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Stroyuk O, Raievska O, Zahn DRT, Brabec CJ. Exploring Highly Efficient Broadband Self-Trapped-Exciton Luminophors: from 0D to 3D Materials. CHEM REC 2024; 24:e202300241. [PMID: 37728189 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The review summarizes our recent reports on brightly-emitting materials with varied dimensionality (3D, 2D, 0D) synthesized using "green" chemistry and exhibiting highly efficient photoluminescence (PL) originating from self-trapped exciton (STE) states. The discussion starts with 0D emitters, in particular, ternary indium-based colloidal quantum dots, continues with 2D materials, focusing on single-layer polyheptazine carbon nitride, and further evolves to 3D luminophores, the latter exemplified by lead-free double halide perovskites. The review shows the broadband STE PL to be an inherent feature of many materials produced in mild conditions by "green" chemistry, outlining PL features general for these STE emitters and differences in their photophysical properties. The review is concluded with an outlook on the challenges in the field of STE PL emission and the most promising venues for future research.
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- Oleksandr Stroyuk
- Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Semiconductor Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107, Chemnitz, Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures, and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Zhang B, Liang Q, Yong X, Wu H, Chu Z, Ma Y, Brovelli S, Manna L, Lu S. Facet-Defect Tolerant Bi-Doped Cs 2Ag xNa 1-xInCl 6 Nanoplatelets with a Near-Unity Photoluminescence Quantum Yield. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9050-9055. [PMID: 37756015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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We report the colloidal synthesis of Bi-doped Cs2AgxNa1-xInCl6 double perovskite nanoplatelets (NPLs) exhibiting a near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), a record emission efficiency for nanoscale lead-free metal halides. A combination of optical spectroscopies revealed that nonradiative decay processes in the NPL were suppressed, indicating a well-passivated surface. By comparison, nanocubes with the same composition and surface ligands as the NPLs had a PLQY of only 40%. According to our calculations, the type of trap states arising from the presence of surface defects depends on their specific location: defects located on the facets of nanocubes generate only shallow traps, while those at the edges result in deep traps. In NPLs, due to their extended basal facets, most of the surface defects are facet defects. This so-called facet-defect tolerant behavior of double perovskites explains the more efficient optical emission of NPLs compared to that of nanocubes.
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- Baowei Zhang
- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology and Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology and Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, I-20126 Milan, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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Cosseddu S, Pascazio R, Giansante C, Manna L, Infante I. Ligand dynamics on the surface of CdSe nanocrystals. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:7410-7419. [PMID: 36976580 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06681e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Synthesis protocols of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) comprise the coordination of the semiconductive inorganic core by a layer of organic ligands, which play a crucial role in stabilizing the NCs in organic solvents. Understanding the distribution, binding and mobility of ligands on the different NC facets is key to prevent the formation of surface defects and to optimize the overall optoelectronic efficiency of these materials. In this paper, we employed classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to shed light on the plausible locations, binding modes and mobilities of carboxylate ligands on the different facets of CdSe nanocrystals. Our results suggest that these features are influenced by the temperature of the system and the coordination number of the surface (Cd and Se) atoms. High ligand mobilities and structural rearrangements are linked to a low coordination of the Cd atoms. Undercoordinated Se atoms, which are considered the culprit of hole trap states in the bandgap of the material, are instead found to spontaneously form on the nanosecond timescale, making them likely candidates for an efficient photoluminescence quenching mechanism.
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- Salvatore Cosseddu
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia CNR-NANOTEC, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, Leioa 48940, Spain.
- Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48009, Spain
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Cuadra L, Salcedo-Sanz S, Nieto-Borge JC. Carrier Transport in Colloidal Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cell Materials Using Network Science. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:3797. [PMID: 36835214 PMCID: PMC9960920 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have been proposed to obtain intermediate band (IB) materials. The IB solar cell can absorb sub-band-gap photons via an isolated IB within the gap, generating extra electron-hole pairs that increase the current without degrading the voltage, as has been demonstrated experimentally for real cells. In this paper, we model the electron hopping transport (HT) as a network embedded in space and energy so that a node represents the first excited electron state localized in a CQD while a link encodes the Miller-Abrahams (MA) hopping rate for the electron to hop from one node (=state) to another, forming an "electron-HT network". Similarly, we model the hole-HT system as a network so that a node encodes the first hole state localized in a CQD while a link represents the MA hopping rate for the hole to hop between nodes, leading to a "hole-HT network". The associated network Laplacian matrices allow for studying carrier dynamics in both networks. Our simulations suggest that reducing both the carrier effective mass in the ligand and the inter-dot distance increases HT efficiency. We have found a design constraint: It is necessary for the average barrier height to be larger than the energetic disorder to not degrade intra-band absorption.
