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Swift MW, Sercel PC, Efros AL, Lyons JL, Norris DJ. Identification of Semiconductor Nanocrystals with Bright Ground-State Excitons. ACS NANO 2024. [PMID: 39037050 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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While semiconductor nanocrystals provide versatile fluorescent materials for light-emitting devices, their brightness suffers from the "dark exciton"─an optically inactive electronic state into which nanocrystals relax before emitting. Recently, a theoretical mechanism, the Rashba effect, was discovered that can overcome this limitation by inverting the lowest-lying levels and creating a bright excitonic ground state. However, no methodology is available to systematically identify materials that exhibit this inversion, hindering the development of superbright nanocrystals and their devices. Here, based on a detailed understanding of the Rashba mechanism, we demonstrate a procedure that reveals previously unknown "bright-exciton" nanocrystals. We first define physical criteria to reduce over 500,000 known solids to 173 targets. Higher-level first-principles calculations then refine this list to 28 candidates. From these, we select five with high oscillator strength and develop effective-mass models to determine the nature of their lowest excitonic state. We confirm that four of the five solids yield bright ground-state excitons in nanocrystals. Thus, our results provide a badly needed roadmap for experimental investigation of bright-exciton nanomaterials.
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- Michael W Swift
- Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia 20375, United States
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- Center for Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia 20375, United States
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- Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia 20375, United States
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- Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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Savchenko S, Vokhmintsev A, Karabanalov M, Zhang Y, Henaish A, Neogi A, Weinstein I. Thermally assisted optical processes in InP/ZnS quantum dots. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:18727-18740. [PMID: 38934056 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03931e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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The utilization of InP-based biocompatible quantum dots (QDs) necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the structure-dependent characteristics influencing their optical behavior. The optimization of core/shell QDs for practical applications is of particular interest due to their reduced toxicity, enhanced photostability, and improved luminescence efficiency. This optimization involves analyzing thermally activated processes involving exciton and defect-related energy levels. This study investigates water-soluble colloidal InP/ZnS QDs with varying shell thicknesses and stabilizing coatings using temperature-dependent optical absorption (OA) and photoluminescence (PL). Our results indicate that all samples experience temperature-induced shifts in exciton absorption and luminescence peaks due to interactions with acoustic phonons. Despite the wide size distribution of nanocrystals, the halfwidth of the bands remains constant. We observe a temperature-dependent Stokes shift in InP/ZnS QDs, revealing the fine structure of exciton states across different configurations. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate common mechanisms underlying PL thermal quenching in these QDs, regardless of the shell thickness or coating type. Specifically, defect-related emissions arise from localized energy levels at the core/shell interface. At the same time, exciton PL quenching primarily occurs through thermally activated electron migration from the InP core to the ZnS shell. Overall, our study highlights the potential for tailoring the temperature response of InP/ZnS QDs by adjusting shell thickness, offering opportunities to optimize their performance for specific applications.
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- Sergey Savchenko
- NANOTECH Centre, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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- NANOTECH Centre, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Physics Department, Tanta University, 31527 Tanta, Egypt
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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- NANOTECH Centre, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Kelley DF. Angular Momentum Fine Structure in InP/ZnSe Quantum Dots. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:6279-6285. [PMID: 38848253 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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There is a large experimental and theoretical literature on the angular momentum fine structure of the lowest energy exciton in InP-based quantum dots. This literature is highly contradictory, and no clear picture of the fine structure accounting for all these results is available. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of recently published luminescence anisotropy results and presents an analysis of the different proposed fine structure models that compares radiative lifetimes calculated from those models with experimental values. These analyses show that the lowest energy (dark) state is the mj = ±2 state and the lowest energy bright state is a vibronically allowed phonon level. The splittings between the ±2/±1L states and the ±1U/0U states are the same, about 28 meV. We also find that the manifold of J = 1 states is about 60 meV above the manifold of J = 2 states.
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- David F Kelley
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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Huang Z, Miyashita T, Tang ML. Photon Upconversion at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2024; 75:329-346. [PMID: 38382565 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-090722-011335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Photon upconversion is a process that combines low-energy photons to form useful high-energy photons. There are potential applications in photovoltaics, photocatalysis, biological imaging, etc. Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are promising for the absorption of these low-energy photons due to the high extinction coefficient of QDs, especially in the near infrared (NIR). This allows the intriguing use of diffuse light sources such as solar irradiation. In this review, we describe the development of this organic-QD upconversion platform based on triplet-triplet annihilation, focusing on the dark exciton in QDs with triplet character. Then we introduce the underlying energy transfer steps, starting from QD triplet photosensitization, triplet exciton transport, triplet-triplet annihilation, and ending with the upconverted emission. Design principles to improve the total upconversion efficiency are presented. We end with limitations in current reports and proposed future directions. This review provides a guide for designing efficient organic-QD upconversion platforms for future applications, including overcoming the Shockley-Queisser limit for more efficient solar energy conversion, NIR-based phototherapy, and diagnostics in vivo.
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- Zhiyuan Huang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
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Tolmachev DO, Fernée MJ, Shornikova EV, Siverin NV, Yakovlev DR, Van Avermaet H, Hens Z, Bayer M. Positive Trions in InP/ZnSe/ZnS Colloidal Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2024; 18:9378-9388. [PMID: 38498768 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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InP-based colloidal nanocrystals are being developed as an alternative to cadmium-based materials. However, their optical properties have not been widely studied. In this paper, the fundamental magneto-optical properties of InP/ZnSe/ZnS nanocrystals are investigated at cryogenic temperatures. Ensemble measurements using two-photon excitation spectroscopy revealed the band-edge hole state to have 1Sh symmetry, resolving some controversy on this issue. Single nanocrystal microphotoluminescence measurements provided increased spectral resolution that facilitated direct detection of the lowest energy confined acoustic phonon mode at 0.9 meV, which is several times smaller than the previously reported values for similar nanocrystals. Zeeman splitting of narrow spectral lines in a magnetic field indicated a bright trion emission. A simple trion model was used to identify a positive trion charge. Furthermore, the Zeeman split spectra allowed the direct measurement of both the electron and hole g-factors, which match existing theoretical predictions.
