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Wang B, Lim JWM, Loh SM, Mayengbam R, Ye S, Feng M, He H, Liang X, Cai R, Zhang Q, Kwek LC, Demir HV, Mhaisalkar SG, Blundell SA, Chien Sum T. Weakly Confined Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots as High-Purity Room-Temperature Single Photon Sources. ACS Nano 2024; 18:10807-10817. [PMID: 38598660 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Colloidal perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) have emerged as highly promising single photon emitters for quantum information applications. Presently, most strategies have focused on leveraging quantum confinement to increase the nonradiative Auger recombination (AR) rate to enhance single-photon (SP) purity in all-inorganic CsPbBr3 QDs. However, this also increases the fluorescence intermittency. Achieving high SP purity and blinking mitigation simultaneously remains a significant challenge. Here, we transcend this limitation with room-temperature synthesized weakly confined hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite (HOIP) QDs. Superior single photon purity with a low g(2)(0) < 0.07 ± 0.03 and a nearly blinking-free behavior (ON-state fraction >95%) in 11 nm FAPbBr3 QDs are achieved at room temperature, attributed to their long exciton lifetimes (τX) and short biexciton lifetimes (τXX). The significance of the organic A-cation is further validated using the mixed-cation FAxCs1-xPbBr3. Theoretical calculations utilizing a combination of the Bethe-Salpeter (BSE) and k·p approaches point toward the modulation of the dielectric constants by the organic cations. Importantly, our findings provide valuable insights into an additional lever for engineering facile-synthesized room-temperature PQD single photon sources.
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- Bo Wang
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, SyMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- LUMINOUS! Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, The Photonics Institute, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, on Singapore
- National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk Singapore 637616, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
- LUMINOUS! Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, The Photonics Institute, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- UNAM─Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, The National Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST), Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 440-746, Korea
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, SyMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Bodnarchuk MI, Feld LG, Zhu C, Boehme SC, Bertolotti F, Avaro J, Aebli M, Mir SH, Masciocchi N, Erni R, Chakraborty S, Guagliardi A, Rainò G, Kovalenko MV. Colloidal Aziridinium Lead Bromide Quantum Dots. ACS Nano 2024. [PMID: 38320982 PMCID: PMC10883123 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c11579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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The compositional engineering of lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) via the A-site cation represents a lever to fine-tune their structural and electronic properties. However, the presently available chemical space remains minimal since, thus far, only three A-site cations have been reported to favor the formation of stable lead-halide perovskite NCs, i.e., Cs+, formamidinium (FA), and methylammonium (MA). Inspired by recent reports on bulk single crystals with aziridinium (AZ) as the A-site cation, we present a facile colloidal synthesis of AZPbBr3 NCs with a narrow size distribution and size tunability down to 4 nm, producing quantum dots (QDs) in the regime of strong quantum confinement. NMR and Raman spectroscopies confirm the stabilization of the AZ cations in the locally distorted cubic structure. AZPbBr3 QDs exhibit bright photoluminescence with quantum efficiencies of up to 80%. Stabilized with cationic and zwitterionic capping ligands, single AZPbBr3 QDs exhibit stable single-photon emission, which is another essential attribute of QDs. In particular, didodecyldimethylammonium bromide and 2-octyldodecyl-phosphoethanolamine ligands afford AZPbBr3 QDs with high spectral stability at both room and cryogenic temperatures, reduced blinking with a characteristic ON fraction larger than 85%, and high single-photon purity (g(2)(0) = 0.1), all comparable to the best-reported values for MAPbBr3 and FAPbBr3 QDs of the same size.