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- Lucas Cuadra
- Department of Signal Processing and Communications, University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Signal Processing and Communications, University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain
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Stroyuk O, Raievska O, Hauch J, Brabec CJ. Doping/Alloying Pathways to Lead-Free Halide Perovskites with Ultimate Photoluminescence Quantum Yields. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202212668. [PMID: 36223136 PMCID: PMC10108288 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tailored modifications of halide lead-free perovskites (LFPs) via doping/alloying with metal cations have been recognized as a promising pathway to highly efficient inorganic phosphors with photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields of up to 100 %. Such materials typically display selective sensitivity to UV light, a broad PL range, and long PL lifetimes as well as a unique compositional variability and stability-an ideal combination for many light-harvesting applications. This Minireview presents the state-of-the-art in doped LFPs, focusing on the reports published mostly in the last two to three years. We discuss the factors determining the efficiency and spectral parameters of the broadband PL of doped LFPs depending on the dopant and host matrix, both in micro- and nanocrystalline states, address the most relevant challenges this rapidly developing research area is facing, and outline the most promising concepts for further progress in this field.
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- Oleksandr Stroyuk
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Immerwahrstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Immerwahrstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Immerwahrstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Martensstrasse 7, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Immerwahrstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Martensstrasse 7, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Liu Z, Zito J, Ghini M, Goldoni L, Prato M, Bahmani Jalali H, Infante I, De Trizio L, Manna L. Alloying Bi-Doped Cs 2Ag 1-xNa xInCl 6 Nanocrystals with K + Cations Modulates Surface Ligands Density and Photoluminescence Efficiency. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8567-8573. [PMID: 36288498 PMCID: PMC9650775 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We show how, in the synthesis of yellow-emissive Bi-doped Cs2Ag1-xNaxInCl6 double perovskite nanocrystals (NCs), preventing the transient formation of Ag0 particles increases the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of the NCs from ∼30% to ∼60%. Calculations indicate that the presence of even a single Ag0 species on the surface of a NC introduces deep trap states. The PL efficiency of these NCs is further increased to ∼70% by partial replacement of Na+ with K+ ions, up to a 7% K content, due to a lattice expansion that promotes a more favorable ligands packing on the NC surface, hence better surface passivation. A further increase in K+ lowers the PLQY, due to both the activation of nonradiative quenching channels and a lower oscillator strength of the BiCl6→AgCl6 transition (through which PL emission occurs). The work indicates how a deeper understanding of parameters influencing carrier trapping/relaxation can boost the PLQY of double perovskites NCs.
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- Zheming Liu
- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, 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, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, 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, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Functional Nanosystems, Materials Characterization, and Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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van Beek B, Zito J, Visscher L, Infante I. CAT: A Compound Attachment Tool for the Construction of Composite Chemical Compounds. J Chem Inf Model 2022; 62:5525-5535. [PMID: 36314636 PMCID: PMC9976287 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The continuous improvement of computer architectures allows for the simulation of molecular systems of growing sizes. However, such calculations still require the input of initial structures, which are also becoming increasingly complex. In this work, we present CAT, a Compound Attachment Tool (source code available at https://github.com/nlesc-nano/CAT) and Python package for the automatic construction of composite chemical compounds, which supports the functionalization of organic, inorganic, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The CAT workflow consists in defining the anchoring sites on the reference material, usually a large molecular system denoted as a scaffold, and on the molecular species that are attached to it, i.e., the ligands. Usually, ligands are pre-optimized in a conformation biased toward more linear structures to minimize interligand(s) steric interactions, a bias that is important when multiple ligands are attached onto the scaffold. The resulting superstructure(s) are then stored in various formats that can be used afterward in quantum chemical calculations or classical force field-based simulations.