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- Danil O Tolmachev
- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Cavanaugh P, Wang X, Bautista MJ, Jen-La Plante I, Kelley DF. Spectral widths and Stokes shifts in InP-based quantum dots. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:134704. [PMID: 37787140 DOI: 10.1063/5.0165956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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InP-based quantum dots (QDs) have Stokes shifts and photoluminescence (PL) line widths that are larger than in II-VI semiconductor QDs with comparable exciton energies. The mechanisms responsible for these spectral characteristics are investigated in this paper. Upon comparing different semiconductors, we find the Stokes shift decreases in the following order: InP > CdTe > CdSe. We also find that the Stokes shift decreases with core size and decreases upon deposition of a ZnSe shell. We suggest that the Stokes shift is largely due to different absorption and luminescent states in the angular momentum fine structure. The energy difference between the fine structure levels, and hence the Stokes shifts, are controlled by the electron-hole exchange interaction. Luminescence polarization results are reported and are consistent with this assignment. Spectral widths are controlled by the extent of homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening. We report PL and PL excitation (PLE) spectra that facilitate assessing the roles of homogeneous and different inhomogeneous broadening mechanisms in the spectra of zinc-treated InP and InP/ZnSe/ZnS particles. There are two distinct types of inhomogeneous broadening: size inhomogeneity and core-shell interface inhomogeneity. The latter results in a distribution of core-shell band offsets and is caused by interfacial dipoles associated with In-Se or P-Zn bonding. Quantitative modeling of the spectra shows that the offset inhomogeneity is comparable to but somewhat smaller than the size inhomogeneity. The combination of these two types of inhomogeneity also explains several aspects of reversible hole trapping dynamics involving localized In3+/VZn2- impurity states in the ZnSe shells.
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- Paul Cavanaugh
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA
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- Nanosys, Inc., 233 S. Hillview Dr., Milpitas, California 95035, USA
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- Nanosys, Inc., 233 S. Hillview Dr., Milpitas, California 95035, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA
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Lasers and optical amplifiers based on solution-processable materials have been long-desired devices for their compatibility with virtually any substrate, scalability, and ease of integration with on-chip photonics and electronics. These devices have been pursued across a wide range of materials including polymers, small molecules, perovskites, and chemically prepared colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, also commonly referred to as colloidal quantum dots. The latter materials are especially attractive for implementing optical-gain media as in addition to being compatible with inexpensive and easily scalable chemical techniques, they offer multiple advantages derived from a zero-dimensional character of their electronic states. These include a size-tunable emission wavelength, low optical gain thresholds, and weak sensitivity of lasing characteristics to variations in temperature. Here we review the status of colloidal nanocrystal lasing devices, most recent advances in this field, outstanding challenges, and the ongoing progress toward technological viable devices including colloidal quantum dot laser diodes.
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- Namyoung Ahn
- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Chandrasekaran V, Scarpelli L, Masia F, Borri P, Langbein W, Hens Z. Exciton Dephasing by Phonon-Induced Scattering between Bright Exciton States in InP/ZnSe Colloidal Quantum Dots. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37326256 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Decoherence or dephasing of the exciton is a central characteristic of a quantum dot (QD) that determines the minimum width of the exciton emission line and the purity of indistinguishable photon emission during exciton recombination. Here, we analyze exciton dephasing in colloidal InP/ZnSe QDs using transient four-wave mixing spectroscopy. We obtain a dephasing time of 23 ps at a temperature of 5 K, which agrees with the smallest line width of 50 μeV we measure for the exciton emission of single InP/ZnSe QDs at 5 K. By determining the dephasing time as a function of temperature, we find that exciton decoherence can be described as a phonon-induced, thermally activated process. The deduced activation energy of 0.32 meV corresponds to the small splitting within the nearly isotropic bright exciton triplet of InP/ZnSe QDs, suggesting that the dephasing is dominated by phonon-induced scattering within the bright exciton triplet.
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- Vigneshwaran Chandrasekaran
- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Center for Nano and Biophotonics, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Center for Nano and Biophotonics, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Al-Maskari S, Issac A, Varanasi SR, Hildner R, Sofin RGS, Ibrahim AR, Abou-Zied OK. Dye-induced photoluminescence quenching of quantum dots: role of excited state lifetime and confinement of charge carriers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:14126-14137. [PMID: 37161937 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00715d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We investigate the role of quantum confinement and photoluminescence (PL) lifetime of photoexcited charge carriers in semiconductor core/shell quantum dots (QDs) via PL quenching due to surface modification. Surface modification is controlled by varying the number of dye molecules adsorbed onto the QD shell surface forming QD-dye nanoassemblies. We selected CuInS2/ZnS (CIS) and InP/ZnS (InP) core/shell QDs exhibiting relatively weak (664 meV) and strong (1194 meV) confinement potentials for the conduction band electron. Moreover, the difference in the emission mechanism gives rise to a long and short excited state lifetime of CIS (ca. 290 ns) and InP (ca. 37 ns) QDs. Dye molecules of different ionic characters (rhodamine 575: zwitterionic and rhodamine 560: cationic) are used as quenchers. A detailed analysis of Stern-Volmer data shows that (i) quenching is generally more pronounced in CIS-dye assemblies as compared to InP-dye assemblies, (ii) dynamic quenching is dominating in all QD-dye assemblies with only a minor contribution from static quenching and (iii) the cationic dye shows a stronger interaction with the QD shell surface than the zwitterionic dye. Observations (i) and (ii) can be explained by the differences in the amplitude of the electronic component of the exciton wavefunction near the dye binding sites in both QDs, which results in the breaking up of the electron-hole pair and favors charge trapping. Observation (iii) can be attributed to the variations in electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged QD shell surface and the cationic and zwitterionic dyes, with the former exhibiting a stronger interaction. Moreover, the long lifetime of CIS QDs facilitates us to easily probe different time scales of the trapping processes and thus differentiate the origins of static and dynamic quenching components that appear in the Stern-Volmer analysis.
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- Saleem Al-Maskari
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman.
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman
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Laitz M, Kaplan AEK, Deschamps J, Barotov U, Proppe AH, García-Benito I, Osherov A, Grancini G, deQuilettes DW, Nelson KA, Bawendi MG, Bulović V. Uncovering temperature-dependent exciton-polariton relaxation mechanisms in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2426. [PMID: 37105984 PMCID: PMC10140020 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37772-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Hybrid perovskites have emerged as a promising material candidate for exciton-polariton (polariton) optoelectronics. Thermodynamically, low-threshold Bose-Einstein condensation requires efficient scattering to the polariton energy dispersion minimum, and many applications demand precise control of polariton interactions. Thus far, the primary mechanisms by which polaritons relax in perovskites remains unclear. In this work, we perform temperature-dependent measurements of polaritons in low-dimensional perovskite wedged microcavities achieving a Rabi splitting of [Formula: see text] = 260 ± 5 meV. We change the Hopfield coefficients by moving the optical excitation along the cavity wedge and thus tune the strength of the primary polariton relaxation mechanisms in this material. We observe the polariton bottleneck regime and show that it can be overcome by harnessing the interplay between the different excitonic species whose corresponding dynamics are modified by strong coupling. This work provides an understanding of polariton relaxation in perovskites benefiting from efficient, material-specific relaxation pathways and intracavity pumping schemes from thermally brightened excitonic species.
