perovskite quantum dots. Science 2019; 363:1068-1072. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aau7392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chemically made colloidal semiconductor quantum dots have long been proposed as scalable and color-tunable single emitters in quantum optics, but they have typically suffered from prohibitively incoherent emission. We now demonstrate that individual colloidal lead halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) display highly efficient single-photon emission with optical coherence times as long as 80 picoseconds, an appreciable fraction of their 210-picosecond radiative lifetimes. These measurements suggest that PQDs should be explored as building blocks in sources of indistinguishable single photons and entangled photon pairs. Our results present a starting point for the rational design of lead halide perovskite–based quantum emitters that have fast emission, wide spectral tunability, and scalable production and that benefit from the hybrid integration with nanophotonic components that has been demonstrated for colloidal materials.
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Forde A, Inerbaev T, Hobbie EK, Kilin DS. Excited-State Dynamics of a CsPbBr3 Nanocrystal Terminated with Binary Ligands: Sparse Density of States with Giant Spin–Orbit Coupling Suppresses Carrier Cooling. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:4388-4397. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- National University of Science and Technology MISIS, 4 Leninskiy pr., Moscow 119049, Russian Federation
- L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
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Liu Y, Liu M, Yin D, Zhu D, Swihart MT. A general and rapid room-temperature synthesis approach for metal sulphide nanocrystals with tunable properties. NANOSCALE 2018; 11:136-144. [PMID: 30525174 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr07483f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Colloidal metal sulphide (MS) nanocrystals (NCs) have recently attracted considerable attention because of their tunable properties that can be exploited in various physical, chemical and biological applications. In this work, we present a novel and general method for synthesis of monodispersed binary (CuS, Ag2S, CdS, PbS, and SnS), ternary (Ag-In-S, Cu-In-S and Cu-Sn-S) and quaternary (Cu-Zn-Sn-S) MS NCs. The synthesis is conducted at room temperature, with an immediate crystallization process and up to 60 seconds of growth time, enabling rapid synthesis without external heating. For some of the ternary and quaternary NCs produced with relatively low crystallinity, we then carried out a "colloidal annealing" process to improve their crystallinity without changing their composition. Moreover, we show that the morphology and optical properties of the NCs can be tuned by varying the concentration of precursors and reaction time. The shape evolution and photoluminescence of particular MS NCs were also studied. These results not only provide insights into the growth mechanisms of MS NCs, but also yield a generalized, low cost, and potentially scalable method to fabricate them.
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
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Wang Y, Zhi M, Chang YQ, Zhang JP, Chan Y. Stable, Ultralow Threshold Amplified Spontaneous Emission from CsPbBr 3 Nanoparticles Exhibiting Trion Gain. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:4976-4984. [PMID: 30011210 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Wet-chemically synthesized cesium lead halide nanoparticles have many attractive properties that make them promising as optical gain media, but generally suffer from poor stability under ambient conditions and an optical gain threshold that is widely believed to be dictated by the need for biexcitons. These conditions make it impractical for such particles to be utilized as gain media given the need to undergo repeated stimulated emission processes at above-threshold pump intensities over long periods of time. We demonstrate that the surface treatment of CsPbBr3 nanoparticles with a mixture of PbBr2, oleic acid, and oleylamine not only raises their fluorescence quantum yield to nearly unity and prolongs their stability in air from days to months, but it also dramatically increases their trion photoluminescence lifetime from ∼0.9 to ∼1.6 ns. Via a combination of time-resolved photoluminescence and transient absorption spectroscopy, we provide evidence for trion gain at sufficiently low pump intensities in which the likelihood of predominantly biexciton-based gain is small. We then show that, in line with theoretical prediction, the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) threshold of a thin film of surface-treated CsPbBr3 nanoparticles reduces to a record low of ∼1.2 μJ/cm2 with a corresponding average exciton occupancy per nanoparticle of 0.62. The ultralow pump threshold and increased stability allow for stable ASE over millions of laser shots, paving the way for the deployment of these nanoparticles as viable solution-processed optical gain media.