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- Bas van Beek
- Division
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1083, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università
degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, Genova 16146, Italy,Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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- Division
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1083, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands,
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy,BCMaterials,
Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, Leioa 48940, Spain,Ikerbasque
Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao 48009, Spain,
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Wang S, Qi J, Kershaw SV, Rogach AL. Co-Doping of Cerium and Bismuth into Lead-Free Double Perovskite Cs 2AgInCl 6 Nanocrystals Results in Improved Photoluminescence Efficiency. ACS NANOSCIENCE AU 2022; 2:93-101. [PMID: 37181242 PMCID: PMC10168654 DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Lead-free double cation metal halide perovskites have recently attracted considerable attention, with continuing research efforts focusing on the improvement of their stability and photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY). In this study, Ce3+ has been co-doped together with Bi3+ into lead-free double perovskite Cs2AgInCl6 nanocrystals (NCs) in order to improve their crystallinity and PL QY. Both uncoordinated chloride ions and silver vacancies could be eliminated using this co-doping strategy, and the resulting Ce3+,Bi3+-co-doped Cs2AgInCl6 NCs showed adjustable PL emission peaks in the range of 589 to 577 nm by varying the doping amount of Ce3+ with a fixed feeding ratio of bismuth precursor set at 1%. Cs2AgInCl6 NCs doped with 1% Bi alone reached a PL QY of 10% for the PL peak centered at 591 nm, while those co-doped with 1% Bi and 2% Ce together achieved the highest PL QY of 26% for the PL peak centered at 580 nm. The use of Ce3+ as a dopant promoted the localization of self-trapped excitons to prevent PL quenching, although the ion's 5d excited state may potentially provide an energetically favorable indirect route for the radiative relaxation process. This also resulted in a blue shift of the PL maximum and increased the exciton binding energy, thus promoting the radiative recombination of self-trapped excitons.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong S.A.R. 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong S.A.R. 999077, P. R. China
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Das Adhikari S, Echeverría-Arrondo C, Sánchez RS, Chirvony VS, Martínez-Pastor JP, Agouram S, Muñoz-Sanjosé V, Mora-Seró I. White light emission from lead-free mixed-cation doped Cs 2SnCl 6 nanocrystals. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:1468-1479. [PMID: 35023511 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06255g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We have designed a synthesis procedure to obtain Cs2SnCl6 nanocrystals (NCs) doped with metal ion(s) to emit visible light. Cs2SnCl6 NCs doped with Bi3+, Te4+ and Sb3+ ions emitted blue, yellow and red light, respectively. In addition, NCs simultaneously doped with Bi3+ and Te4+ ions were synthesized in a single run. Combination of both dopant ions together gives rise to the white emission. The photoluminescence quantum yields of the blue, yellow and white emissions are up to 26.5, 28, and 16.6%, respectively under excitation at 350, 390, and 370 nm. Pure white-light emission with CIE chromaticity coordinates of (0.32, 0.33) and (0.32, 0.32) at 340 and 370 nm excitation wavelength, respectively, was obtained. The as-prepared NCs were found to demonstrate a long-time stability, resistance to humidity, and an ability to be well-dispersed in polar solvents without property degradation due to their hydrophilicity, which could be of significant interest for wide application purposes.