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- Maryna I Bodnarchuk
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Science and High Technology and To.Sca.Lab., University of Insubria, via Valleggio 11, Como 22100, Italy
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- Centre for X-ray Analytics & Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Materials Theory for Energy Scavenging (MATES) Lab, Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) Allahabad, A C.I. of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Prayagraj (Allahabad) 211019, India
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- Department of Science and High Technology and To.Sca.Lab., University of Insubria, via Valleggio 11, Como 22100, Italy
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Materials Theory for Energy Scavenging (MATES) Lab, Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) Allahabad, A C.I. of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Prayagraj (Allahabad) 211019, India
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- Istituto di Cristallografia and To.Sca.Lab, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Valleggio 11, Como 22100, Italy
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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Cho K, Sato T, Yamada T, Sato R, Saruyama M, Teranishi T, Suzuura H, Kanemitsu Y. Size Dependence of Trion and Biexciton Binding Energies in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2024. [PMID: 38316049 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c11842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted much attention as light-source materials for light-emitting diodes, lasers, and quantum light emitters. The luminescence properties of perovskite NCs and the performance of NC-based light-source devices depend on trion and biexciton dynamics. Here, we examined the size dependence of trion and biexciton binding energies by conducting low-temperature single-dot spectroscopy on three different perovskite NCs: CsPbBr3, CsPbI3, and FAPbBr3. While the photoluminescence spectral widths of the all-inorganic CsPbBr3 and CsPbI3 NCs were narrow, compared with those of the organic-inorganic hybrid FAPbBr3 NCs, the binding energies of trions and biexcitons of all three samples showed similar size dependences, independent of the A-site cation and halogen. The effective-mass approximation calculations implied the importance of dynamical dielectric screening on the formation of trions and biexcitons.
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- Kenichi Cho
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Lim JWM, Guo Y, Feng M, Cai R, Sum TC. Making and Breaking of Exciton Cooling Bottlenecks in Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:437-449. [PMID: 38158611 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Harnessing quantum confinement (QC) effects in semiconductors to retard hot carrier cooling (HCC) is an attractive approach for enabling efficient hot carrier extraction to overcome the Shockley-Queisser limit. However, there is a debate about whether halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) can effectively exploit these effects. To address this, we utilized pump-probe and multipulse pump-push-probe spectroscopy to investigate HCC behavior in PNCs of varying sizes and cation compositions. Our results validate the presence of an intrinsic phonon bottleneck with clear manifestations of QC effects in small CsPbBr3 PNCs exhibiting slower HCC rates compared to those of larger PNCs. However, the replacement of inorganic Cs+ with organic cations suppresses this intrinsic bottleneck. Furthermore, PNCs exhibit distinct size-dependent HCC behavior in response to changes in the cold carrier densities. We attribute this to the enhanced exciton-exciton interactions in strongly confined PNCs that facilitate Auger heating. Importantly, our findings dispel the existing controversy and provide valuable insights into design principles for engineering QC effects in PNC hot carrier applications.
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- Jia Wei Melvin Lim
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Yazdani N, Bodnarchuk MI, Bertolotti F, Masciocchi N, Fureraj I, Guzelturk B, Cotts BL, Zajac M, Rainò G, Jansen M, Boehme SC, Yarema M, Lin MF, Kozina M, Reid A, Shen X, Weathersby S, Wang X, Vauthey E, Guagliardi A, Kovalenko MV, Wood V, Lindenberg AM. Coupling to octahedral tilts in halide perovskite nanocrystals induces phonon-mediated attractive interactions between excitons. Nat Phys 2023; 20:47-53. [PMID: 38261834 PMCID: PMC10791581 DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02253-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Understanding the origin of electron-phonon coupling in lead halide perovskites is key to interpreting and leveraging their optical and electronic properties. Here we show that photoexcitation drives a reduction of the lead-halide-lead bond angles, a result of deformation potential coupling to low-energy optical phonons. We accomplish this by performing femtosecond-resolved, optical-pump-electron-diffraction-probe measurements to quantify the lattice reorganization occurring as a result of photoexcitation in nanocrystals of FAPbBr3. Our results indicate a stronger coupling in FAPbBr3 than CsPbBr3. We attribute the enhanced coupling in FAPbBr3 to its disordered crystal structure, which persists down to cryogenic temperatures. We find the reorganizations induced by each exciton in a multi-excitonic state constructively interfere, giving rise to a coupling strength that scales quadratically with the exciton number. This superlinear scaling induces phonon-mediated attractive interactions between excitations in lead halide perovskites.