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- Madeleine Laitz
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & INSTM, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Boehme S, Bodnarchuk MI, Burian M, Bertolotti F, Cherniukh I, Bernasconi C, Zhu C, Erni R, Amenitsch H, Naumenko D, Andrusiv H, Semkiv N, John RA, Baldwin A, Galkowski K, Masciocchi N, Stranks SD, Rainò G, Guagliardi A, Kovalenko MV. Strongly Confined CsPbBr 3 Quantum Dots as Quantum Emitters and Building Blocks for Rhombic Superlattices. ACS NANO 2023; 17:2089-2100. [PMID: 36719353 PMCID: PMC9933619 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The success of the colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) field is rooted in the precise synthetic control of QD size, shape, and composition, enabling electronically well-defined functional nanomaterials that foster fundamental science and motivate diverse fields of applications. While the exploitation of the strong confinement regime has been driving commercial and scientific interest in InP or CdSe QDs, such a regime has still not been thoroughly explored and exploited for lead-halide perovskite QDs, mainly due to a so far insufficient chemical stability and size monodispersity of perovskite QDs smaller than about 7 nm. Here, we demonstrate chemically stable strongly confined 5 nm CsPbBr3 colloidal QDs via a postsynthetic treatment employing didodecyldimethylammonium bromide ligands. The achieved high size monodispersity (7.5% ± 2.0%) and shape-uniformity enables the self-assembly of QD superlattices with exceptional long-range order, uniform thickness, an unusual rhombic packing with an obtuse angle of 104°, and narrow-band cyan emission. The enhanced chemical stability indicates the promise of strongly confined perovskite QDs for solution-processed single-photon sources, with single QDs showcasing a high single-photon purity of 73% and minimal blinking (78% "on" fraction), both at room temperature.
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- Simon
C. Boehme
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss
Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department
of Science and High Technology and To.Sca.Lab., University of Insubria, via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Electron
Microscopy Center, Empa, Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University
of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University
of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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- Department
of Science and High Technology and To.Sca.Lab., University of Insubria, via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Istituto
di Cristallografia and To.Sca.Lab, Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Bahmani Jalali H, De Trizio L, Manna L, Di Stasio F. Indium arsenide quantum dots: an alternative to lead-based infrared emitting nanomaterials. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:9861-9881. [PMID: 36408788 PMCID: PMC9743785 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00490a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) emitting in the infrared (IR) are promising building blocks for numerous photonic, optoelectronic and biomedical applications owing to their low-cost solution-processability and tunable emission. Among them, lead- and mercury-based QDs are currently the most developed materials. Yet, due to toxicity issues, the scientific community is focusing on safer alternatives. In this regard, indium arsenide (InAs) QDs are one of the best candidates as they can absorb and emit light in the whole near infrared spectral range and they are RoHS-compliant, with recent trends suggesting that there is a renewed interest in this class of materials. This review focuses on colloidal InAs QDs and aims to provide an up-to-date overview spanning from their synthesis and surface chemistry to post-synthesis modifications. We provide a comprehensive overview from initial synthetic methods to the most recent developments on the ability to control the size, size distribution, electronic properties and carrier dynamics. Then, we describe doping and alloying strategies applied to InAs QDs as well as InAs based heterostructures. Furthermore, we present the state-of-the-art applications of InAs QDs, with a particular focus on bioimaging and field effect transistors. Finally, we discuss open challenges and future perspectives.
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- Houman Bahmani Jalali
- Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
- Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Photonic Nanomaterials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
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InP/ZnS quantum dots synthesis and photovoltaic application. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-022-02658-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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AbstractIn the present paper hybrid core–shell InP/ZnS quantum dots were prepared by the one pot synthesis method which does not require additional component injections and which complies more with cost requirements. The synthesized quantum dots were characterized by X-ray diffraction and optical spectroscopy methods. The applicability of the synthesized InP/ZnS core–shell particles in inverted solar cells fabricated with a step-by-step procedure which combines thermal vacuum deposition and spin-coating techniques was investigated. The resulting efficiency of the fabricated inverted solar cell is comparable to that of quantum-dot sensitized TiO2 based solar cells. Therefore, hybrid core–shell InP/ZnS particles can be considered as multifunctional light-harvesting materials useful for implementation in different types of photovoltaic devices, such as quantum dot sensitized solar cells and inverted solar cells.
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Wang S, Dyksik M, Lampe C, Gramlich M, Maude DK, Baranowski M, Urban AS, Plochocka P, Surrente A. Thickness-Dependent Dark-Bright Exciton Splitting and Phonon Bottleneck in CsPbBr 3-Based Nanoplatelets Revealed via Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7011-7019. [PMID: 36036573 PMCID: PMC9479212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
The optimized exploitation of perovskite nanocrystals and nanoplatelets as highly efficient light sources requires a detailed understanding of the energy spacing within the exciton manifold. Dark exciton states are particularly relevant because they represent a channel that reduces radiative efficiency. Here, we apply large in-plane magnetic fields to brighten optically inactive states of CsPbBr3-based nanoplatelets for the first time. This approach allows us to access the dark states and directly determine the dark-bright splitting, which reaches 22 meV for the thinnest nanoplatelets. The splitting is significantly less for thicker nanoplatelets due to reduced exciton confinement. Additionally, the form of the magneto-PL spectrum suggests that dark and bright state populations are nonthermalized, which is indicative of a phonon bottleneck in the exciton relaxation process.
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- Shuli Wang
- Laboratoire
National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, EMFL, CNRS UPR 3228,
Université Grenoble Alpes, Université
Toulouse, Université Toulouse 3, INSA-T, 38042 Grenoble
and 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Department
of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Nanospectroscopy
Group and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Nano-Institute Munich, Department
of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München (LMU), Munich 80539 Germany
| | - Moritz Gramlich
- Nanospectroscopy
Group and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Nano-Institute Munich, Department
of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München (LMU), Munich 80539 Germany
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- Laboratoire
National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, EMFL, CNRS UPR 3228,
Université Grenoble Alpes, Université
Toulouse, Université Toulouse 3, INSA-T, 38042 Grenoble
and 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Department
of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
| | - Alexander S. Urban
- Nanospectroscopy
Group and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Nano-Institute Munich, Department
of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München (LMU), Munich 80539 Germany
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- Laboratoire
National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, EMFL, CNRS UPR 3228,
Université Grenoble Alpes, Université
Toulouse, Université Toulouse 3, INSA-T, 38042 Grenoble
and 31400 Toulouse, France
- Department
of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department
of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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Nemoto K, Watanabe J, Sun HT, Shirahata N. Coherent InP/ZnS core@shell quantum dots with narrow-band green emissions. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:9900-9909. [PMID: 35781556 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02071h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We report, for the first time, that the coherent growth of zinc sulfide (ZnS) on a colloidal indium phosphide (InP) quantum dot (QD) yields a InP/ZnS core/shell structure with a single lattice constant of 0.563 nm. Compared to the bulk crystal of zinc-blend (cubic) InP, the lattice of the core QD is compressed by 4.1%. In contrast, the lattice of the shell expands by 4.1% relative to the bulky ZnS crystal throughout the core/shell QD if the shell is thinner than or equal to 0.81 nm and the diameter of the core QD is smaller than 2.64 nm. Under these conditions, the bandgap of the core QD increases, resulting in a blueshift of absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. The PL peak is centered at 523 nm. Furthermore, the PL quantum yield is enhanced up to 70% and the PL bandwidth narrows to 36 nm based on the strengthened quantum confinement effect. The temperature dependence of the PL properties is investigated to discuss the effect of the core/shell lattice coherency on the improved PL performances.