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- Samrat Das Adhikari
- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I. Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n 12006, Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I. Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n 12006, Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I. Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n 12006, Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universitat de Valencia, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universitat de Valencia, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism, University of Valencia, Valencia 46100, Spain
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER), Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI, Valencia 46010, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism, University of Valencia, Valencia 46100, Spain
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER), Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI, Valencia 46010, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I. Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n 12006, Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
- Materials for Renewable Energy (MAER), Unitat Mixta d'Investigació UV-UJI, Valencia 46010, Spain
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Zaccaria F, Zhang B, Goldoni L, Imran M, Zito J, van Beek B, Lauciello S, De Trizio L, Manna L, Infante I. The Reactivity of CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals toward Acid/Base Ligands. ACS NANO 2022; 16:1444-1455. [PMID: 35005882 PMCID: PMC8793808 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The interaction of lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals with charged ligands, such as salts, zwitterions, or acid-base pairs, has been extensively documented over the past few years. On the other hand, little is known about the reactivity of perovskite nanocrystals toward neutral ligands. To fill this gap, in this work we study the interaction of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals passivated with didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDABr) toward a series of exogenous acid/base ligands using a combined computational and experimental approach. Our analysis indicates that DDABr-capped nanocrystals are inert toward most ligands, except for carboxylic, phosphonic, and sulfonic acids. In agreement with the calculations, our experimental results indicate that the higher the acidity of the ligands employed in the treatment, the more etching is observed. In detail, dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (pKa = -1.8) is found to etch the nanocrystals, causing their complete degradation. On the other hand, oleic and oleylphosphonic acids (pKa 9.9 and 2, respectively) interact with surface-bound DDA molecules, causing their displacement as DDABr in various amounts, which can be as high as 40% (achieved with oleylphosphonic acid). Despite the stripping of DDA ligands, the optical properties of the nanocrystals, as well as structure and morphology, remain substantially unaffected, empirically demonstrating the defect tolerance characterizing such materials. Our study provides not only a clear overview on the interaction between perovskite nanocrystals and neutral ligands but also presents an effective ligand stripping strategy.
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- Francesco Zaccaria
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, 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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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, 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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- Department
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Department
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ahmad R, Zdražil L, Kalytchuk S, Naldoni A, Rogach AL, Schmuki P, Zboril R, Kment Š. Uncovering the Role of Trioctylphosphine on Colloidal and Emission Stability of Sb-Alloyed Cs 2NaInCl 6 Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:47845-47859. [PMID: 34582162 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c10782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Doping and compositional tuning of Cs2AInCl6 (A = Ag, Na) double perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) is considered a promising strategy toward the development of light-emitting sources for applications in solution-processed optoelectronic devices. Oleic acid and oleylamine are by far the most often used surface capping ligands for PNCs. However, the undesirable desorption of these ligands due to proton-exchange reaction during isolation and purification processing results in colloidal and structural instabilities. Thus, the improvement of colloidal and optical stability of PNCs represents one of the greatest challenges in the field. Here, we report a trioctylphosphine-mediated synthesis and purification method toward Sb-alloyed Cs2NaInCl6 PNCs with excellent stability and optical features. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy enabled one to explain the role of trioctylphosphine and to reveal the reaction mechanism during crystal nucleation and growth. Under the optimized reaction conditions, in situ-generated trioctylphosphonium chloride and benzoyl trioctylphosphonium chloride serve as highly reactive halide sources, while benzoyl trioctylphosphonium and oleylammonium cations together with the oleate anion serve as surface capping ligands, which are bound strongly to the PNC surface. The tightly bound ionic pair of oleylammonium oleate and benzoyl trioctylphosphonium chloride/oleate ligands allows one to obtain monodispersed bright-blue-emitting PNCs with high photoluminescence quantum yields exceeding 50% at an optimum Sb content (0.5%), which also exhibit long-term colloidal stability. The approach based on dual cationic ligand passivation of double PNCs opens the doors for applications in other systems with a potential to achieve higher stability along with superior optical properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Razi Ahmad
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Center for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion WW4-LKO, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, Poruba, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelu 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, Poruba, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Dey A, Ye J, De A, Debroye E, Ha SK, Bladt E, Kshirsagar AS, Wang Z, Yin J, Wang Y, Quan LN, Yan F, Gao M, Li X, Shamsi J, Debnath T, Cao M, Scheel MA, Kumar S, Steele JA, Gerhard M, Chouhan L, Xu K, Wu XG, Li Y, Zhang Y, Dutta A, Han C, Vincon I, Rogach AL, Nag A, Samanta A, Korgel BA, Shih CJ, Gamelin DR, Son DH, Zeng H, Zhong H, Sun H, Demir HV, Scheblykin IG, Mora-Seró I, Stolarczyk JK, Zhang JZ, Feldmann J, Hofkens J, Luther JM, Pérez-Prieto J, Li L, Manna L, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Roeffaers MBJ, Pradhan N, Mohammed OF, Bakr OM, Yang P, Müller-Buschbaum P, Kamat PV, Bao Q, Zhang Q, Krahne R, Galian RE, Stranks SD, Bals S, Biju V, Tisdale WA, Yan Y, Hoye RLZ, Polavarapu L. State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2021; 15:10775-10981. [PMID: 34137264 PMCID: PMC8482768 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 124.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Metal-halide perovskites have rapidly emerged as one of the most promising materials of the 21st century, with many exciting properties and great potential for a broad range of applications, from photovoltaics to optoelectronics and photocatalysis. The ease with which metal-halide perovskites can be synthesized in the form of brightly luminescent colloidal nanocrystals, as well as their tunable and intriguing optical and electronic properties, has attracted researchers from different disciplines of science and technology. In the last few years, there has been a significant progress in the shape-controlled synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals and understanding of their properties and applications. In this comprehensive review, researchers having expertise in different fields (chemistry, physics, and device engineering) of metal-halide perovskite nanocrystals have joined together to provide a state of the art overview and future prospects of metal-halide perovskite nanocrystal research.