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- Yi Wang
- Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3 , Singapore 117543 , Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3 , Singapore 117543 , Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry , Renmin University of China , 59 Zhongguancun Street , Beijing 100872 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Renmin University of China , 59 Zhongguancun Street , Beijing 100872 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3 , Singapore 117543 , Singapore
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Shao H, Bai X, Pan G, Cui H, Zhu J, Zhai Y, Liu J, Dong B, Xu L, Song H. Highly efficient and stable blue-emitting CsPbBr 3@SiO 2 nanospheres through low temperature synthesis for nanoprinting and WLED. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:285706. [PMID: 29693553 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aac00b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Inorganic perovskite quantum dots (QDs) have attracted wide attention in display and solid-state lighting because of their easily tunable band-gaps and high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY) of green light emission. However, some drawbacks limit their practical applications, including the low PLQY of blue light emission and the instability in the moisture environment. In this work, efficient blue-light emitting CsPbBr3 perovskite QDs with PLQY of 72% were developed through a bandgap engineering approach. The achieved blue-light emitting PLQY is much higher than the values acquired in the inorganic perovskite QDs in the literature. And the emission color of the as-prepared QDs can be facially tuned by only adjusting the reaction temperature. Further, the mono-dispersed perovskite QDs@SiO2 composites were constructed benefiting from the low temperature synthesis. The optical performance of the QDs could be well persisted even in the moisture environment. Finally, the as-prepared QDs@SiO2 composite was fabricated as the QD ink on the anti-counterfeit printing technology, from which the obtained pattern would emit varied color under UV lamp. And the as-prepared composites was also applied for fabricating WLED, with Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) color coordinates of (0.33, 0.38) and power efficiency of 32.5 lm W-1, demonstrating their promising potentials in solid-state lighting.
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- He Shao
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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Lignos I, Morad V, Shynkarenko Y, Bernasconi C, Maceiczyk RM, Protesescu L, Bertolotti F, Kumar S, Ochsenbein ST, Masciocchi N, Guagliardi A, Shih CJ, Bodnarchuk MI, deMello AJ, Kovalenko MV. Exploration of Near-Infrared-Emissive Colloidal Multinary Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Using an Automated Microfluidic Platform. ACS NANO 2018; 12:5504-5517. [PMID: 29754493 PMCID: PMC6024237 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Hybrid organic-inorganic and fully inorganic lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have recently emerged as versatile solution-processable light-emitting and light-harvesting optoelectronic materials. A particularly difficult challenge lies in warranting the practical utility of such semiconductor NCs in the red and infrared spectral regions. In this context, all three archetypal A-site monocationic perovskites-CH3NH3PbI3, CH(NH2)2PbI3, and CsPbI3-suffer from either chemical or thermodynamic instabilities in their bulk form. A promising approach toward the mitigation of these challenges lies in the formation of multinary compositions (mixed cation and mixed anion). In the case of multinary colloidal NCs, such as quinary Cs xFA1- xPb(Br1- yI y)3 NCs, the outcome of the synthesis is defined by a complex interplay between the bulk thermodynamics of the solid solutions, crystal surface energies, energetics, dynamics of capping ligands, and the multiple effects of the reagents in solution. Accordingly, the rational synthesis of such NCs is a formidable challenge. Herein, we show that droplet-based microfluidics can successfully tackle this problem and synthesize Cs xFA1- xPbI3 and Cs xFA1- xPb(Br1- yI y)3 NCs in both a time- and cost-efficient manner. Rapid in situ photoluminescence and absorption measurements allow for thorough parametric screening, thereby permitting precise optical engineering of these NCs. In this showcase study, we fine-tune the photoluminescence maxima of such multinary NCs between 700 and 800 nm, minimize their emission line widths (to below 40 nm), and maximize their photoluminescence quantum efficiencies (up to 89%) and phase/chemical stabilities. Detailed structural analysis revealed that the Cs xFA1- xPb(Br1- yI y)3 NCs adopt a cubic perovskite structure of FAPbI3, with iodide anions partially substituted by bromide ions. Most importantly, we demonstrate the excellent transference of reaction parameters from microfluidics to a conventional flask-based environment, thereby enabling up-scaling and further implementation in optoelectronic devices. As an example, Cs xFA1- xPb(Br1- yI y)3 NCs with an emission maximum at 735 nm were integrated into light-emitting diodes, exhibiting a high external quantum efficiency of 5.9% and a very narrow electroluminescence spectral bandwidth of 27 nm.