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- Kazuhiro Nemoto
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- Department of Physics, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan
- Department of Physics, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
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Liu S, Shu Y, Zhu M, Qin H, Peng X. Anomalous Emission Shift of CdSe/CdS/ZnS Quantum Dots at Cryogenic Temperatures. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:3011-3017. [PMID: 35319213 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The band-gap energy of most bulk semiconductors tends to increase as the temperature decreases. However, non-monotonic temperature dependence of the emission energy has been observed in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) at cryogenic temperatures. Here, using stable and highly efficient CdSe/CdS/ZnS QDs as the model system, we quantitatively reveal the origins of the anomalous emission red-shift (∼8 meV) below 40 K by correlating ensemble and single QD spectroscopy measurements. About one-quarter of the anomalous red-shift (∼2.2 meV) is caused by the temperature-dependent population of the band-edge exciton fine levels. The enhancement of electron-optical phonon coupling caused by the increasing population of dark excitons with temperature decreases contributes an ∼3.4 meV red-shift. The remaining ∼2.4 meV red-shift is attributed to temperature-dependent electron-acoustic phonon coupling.
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- Shaojie Liu
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
| | - Meiyi Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
| | - Haiyan Qin
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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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
| | - Junzhi Ye
- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
| | - Apurba De
- School of
Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - Seung Kyun Ha
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
| | - Eva Bladt
- EMAT, University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan
171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- NANOlab Center
of Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
| | - Anuraj S. Kshirsagar
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
| | - Ziyu Wang
- School
of
Science and Technology for Optoelectronic Information ,Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong Province 264005, China
| | - Jun Yin
- 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
| | - Yue Wang
- 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
| | - Li Na Quan
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Fei Yan
- LUMINOUS!
Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI-The
Photonics Institute, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Mengyu Gao
- 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
| | - Xiaoming Li
- 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
| | - Muhan Cao
- Institute
of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory
for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
| | - Manuel A. Scheel
- Lehrstuhl
für Funktionelle Materialien, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
| | - Sudhir Kumar
- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH-Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Julian A. Steele
- MACS Department
of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - Marina Gerhard
- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund Lund University, PO Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
| | - Lata Chouhan
- Graduate
School of Environmental Science and Research Institute for Electronic
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
| | - Ke Xu
- 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
| | - Xian-gang Wu
- 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
| | - Yanxiu Li
- 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.
| | - Yangning Zhang
- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1062, United States
| | - Anirban Dutta
- School
of Materials Sciences, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
| | - Chuang Han
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
| | - Ilka Vincon
- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - Andrey L. Rogach
- 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.
| | - Angshuman Nag
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
| | - Anunay Samanta
- School of
Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India
| | - Brian A. Korgel
- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1062, United States
| | - Chih-Jen Shih
- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH-Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Daniel R. Gamelin
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
| | - Dong Hee Son
- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
| | - Haibo Zeng
- 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
| | - Haizheng Zhong
- 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
| | - Handong Sun
- 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
| | - Hilmi Volkan Demir
- 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
| | - Ivan G. Scheblykin
- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund Lund University, PO Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
| | - Iván Mora-Seró
- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I, 12071 Castelló, Spain
| | - Jacek K. Stolarczyk
- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - Jin Z. Zhang
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
| | - Jochen Feldmann
- Chair for
Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of
Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
(LMU), Königinstrasse 10, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - Johan Hofkens
- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Max Planck
Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany
| | - Joseph M. Luther
- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
| | - Julia Pérez-Prieto
- Institute
of Molecular Science, University of Valencia, c/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, Paterna, Valencia 46980, Spain
| | - Liang Li
- School
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - Liberato Manna
- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
| | - Maryna I. Bodnarchuk
- 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
| | - Maksym V. Kovalenko
- 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
| | - Peidong Yang
- 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
| | - Vasudevanpillai Biju
- Graduate
School of Environmental Science and Research Institute for Electronic
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
| | - William A. Tisdale
- 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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Huang J, Ojambati OS, Chikkaraddy R, Sokołowski K, Wan Q, Durkan C, Scherman OA, Baumberg JJ. Plasmon-Induced Trap State Emission from Single Quantum Dots. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:047402. [PMID: 33576645 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.047402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Charge carriers trapped at localized surface defects play a crucial role in quantum dot (QD) photophysics. Surface traps offer longer lifetimes than band-edge emission, expanding the potential of QDs as nanoscale light-emitting excitons and qubits. Here, we demonstrate that a nonradiative plasmon mode drives the transfer from two-photon-excited excitons to trap states. In plasmonic cavities, trap emission dominates while the band-edge recombination is completely suppressed. The induced pathways for excitonic recombination not only shed light on the fundamental interactions of excitonic spins, but also open new avenues in manipulating QD emission, for optoelectronics and nanophotonics applications.
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- Junyang Huang
- NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Nanoscience Center, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FF, United Kingdom
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- Nanoscience Center, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FF, United Kingdom
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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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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Rodosthenous P, Gómez-Campos FM, Califano M. Tuning the Radiative Lifetime in InP Colloidal Quantum Dots by Controlling the Surface Stoichiometry. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:10124-10130. [PMID: 33191752 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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InP nanocrystals exhibit a low photoluminescence quantum yield. As in the case of CdS, this is commonly attributed to their poor surface quality and difficult passivation, which give rise to trap states and negatively affect emission. Hence, the strategies adopted to improve their quantum yield have focused on the growth of shells, to improve passivation and get rid of the surface states. Here, we employ state-of-the-art atomistic semiempirical pseudopotential modeling to isolate the effect of surface stoichiometry from features due to the presence of surface trap states and show that, even with an atomistically perfect surface and an ideal passivation, InP nanostructures may still exhibit very long radiative lifetimes (on the order of tens of microseconds), broad and weak emission, and large Stokes' shifts. Furthermore, we find that all these quantities can be varied by orders of magnitude, by simply manipulating the surface composition, and, in particular, the number of surface P atoms. As a consequence it should be possible to substantially increase the quantum yield in these nanostructures by controlling their surface stoichiometry.