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Grants
- from U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- European Research Council under the European Unionâ??s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (HYPERION)
- Ministry of Education - Singapore
- FLAG-ERA JTC2019 project PeroGas.
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy
- EPSRC
- iBOF funding
- Agencia Estatal de Investigaci�ón, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci�ón y Universidades
- National Research Foundation Singapore
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Croucher Foundation
- US NSF
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- National Science Foundation
- Royal Society and Tata Group
- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China
- Research 12210 Foundation?Flanders
- Japan International Cooperation Agency
- Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain under Project STABLE
- Generalitat Valenciana via Prometeo Grant Q-Devices
- VetenskapsrÃÂ¥det
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- KU Leuven
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- Generalitat Valenciana
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Ministerio de EconomÃÂa y Competitividad
- Royal Academy of Engineering
- Hercules Foundation
- China Association for Science and Technology
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- Welch Foundation
- Vlaamse regering
- European Commission
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst
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Affiliation(s)
- Amrita Dey
- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- School of
Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- EMAT, University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan
171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- NANOlab Center
of Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
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- School
of
Science and Technology for Optoelectronic Information ,Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong Province 264005, China
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- Division
of Physical Science and Engineering, King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- CINBIO,
Universidade de Vigo, Materials Chemistry
and Physics group, Departamento de Química Física, Campus Universitario As Lagoas,
Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center, King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- MIIT Key
Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Institute of
Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science
and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science
and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- LUMINOUS!
Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI-The
Photonics Institute, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
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- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- MIIT Key
Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Institute of
Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science
and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science
and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
| | - Tushar Debnath
- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory
for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Lehrstuhl
für Funktionelle Materialien, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH-Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- MACS Department
of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund Lund University, PO Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Graduate
School of Environmental Science and Research Institute for Electronic
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
- Multiscale
Crystal Materials Research Center, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced
Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems,
School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian
District, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, and Centre for Functional Photonics
(CFP), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R.
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1062, United States
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, and Centre for Functional Photonics
(CFP), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
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- School of
Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1062, United States
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- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH-Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- MIIT Key
Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Institute of
Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science
and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science
and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems,
School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian
District, Beijing 100081, China
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- Division
of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
- Centre
for Disruptive Photonic Technologies (CDPT), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
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- LUMINOUS!
Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI-The
Photonics Institute, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
- Division
of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
- Department
of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics,
UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund Lund University, PO Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I, 12071 Castelló, Spain
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- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Max Planck
Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Institute
of Molecular Science, University of Valencia, c/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, Paterna, Valencia 46980, Spain
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- School
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry and § Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering,
Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, ETH Zurich, Vladimir
Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa−Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry and § Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering,
Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, ETH Zurich, Vladimir
Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa−Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
| | - Omar F. Mohammed
- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center, King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- KAUST Catalysis
Center, King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
| | - Osman M. Bakr
- Division
of Physical Science and Engineering, King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center, King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli
Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Peter Müller-Buschbaum
- Lehrstuhl
für Funktionelle Materialien, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz
Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität
München, Lichtenbergstr. 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - Prashant V. Kamat
- Notre Dame
Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
| | - Qiaoliang Bao
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering and ARC Centre of Excellence
in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET), Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - Qiao Zhang
- Institute
of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory
for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
| | - Roman Krahne
- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
| | - Raquel E. Galian
- School
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - Samuel D. Stranks
- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom
| | - Sara Bals
- EMAT, University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan
171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- NANOlab Center
of Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Graduate
School of Environmental Science and Research Institute for Electronic
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department
of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
- CINBIO,
Universidade de Vigo, Materials Chemistry
and Physics group, Departamento de Química Física, Campus Universitario As Lagoas,
Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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Zhu D, Zaffalon ML, Zito J, Cova F, Meinardi F, De Trizio L, Infante I, Brovelli S, Manna L. Sb-Doped Metal Halide Nanocrystals: A 0D versus 3D Comparison. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2021; 6:2283-2292. [PMID: 34307878 PMCID: PMC8294020 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
We synthesize colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) of Rb3InCl6, composed of isolated metal halide octahedra ("0D"), and of Cs2NaInCl6 and Cs2KInCl6 double perovskites, where all octahedra share corners and are interconnected ("3D"), with the aim to elucidate and compare their optical features once doped with Sb3+ ions. Our optical and computational analyses evidence that the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of all these systems is consistently lower than that of the corresponding bulk materials due to the presence of deep surface traps from under-coordinated halide ions. Also, Sb-doped "0D" Rb3InCl6 NCs exhibit a higher PLQY than Sb-doped "3D" Cs2NaInCl6 and Cs2KInCl6 NCs, most likely because excitons responsible for the PL emission migrate to the surface faster in 3D NCs than in 0D NCs. We also observe that all these systems feature a large Stokes shift (varying from system to system), a feature that should be of interest for applications in photon management and scintillation technologies. Scintillation properties are evaluated via radioluminescence experiments, and re-absorption-free waveguiding performance in large-area plastic scintillators is assessed using Monte Carlo ray-tracing simulations.
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- Dongxu Zhu
- Nanochemistry
Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università
degli Studi di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
| | - Luca De Trizio
- Nanochemistry
Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163 Genova, Italy
| | - Sergio Brovelli
- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Abstract
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Next-generation colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals featuring
enhanced optoelectronic properties and processability are expected
to arise from complete mastering of the nanocrystals’ surface
characteristics, attained by a rational engineering of the passivating
ligands. This aspect is highly challenging, as it underlies a detailed
understanding of the critical chemical processes that occur at the
nanocrystal–ligand–solvent interface, a task that is
prohibitive because of the limited number of nanocrystal syntheses
that could be tried in the lab, where only a few dozen of the commercially
available starting ligands can actually be explored. However, this
challenging goal can be addressed nowadays by combining experiments
with atomistic calculations and machine learning algorithms. In the
last decades we indeed witnessed major advances in the development
and application of computational software dedicated to the solution
of the electronic structure problem as well as the expansion of tools
to improve the sampling and analysis in classical molecular dynamics
simulations. More recently, this progress has also embraced the integration
of machine learning in computational chemistry and in the discovery
of new drugs. We expect that soon this plethora of computational tools
will have a formidable impact also in the field of colloidal semiconductor
nanocrystals. In this Account, we present some of the most recent developments
in the atomistic description of colloidal nanocrystals. In particular,
we show how our group has been developing a set of programs interfaced
with available computational chemistry software packages that allow
the thermodynamic controlling factors in the nanocrystal surface chemistry
to be captured atomistically by including explicit solvent molecules,
ligands, and nanocrystal sizes that match the experiments. At the
same time, we are also setting up an infrastructure to automate the
efficient execution of thousands of calculations that will enable
the collection of sufficient data to be processed by machine learning. To fully capture the power of these computational tools in the
chemistry of colloidal nanocrystals, we decided to embed the thermodynamics
behind the dissolution/precipitation of nanocrystal–ligand
complexes in organic solvents and the crucial process of binding/detachment
of ligands at the nanocrystal surface into a unique chemical framework.