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- Ioannis Lignos
- Institute for Chemical
and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical
and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical
and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia
and To.Sca.Lab, Università dell’Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, I-22100 Como, Italy
- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Institute for Chemical
and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia
and To.Sca.Lab, Università dell’Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, I-22100 Como, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, and To.Sca.Lab, via Valleggio 11, I-22100 Como, Italy
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- Institute for Chemical
and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- E-mail:
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- Institute for Chemical
and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- E-mail:
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- E-mail:
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Malgras V, Henzie J, Takei T, Yamauchi Y. Stable Blue Luminescent CsPbBr3
Perovskite Nanocrystals Confined in Mesoporous Thin Films. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Victor Malgras
- International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) & International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) & International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) & International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Qingdao University of Science and Technology; Qingdao 266042 China
- Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources; Kyung Hee University; 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu Yongin-si Gyeonggi-do 446-701 South Korea
- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for, Bioengineering and Nanotechnology; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Australia
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Malgras V, Henzie J, Takei T, Yamauchi Y. Stable Blue Luminescent CsPbBr3
Perovskite Nanocrystals Confined in Mesoporous Thin Films. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:8881-8885. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Victor Malgras
- International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) & International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) & International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) & International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Qingdao University of Science and Technology; Qingdao 266042 China
- Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources; Kyung Hee University; 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu Yongin-si Gyeonggi-do 446-701 South Korea
- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for, Bioengineering and Nanotechnology; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Australia
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Seiler H, Palato S, Sonnichsen C, Baker H, Kambhampati P. Seeing Multiexcitons through Sample Inhomogeneity: Band-Edge Biexciton Structure in CdSe Nanocrystals Revealed by Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:2999-3006. [PMID: 29589448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
The electronic structure of multiexcitons significantly impacts the performance of nanostructures in lasing and light-emitting applications. However, these multiexcitons remain poorly understood due to their complexity arising from many-body physics. Standard transient-absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopies are unable to unambiguously distinguish effects of sample inhomogeneity from exciton-biexciton interactions. Here, we exploit the energy and time resolution of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy to access the electronic structure of the band-edge biexciton in colloidal CdSe quantum dots. By removing effects of inhomogeneities, we show that the band-edge biexciton structure must consist of a discrete manifold of electronic states. Furthermore, the biexciton states within the manifold feature distinctive binding energies. Our findings have direct implications for optical gain thresholds and efficiency droop in light-emitting devices and provide experimental measures of many-body physics in nanostructures.
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- Hélène Seiler
- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3A 0B8 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3A 0B8 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3A 0B8 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3A 0B8 , Canada
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Yumoto G, Tahara H, Kawawaki T, Saruyama M, Sato R, Teranishi T, Kanemitsu Y. Hot Biexciton Effect on Optical Gain in CsPbI 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:2222-2228. [PMID: 29644864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Combining the superior optical properties of their bulk counterparts with quantum confinement effects, lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are unique laser materials with low-threshold optical gain. In such nonlinear optical regimes, multiple excitons are generated in the nanocrystals and strongly affect the optical gain through many-body interactions. Here, we investigate the exciton-exciton interactions in CsPbI3 nanocrystals by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. From the analysis of the induced absorption signal observed immediately after the pump excitation, we estimated the binding energy for the hot biexcitons that are composed of an exciton at the band edge and a hot exciton generated by the pump pulse. We found that the exciton-exciton interaction becomes stronger for hot excitons with greater excess energies and that the optical gain can be controlled by changing the excess energy of the hot excitons.
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- Go Yumoto
- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research , Kyoto University , Uji , Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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Akkerman QA, Rainò G, Kovalenko MV, Manna L. Genesis, challenges and opportunities for colloidal lead halide perovskite nanocrystals. NATURE MATERIALS 2018; 17:394-405. [PMID: 29459748 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0018-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 774] [Impact Index Per Article: 129.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) in the form of nanometre-sized colloidal crystals, or nanocrystals (NCs), have attracted the attention of diverse materials scientists due to their unique optical versatility, high photoluminescence quantum yields and facile synthesis. LHP NCs have a 'soft' and predominantly ionic lattice, and their optical and electronic properties are highly tolerant to structural defects and surface states. Therefore, they cannot be approached with the same experimental mindset and theoretical framework as conventional semiconductor NCs. In this Review, we discuss LHP NCs historical and current research pursuits, challenges in applications, and the related present and future mitigation strategies explored.
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- Quinten A Akkerman
- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience and Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
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