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- Panagiotis Rodosthenous
- Pollard Institute, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Electrónica y Tecnología de Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- CITIC-UGR, C/Periodista Rafael Gómez Montero, n 2, Granada E-18071, Spain
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- Pollard Institute, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
- Bragg Centre for Materials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Chen B, Li D, Wang F. InP Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Lighting Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2002454. [PMID: 32613755 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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InP quantum dots (QDs) are typical III-V group semiconductor nanocrystals that feature large excitonic Bohr radius and high carrier mobility. The merits of InP QDs include large absorption coefficient, broad color tunability, and low toxicity, which render them promising alternatives to classic Cd/Pb-based QDs for applications in practical settings. Over the past two decades, the advances in wet-chemistry methods have enabled the synthesis of small-sized colloidal InP QDs with the assistance of organic ligands. By proper selection of synthetic protocols and precursor materials coupled with surface passivation, the QYs of InP QDs are pushed to near unity with modest color purity. The state-of-the-art InP QDs with appealing optical and electronic properties have excelled in many applications with the potential for commercialization. This work focuses on the recent development of wet-chemistry protocols and various precursor materials for the synthesis and surface modification of InP QDs. Current methods for constructing light-emitting diodes using novel InP-based QDs are also summarized.
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- Bing Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong SAR, China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Functional Materials and Devices, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, 524048, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong SAR, China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Kwon Y, Oh J, Lee E, Lee SH, Agnes A, Bang G, Kim J, Kim D, Kim S. Evolution from unimolecular to colloidal-quantum-dot-like character in chlorine or zinc incorporated InP magic size clusters. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3127. [PMID: 32561721 PMCID: PMC7305325 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16855-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Magic-sized clusters (MSCs) can be isolated as intermediates in quantum dot (QD) synthesis, and they provide pivotal clues in understanding QD growth mechanisms. We report syntheses for two families of heterogeneous-atom-incorporated InP MSCs that have chlorine or zinc atoms. All the MSCs could be directly synthesized from conventional molecular precursors. Alternatively, each series of MSCs could be prepared by sequential conversions. 386-InP MSCs could be converted to F360-InP:Cl MSCs, then to F399-InP:Cl MSCs. Similarly, F360-InP:Zn MSCs could be converted to F408-InP:Zn MSCs, then to F393-InP:Zn MSCs. As the conversion proceeded, evolution from uni-molecule-like to QD-like characters was observed. Early stage MSCs showed active inter-state conversions in the excited states, which is characteristics of small molecules. Later stage MSCs exhibited narrow photoinduced absorptions at lower-energy region like QDs. The crystal structure also gradually evolved from polytwistane to more zinc-blende.
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- Yongju Kwon
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, South Korea.
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Freymeyer NJ, Click SM, Reid KR, Chisholm MF, Bradsher CE, McBride JR, Rosenthal SJ. Effect of indium alloying on the charge carrier dynamics of thick-shell InP/ZnSe quantum dots. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:161104. [PMID: 32357779 DOI: 10.1063/1.5145189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Thick-shell InP/ZnSe III-V/II-VI quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized with two distinct interfaces between the InP core and ZnSe shell: alloy and core/shell. Despite sharing similar optical properties in the spectral domain, these two QD systems have differing amounts of indium incorporation in the shell as determined by high-resolution energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy scanning transmission electron microscopy. Ultrafast fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy was used to probe the charge carrier dynamics of these two systems and shows substantial charge carrier trapping in both systems that prevents radiative recombination and reduces the photoluminescence quantum yield. The alloy and core/shell QDs show slight differences in the extent of charge carrier localization with more extensive trapping observed in the alloy nanocrystals. Despite the ability to grow a thick shell, structural defects caused by III-V/II-VI charge carrier imbalances still need to be mitigated to further improve InP QDs.
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Material Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Sercel PC, Lyons JL, Bernstein N, Efros AL. Quasicubic model for metal halide perovskite nanocrystals. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:234106. [PMID: 31864259 DOI: 10.1063/1.5127528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present an analysis of quantum confinement of carriers and excitons, and exciton fine structure, in metal halide perovskite (MHP) nanocrystals (NCs). Starting with coupled-band k · P theory, we derive a nonparabolic effective mass model for the exciton energies in MHP NCs valid for the full size range from the strong to the weak confinement limits. We illustrate the application of the model to CsPbBr3 NCs and compare the theory against published absorption data, finding excellent agreement. We then apply the theory of electron-hole exchange, including both short- and long-range exchange interactions, to develop a model for the exciton fine structure. We develop an analytical quasicubic model for the effect of tetragonal and orthorhombic lattice distortions on the exchange-related exciton fine structure in CsPbBr3, as well as some hybrid organic MHPs of recent interest, including formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) and methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3). Testing the predictions of the quasicubic model using hybrid density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we find qualitative agreement in tetragonal MHPs but significant disagreement in the orthorhombic modifications. Moreover, the quasicubic model fails to correctly describe the exciton oscillator strength and with it the long-range exchange corrections in these systems. Introducing the effect of NC shape anisotropy and possible Rashba terms into the model, we illustrate the calculation of the exciton fine structure in CsPbBr3 NCs based on the results of the DFT calculations and examine the effect of Rashba terms and shape anisotropy on the calculated fine structure.
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- Peter C Sercel
- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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Hughes KE, Stein JL, Friedfeld MR, Cossairt BM, Gamelin DR. Effects of Surface Chemistry on the Photophysics of Colloidal InP Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2019; 13:14198-14207. [PMID: 31730352 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Indium phosphide (InP) semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) provide a promising alternative to traditional heavy-metal-based luminescent materials for lighting and display technologies, and implementation of InP NCs in consumer products is rapidly increasing. As-synthesized InP NCs typically have very low photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY), however. Although empirical methods have led to NCs with near-unity PLQYs, a fundamental understanding of how specific synthetic and post-synthetic protocols can alter the electronic landscape of InP NCs is still lacking. Here, we have studied a series of homologous InP NCs prepared from InP clusters using a combination of room-temperature and low-temperature time-resolved spectroscopies to elucidate how specific charge-carrier trapping processes are affected when various surface modifications are performed. The data allow identification of large PLQY increases that occur specifically through elimination of surface electron traps and provide a rationale for understanding the microscopic origins of this trap suppression in terms of elimination of undercoordinated surface In3+ ions. Despite essentially complete elimination of surface electron trapping when surface In3+ is addressed, hole trapping still exists. This hole trapping is shown to be partially suppressed by even very thin shell growth, attributable to elimination of undercoordinated surface phosphides. We also observe signatures of bright-dark excitonic splitting in InP NCs with only submonolayer surface coverage of select additives (divalent Lewis acids or fluoride anions)-signatures that have only been previously observed in thick-shelled InP NCs. Together, these synthetic and spectroscopic results improve our understanding of relationships between specific InP NC surface chemistries and the resulting NC photophysics.