We show that formalizing this mechanism with a computational bird’s
eye view helps in deducing the critical factors that govern the stabilization
of colloidal dispersions of nanocrystals in an organic solvent as
well as the definition of those key parameters that need to be calculated
to manipulate surface ligands. This approach has the ultimate goal
of engineering surface ligands in silico, anticipating and driving
the experiments in the lab.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juliette Zito
- Department of Nanochemistry, 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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- Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Tang H, Xu Y, Hu X, Hu Q, Chen T, Jiang W, Wang L, Jiang W. Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Applications: Strategies for Boosting Efficiency and Stability. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2004118. [PMID: 33854898 PMCID: PMC8025037 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
Lead-free halide double perovskite (HDP) nanocrystals are considered as one of the most promising alternatives to the lead halide perovskite nanocrystals due to their unique characteristics of nontoxicity, robust intrinsic thermodynamic stability, rich and tunable optoelectronic properties. Although lead-free HDP variants with highly efficient emission are synthesized and characterized, the photoluminescent (PL) properties of colloidal HDP nanocrystals still have enormous challenges for application in light-emitting diode (LED) devices due to their intrinsic and surface defects, indirect band, and disallowable optical transitions. Herein, recent progress on the synthetic strategies, ligands passivation, and metal doping/alloying for boosting efficiency and stability of HDP nanocrystals is comprehensive summarized. It begins by introducing the crystalline structure, electronic structure, and PL mechanism of lead-free HDPs. Next, the limiting factors on PL properties and origins of instability are analyzed, followed by highlighting the effects of synthesis strategies, ligands passivation, and metal doping/alloying on the PL properties and stability of the HDPs. Then, their preliminary applications for LED devices are emphasized. Finally, the challenges and prospects concerning the development of highly efficient and stable HDP nanocrystals-based LED devices in the future are proposed.
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- Huidong Tang
- School of Material Science and EngineeringJingdezhen Ceramic InstituteJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringJingdezhen Ceramic InstituteJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glasses Manufacturing TechnologyMinistry of EducationDonghua UniversityShanghai201620P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringJingdezhen Ceramic InstituteJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringJingdezhen Ceramic InstituteJingdezhen333001P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Domestic and Building CeramicsJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringJingdezhen Ceramic InstituteJingdezhen333001P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Domestic and Building CeramicsJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glasses Manufacturing TechnologyMinistry of EducationDonghua UniversityShanghai201620P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Domestic and Building CeramicsJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glasses Manufacturing TechnologyMinistry of EducationDonghua UniversityShanghai201620P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Domestic and Building CeramicsJingdezhen333001P. R. China
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- Ying Liu
- The Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune 411008 India
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- Nanochemistry Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Morego 30 16163 Genova Italy
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- The Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China
- The State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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Liu Y, Nag A, Manna L, Xia Z. Lead‐Free Double Perovskite Cs
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6. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11592-11603. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Revised: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ying Liu
- The Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune 411008 India
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- Nanochemistry Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Morego 30 16163 Genova Italy
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- The Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China
- The State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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Infante I, Manna L. Are There Good Alternatives to Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals? NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6-9. [PMID: 33347308 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- Ivan Infante
- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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Tang Y, Tang S, Luo M, Guo Y, Zheng Y, Lou Y, Zhao Y. All-inorganic lead-free metal halide perovskite quantum dots: progress and prospects. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7465-7479. [PMID: 34259252 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01783g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lead halide perovskite quantum dots have drawn worldwide attention due to their quantum confinement effect and excellent optical gain properties. It is worth noting that due to the toxicity of lead ions and the inherent instability of organic groups, research on all-inorganic lead-free metal halide perovskite quantum dots (ILFHPQDs) has become a hot spot in recent years. This paper summarizes the latest research progress of ILFHPQDs, analyzes the sources and limitations affecting the performance of ILFHPQDs, and provides the improvement methods. Firstly, the typical synthesis strategies of ILFHPQDs are discussed, followed by a focus on the structural characteristics, optoelectronic properties and stability of each type of ILFHPQD. Next, the applications of ILFHPQDs in devices are investigated. Finally, the challenges, solutions and future application directions of ILFHPQDs are prospected.
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- Yuanqian Tang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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