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- Kira E Hughes
- 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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Huang F, Bi C, Guo R, Zheng C, Ning J, Tian J. Synthesis of Colloidal Blue-Emitting InP/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots with the Assistance of Copper Cations. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:6720-6726. [PMID: 31549508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Colloidal InP quantum dots (QDs) have been considered as one of the most promising candidates for display and biolabeling applications because they are intrinsically toxicity-free and exhibit high photoluminescence. On account of the uncontrollable nucleation and growth during the synthesis of InP, obtaining high-quality blue-emitting InP QDs with uniform size distribution remains a challenge. Herein, we employ a novel synthetic approach for producing blue-emitting InP/ZnS core/shell QDs with the assistance of copper cations. The studies reveal that the copper ions could combine with phosphorus precursor to form hexagonal Cu3-xP nanocrystals, which competed with the nucleation process of InP QDs, resulting in the smaller sized InP QDs with blue photoluminescence emission. After the passivation of InP QDs with the ZnS shell, the synthesized InP/ZnS core/shell QDs present bright blue emission (∼425 nm) with a photoluminescence quantum yield of ∼25%, which is the shortest wavelength emission for InP QDs to date. This research provides a new way to synthesize ultrasmall semiconductor nanocrystals.
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- Fan Huang
- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP) , City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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Brodu A, Tessier MD, Canneson D, Dupont D, Ballottin MV, Christianen PCM, de Mello Donega C, Hens Z, Yakovlev DR, Bayer M, Vanmaekelbergh D, Biadala L. Hyperfine Interactions and Slow Spin Dynamics in Quasi-isotropic InP-based Core/Shell Colloidal Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2019; 13:10201-10209. [PMID: 31464420 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Colloidal InP core nanocrystals are taking over CdSe-based nanocrystals, notably in optoelectronic applications. Despite their use in commercial devices, such as display screens, the optical properties of InP nanocrystals and especially their relation to the exciton fine structures remain poorly understood. In this work, we show that the ensemble magneto-optical properties of InP-based core/shell nanocrystals investigated in strong magnetic fields up to 30 T are strikingly different from other colloidal nanostructures. Notably, the mixing of the lowest spin-forbidden dark exciton state with the nearest spin-allowed bright state does not occur up to the highest magnetic fields applied. This lack of mixing in an ensemble of nanocrystals suggests an anisotropy tolerance of InP nanocrystals. This striking property allowed us to unveil the slow spin dynamics between Zeeman sublevels (up to 400 ns at 15 T). Furthermore, we show that the unexpected magnetic-field-induced lengthening of the dark exciton lifetime results from the hyperfine interaction between the spin of the electron in the dark exciton with the nuclear magnetic moments. Our results demonstrate the richness of the spin physics in InP quantum dots and stress the large potential of InP nanostructures for spin-based applications.
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- Annalisa Brodu
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
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- Experimentelle Physik 2 , Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL , Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL , Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
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- Experimentelle Physik 2 , Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
- Ioffe Institute , Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg , Russia
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- Experimentelle Physik 2 , Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
- Ioffe Institute , Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg , Russia
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Experimentelle Physik 2 , Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
- Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie , UMR CNRS 8520 , 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq , France
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Brodu A, Chandrasekaran V, Scarpelli L, Buhot J, Masia F, Ballottin MV, Severijnen M, Tessier MD, Dupont D, Rabouw FT, Christianen PCM, de Mello Donega C, Vanmaekelbergh D, Langbein W, Hens Z. Fine Structure of Nearly Isotropic Bright Excitons in InP/ZnSe Colloidal Quantum Dots. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5468-5475. [PMID: 31424940 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The fine structure of exciton states in colloidal quantum dots (QDs) results from the compound effect of anisotropy and electron-hole exchange. By means of single-dot photoluminescence spectroscopy, we show that the emission of photoexcited InP/ZnSe QDs originates from radiative recombination of such fine structure exciton states. Depending on the excitation power, we identify a bright exciton doublet, a trion singlet, and a biexciton doublet line that all show pronounced polarization. Fluorescence line narrowing spectra of an ensemble of InP/ZnSe QDs in magnetic fields demonstrate that the bright exciton effectively consists of three states. The Zeeman splitting of these states is well described by an isotropic exciton model, where the fine structure is dominated by electron-hole exchange and shape anisotropy leads to only a minor splitting of the F = 1 triplet. We argue that excitons in InP-based QDs are nearly isotropic because the particular ratio of light and heavy hole masses in InP makes the exciton fine structure insensitive to shape anisotropy.
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- Annalisa Brodu
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
- Center for Nano and Biophotonics , Ghent University , 9052 Ghent , Belgium
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- School of Physics and Astronomy , Cardiff University , Cardiff CF24 3AA , United Kingdom
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL , Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- School of Physics and Astronomy , Cardiff University , Cardiff CF24 3AA , United Kingdom
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL , Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL , Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
- Center for Nano and Biophotonics , Ghent University , 9052 Ghent , Belgium
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
- Center for Nano and Biophotonics , Ghent University , 9052 Ghent , Belgium
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL , Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science , Utrecht University , 3584 CC Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- School of Physics and Astronomy , Cardiff University , Cardiff CF24 3AA , United Kingdom
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures , Ghent University , 9000 Ghent , Belgium
- Center for Nano and Biophotonics , Ghent University , 9052 Ghent , Belgium
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Sercel PC, Lyons JL, Wickramaratne D, Vaxenburg R, Bernstein N, Efros AL. Exciton Fine Structure in Perovskite Nanocrystals. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:4068-4077. [PMID: 31088061 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The bright emission observed in cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has recently been explained in terms of a bright exciton ground state [ Becker et al. Nature 2018 , 553 , 189 - 193 ], a claim that would make these materials the first known examples in which the exciton ground state is not an optically forbidden dark exciton. This unprecedented claim has been the subject of intense experimental investigation that has so far failed to detect the dark ground-state exciton. Here, we review the effective-mass/electron-hole exchange theory for the exciton fine structure in cubic and tetragonal CsPbBr3 NCs. In our calculations, the crystal field and the short-range electron-hole exchange constant were calculated using density functional theory together with hybrid functionals and spin-orbit coupling. Corrections associated with long-range exchange and surface image charges were calculated using measured bulk effective mass and dielectric parameters. As expected, within the context of the exchange model, we find an optically inactive ground exciton level. However, in this model, the level order for the optically active excitons in tetragonal CsPbBr3 NCs is opposite to what has been observed experimentally. An alternate explanation for the observed bright exciton level order in CsPbBr3 NCs is offered in terms of the Rashba effect, which supports the existence of a bright ground-state exciton in these NCs. The size dependence of the exciton fine structure calculated for perovskite NCs shows that the bright-dark level inversion caused by the Rashba effect is suppressed by the enhanced electron-hole exchange interaction in small NCs.
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- Peter C Sercel
- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California 91125 , United States
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- Center for Computational Materials Science , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington D.C. 20375 , United States
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- Center for Computational Materials Science , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington D.C. 20375 , United States
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- Computational Materials Science Center , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia 22030 , United States
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- Center for Computational Materials Science , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington D.C. 20375 , United States
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- Center for Computational Materials Science , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington D.C. 20375 , United States
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Berends AC, Mangnus MJJ, Xia C, Rabouw FT, de Mello Donega C. Optoelectronic Properties of Ternary I-III-VI 2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Bright Prospects with Elusive Origins. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1600-1616. [PMID: 30883139 PMCID: PMC6452418 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Colloidal nanocrystals of ternary I-III-VI2 semiconductors are emerging as promising alternatives to Cd- and Pb-chalcogenide nanocrystals because of their inherently lower toxicity, while still offering widely tunable photoluminescence. These properties make them promising materials for a variety of applications. However, the realization of their full potential has been hindered by both their underdeveloped synthesis and the poor understanding of their optoelectronic properties, whose origins are still under intense debate. In this Perspective, we provide novel insights on the latter aspect by critically discussing the accumulated body of knowledge on I-III-VI2 nanocrystals. From our analysis, we conclude that the luminescence in these nanomaterials most likely originates from the radiative recombination of a delocalized conduction band electron with a hole localized at the group-I cation, which results in broad bandwidths, large Stokes shifts, and long exciton lifetimes. Finally, we highlight the remaining open questions and propose experiments to address them.
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Zhang B, Wei Z, Wang X, Fang X, Wang D, Gao X, Fang D, Wang X, Chen R. Effect of Post Thermal Annealing on the Optical Properties of InP/ZnS Quantum Dot Films. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 13:369. [PMID: 30460420 PMCID: PMC6246751 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2784-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The enhancement of optical properties via thermal annealing on InP/ZnS core/shell quantum dot (QD) film was investigated in this work. The increase of emission intensities of the QD films was observed after thermal annealing at 180 °C for 5 min. Through temperature dependence photoluminescence (TDPL) and power dependence photoluminescence (PL) measurement, the peak located at the low-energy shoulder was confirmed to be localized state emission and the high energy one comes from free-carrier emission. Moreover, from the TDPL spectra of the sample annealed at 180 °C for 5 min, the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of localization state emission was nearly the same before which is 250 K and then decreased with increasing temperature. However, the FWHM was decreased significantly when temperature increased in the untreated sample. We conclude that the escape of localization states with increasing temperature contributes to this anomaly phenomenon. Our studies have significance on the application of QDs in electroluminescence devices and down-conversion light-emitting devices.
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- Bowen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun, 130022 China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 Guangdong China
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Janke EM, Williams NE, She C, Zherebetskyy D, Hudson MH, Wang L, Gosztola DJ, Schaller RD, Lee B, Sun C, Engel GS, Talapin DV. Origin of Broad Emission Spectra in InP Quantum Dots: Contributions from Structural and Electronic Disorder. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:15791-15803. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Eric M. Janke
- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Brodu A, Ballottin MV, Buhot J, van Harten EJ, Dupont D, La Porta A, Prins PT, Tessier MD, Versteegh MAM, Zwiller V, Bals S, Hens Z, Rabouw FT, Christianen PCM, de Mello Donega C, Vanmaekelbergh D. Exciton Fine Structure and Lattice Dynamics in InP/ZnSe Core/Shell Quantum Dots. ACS PHOTONICS 2018; 5:3353-3362. [PMID: 30175158 PMCID: PMC6115013 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Nanocrystalline InP quantum dots (QDs) hold promise for heavy-metal-free optoelectronic applications due to their bright and size-tunable emission in the visible range. Photochemical stability and high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield are obtained by a diversity of epitaxial shells around the InP core. To understand and optimize the emission line shapes, the exciton fine structure of InP core/shell QD systems needs be investigated. Here, we study the exciton fine structure of InP/ZnSe core/shell QDs with core diameters ranging from 2.9 to 3.6 nm (PL peak from 2.3 to 1.95 eV at 4 K). PL decay measurements as a function of temperature in the 10 mK to 300 K range show that the lowest exciton fine structure state is a dark state, from which radiative recombination is assisted by coupling to confined acoustic phonons with energies ranging from 4 to 7 meV, depending on the core diameter. Circularly polarized fluorescence line-narrowing (FLN) spectroscopy at 4 K under high magnetic fields (up to 30 T) demonstrates that radiative recombination from the dark F = ±2 state involves acoustic and optical phonons, from both the InP core and the ZnSe shell. Our data indicate that the highest intensity FLN peak is an acoustic phonon replica rather than a zero-phonon line, implying that the energy separation observed between the F = ±1 state and the highest intensity peak in the FLN spectra (6 to 16 meV, depending on the InP core size) is larger than the splitting between the dark and bright fine structure exciton states.
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- Annalisa Brodu
- Debye Institute
for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The
Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The
Netherlands
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- Debye Institute
for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research, EMAT, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Debye Institute
for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department
of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology
(KTH), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology
(KTH), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research, EMAT, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Debye Institute
for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory, HFML-EMFL, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The
Netherlands
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- Debye Institute
for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Debye Institute
for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Zhang G, Mei S, Wei X, Wei C, Yang W, Zhu J, Zhang W, Guo R. Dual-Emissive and Color-Tunable Mn-Doped InP/ZnS Quantum Dots via a Growth-Doping Method. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 13:170. [PMID: 29882116 PMCID: PMC5991111 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2588-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In this letter, dual-emissive and color-tunable Mn-doped InP/ZnS quantum dots (Mn:InP/ZnS QDs) with the absolute photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY) up to 78% were successfully synthesized via a growth-doping method. The dual emission of Mn:InP/ZnS QDs is composed of intrinsic emission and Mn-doped emission, which can be tuned by different Mn/In ratios. With the increase of Mn dopant concentration, the intrinsic emission shows a red shift from 485 to 524 nm. The new class of dual-emissive QDs provides potential for future application in white LED.
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- Guilin Zhang
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education; Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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Khosla M, Rao S, Gupta S. Polarons Explain Luminescence Behavior of Colloidal Quantum Dots at Low Temperature. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8385. [PMID: 29849075 PMCID: PMC5976793 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26678-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Luminescence properties of colloidal quantum dots have found applications in imaging, displays, light-emitting diodes and lasers, and single photon sources. Despite wide interest, several experimental observations in low-temperature photoluminescence of these quantum dots, such as the short lifetime on the scale of microseconds and a zero-longitudinal optical phonon line in spectrum, both attributed to a dark exciton in literature, remain unexplained by existing models. Here we propose a theoretical model including the effect of solid-state environment on luminescence. The model captures both coherent and incoherent interactions of band-edge exciton with phonon modes. Our model predicts formation of dressed states by coupling of the exciton with a confined acoustic phonon mode, and explains the short lifetime and the presence of the zero-longitudinal optical phonon line in the spectrum. Accounting for the interaction of the exciton with bulk phonon modes, the model also explains the experimentally observed temperature-dependence of the photoluminescence decay dynamics and temperature-dependence of the photoluminescence spectrum.
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- Meenakshi Khosla
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, UP, India.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, UP, India
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, UP, India.
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Canneson D, Shornikova EV, Yakovlev DR, Rogge T, Mitioglu AA, Ballottin MV, Christianen PCM, Lhuillier E, Bayer M, Biadala L. Negatively Charged and Dark Excitons in CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals Revealed by High Magnetic Fields. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:6177-6183. [PMID: 28820601 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The optical properties of colloidal cesium lead halide perovskite (CsPbBr3) nanocrystals are examined by time-resolved and polarization-resolved spectroscopy in high magnetic fields up to 30 T. We unambiguously show that at cryogenic temperatures the emission is dominated by recombination of negatively charged excitons with radiative decay time of 300 ps. The additional long-lived emission, which decay time shortens from 40 down to 8 ns and in which the decay time shortens and relative amplitude increases in high magnetic fields, evidences the presence of a dark exciton. We evaluate g-factors of the bright exciton gX = +2.4, the electron ge = +2.18, and the hole gh = -0.22.
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- Damien Canneson
- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences , 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS-UMR 7588, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris , 75005 Paris, France
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, UMR CNRS 8520 , Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Baskoutas S, Zeng Z, Garoufalis CS, Bester G. Morphology control of exciton fine structure in polar and nonpolar zinc sulfide nanorods. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9366. [PMID: 28839220 PMCID: PMC5571107 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09812-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Electron-hole exchange interaction in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) splits the band-edge exciton manifold into optically active ("bright") and passive ("dark") states, leading to a complicated exciton fine structure. In the present work, we resolve by atomistic million-atom many-body pseudopotential calculations the exciton fine structure in colloidal polar and nonpolar zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanorods (NRs). We explore that polar NRs with high symmetry exhibit vanishing fine structure splitting (FSS), and are therefore ideal sources of entangled photon pairs. In contrast, nonpolar NRs grown along [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] directions with reduced symmetries have significant FSS, which can even reach up to a few mili electron volts. However, such large FSS can be effectively minimized to a few micro electron volts, or even less, by a simple morphology control.
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- Sotirios Baskoutas
- Materials Science Department, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Materials Science Department, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany. .,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761, Hamburg, Germany.
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Chen W, Hao J, Hu W, Zang Z, Tang X, Fang L, Niu T, Zhou M. Enhanced Stability and Tunable Photoluminescence in Perovskite CsPbX 3 /ZnS Quantum Dot Heterostructure. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1604085. [PMID: 28407459 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201604085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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All-inorganic perovskite CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) and related materials are promising candidates for potential solar cells, light emitting diodes, and photodetectors. Here, a novel architecture made of CsPbX3 /ZnS quantum dot heterodimers synthesized via a facile solution-phase process is reported. Microscopic measurements show that CsPbX3 /ZnS heterodimer has high crystalline quality with enhanced chemical stability, as also evidenced by systematic density functional theory based first-principles calculations. Remarkably, depending on the interface structure, ZnS induces either n-type or p-type doping in CsPbX3 and both type-I and type-II heterojunctions can be achieved, leading to rich electronic properties. Photoluminescence measurement results show a strong blue-shift and decrease of recombination lifetime with increasing sulfurization, which is beneficial for charge diffusion in solar cells and photovoltaic applications. These findings are expected to shed light on further understanding and design of novel perovskite heterostructures for stable, tunable optoelectronic devices.
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- Weiwei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Optoeletronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Optoeletronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Optoeletronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Optoeletronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Optoeletronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, College of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- Center For Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Optoeletronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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Ramasamy P, Kim B, Lee MS, Lee JS. Beneficial effects of water in the colloidal synthesis of InP/ZnS core-shell quantum dots for optoelectronic applications. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:17159-17168. [PMID: 27540861 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr04713k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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We demonstrate that the presence of a small amount of water as an impurity during the hot-injection synthesis can significantly decrease the emission lines full width at half-maximum (FWHM) and improve the quantum yield (QY) of InP/ZnS quantum dots (QDs). By utilizing the water present in the indium precursor and solvent, we obtained InP/ZnS QDs emitting around 530 nm with a FWHM as narrow as 46 nm and a QY up to 45%. Without water, the synthesized QDs have emission around 625 nm with a FWHM of 66 nm and a QY of about 33%. Absorption spectra, XRD and XPS analyses revealed that when water is present, an amorphous phosphate layer is formed over the InP QDs and inhibits the QD growth. This amorphous layer favors the formation of a very thick ZnS shell by decreasing the lattice mismatch between the InP core and the ZnS shell. We further show the possibility to tune the emission wavelengths of InP/ZnS QDs by simply adjusting the amount of water present in the system while keeping all the other reaction parameters (i.e., precursor concentration, reaction temperature and time) constant. As an example of their application in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the green and red InP/ZnS QDs are combined with a blue LED chip to produce white light.
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- Parthiban Ramasamy
- Department of Energy Systems Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 711-873, Republic of Korea.
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Rabouw FT, de Mello Donega C. Excited-State Dynamics in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2016; 374:58. [PMID: 27573500 PMCID: PMC5480409 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-016-0060-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted continuous worldwide interest over the last three decades owing to their remarkable and unique size- and shape-, dependent properties. The colloidal nature of these nanomaterials allows one to take full advantage of nanoscale effects to tailor their optoelectronic and physical–chemical properties, yielding materials that combine size-, shape-, and composition-dependent properties with easy surface manipulation and solution processing. These features have turned the study of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals into a dynamic and multidisciplinary research field, with fascinating fundamental challenges and dazzling application prospects. This review focuses on the excited-state dynamics in these intriguing nanomaterials, covering a range of different relaxation mechanisms that span over 15 orders of magnitude, from a few femtoseconds to a few seconds after photoexcitation. In addition to reviewing the state of the art and highlighting the essential concepts in the field, we also discuss the relevance of the different relaxation processes to a number of potential applications, such as photovoltaics and LEDs. The fundamental physical and chemical principles needed to control and understand the properties of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals are also addressed.
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- Freddy T Rabouw
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, PO Box 80000, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, PO Box 80000, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, PO Box 80000, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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