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- Nuri Yazdani
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
- Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia & To.Sca.Lab, Università dell’Insubria, Como, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia & To.Sca.Lab, Università dell’Insubria, Como, Italy
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Chemistry and Materials Design Group, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Istituto di Cristallografia & To.Sca.Lab, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Como, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
- Department of Photon Science, Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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Higashimura C, Yumoto G, Yamada T, Nakamura T, Harata F, Hirori H, Wakamiya A, Kanemitsu Y. Spontaneous Polarization Induced Optical Responses in a Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric Halide Perovskite. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:8360-8366. [PMID: 37703207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskites exhibit unique structural and optical properties because large organic molecular cations distort the perovskite structure and the excitons confined in the 2D layers are stable. Here, we report the temperature dependences of the absorption spectra, second harmonic generation (SHG) intensity, and lattice constants of 2D perovskite (BA)2(EA)2Pb3I10 single crystals, where BA is n-butylammonium and EA is ethylammonium. We found that the Urbach tail of the absorption spectrum significantly changes at around 200 K and that the change is correlated with the SHG intensity and the in-plane lattice distortion. We concluded that a random distribution of spontaneous polarizations in the ferroelectric phase modifies the linewidth of the band-edge exciton transition and is the cause of the anomalous temperature dependence of the steepness parameter of the Urbach tail.
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- Chika Higashimura
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Amara MR, Said Z, Huo C, Pierret A, Voisin C, Gao W, Xiong Q, Diederichs C. Spectral Fingerprint of Quantum Confinement in Single CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals. Nano Lett 2023; 23:3607-3613. [PMID: 37014137 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are promising materials for classical and quantum light emission. To understand these outstanding properties, a thorough analysis of the band-edge exciton emission is needed, which is not reachable in ensemble and room-temperature studies because of broadening effects. Here, we report on a cryogenic-temperature study of the photoluminescence of single CsPbBr3 nanocrystals in the intermediate quantum confinement regime. We reveal the size-dependence of the spectral features observed: the bright triplet exciton energy splittings, the trion and biexciton binding energies, and the optical phonon replica spectrum. In addition, we show that bright triplet energy splittings are consistent with a pure exchange model and that the variety of polarization properties and spectra recorded can be rationalized simply by considering the orientation of the emitting dipoles and the populations of the emitting states.
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- Mohamed-Raouf Amara
- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Cité, F-75005 Paris, France
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Cité, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Cité, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Cité, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Cité, F-75005 Paris, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75231 Paris, France
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Zhu C, Nguyen T, Boehme SC, Moskalenko A, Dirin DN, Bodnarchuk MI, Katan C, Even J, Rainò G, Kovalenko MV. Many-Body Correlations and Exciton Complexes in CsPbBr 3 Quantum Dots. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2208354. [PMID: 36537857 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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All-inorganic lead-halide perovskite (LHP) (CsPbX3 , X = Cl, Br, I) quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as a competitive platform for classical light-emitting devices (in the weak light-matter interaction regime, e.g., LEDs and laser), as well as for devices exploiting strong light-matter interaction at room temperature. Many-body interactions and quantum correlations among photogenerated exciton complexes play an essential role, for example, by determining the laser threshold, the overall brightness of LEDs, and the single-photon purity in quantum light sources. Here, by combining cryogenic single-QD photoluminescence spectroscopy with configuration-interaction (CI) calculations, the size-dependent trion and biexciton binding energies are addressed. Trion binding energies increase from 7 to 17 meV for QD sizes decreasing from 30 to 9 nm, while the biexciton binding energies increase from 15 to 30 meV, respectively. CI calculations quantitatively corroborate the experimental results and suggest that the effective dielectric constant for biexcitons slightly deviates from the one of the single excitons, potentially as a result of coupling to the lattice in the multiexciton regime. The findings here provide a deep insight into the multiexciton properties in all-inorganic LHP QDs, essential for classical and quantum optoelectronic devices.
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- Chenglian Zhu
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, ENSCR, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, Rennes, F-35000, France
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, ENSCR, CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226, Rennes, F-35000, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON - UMR6082, Rennes, F-35000, France
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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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: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
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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Ghosh A, Strandell DP, Kambhampati P. A spectroscopic overview of the differences between the absorbing states and the emitting states in semiconductor perovskite nanocrystals. Nanoscale 2023; 15:2470-2487. [PMID: 36691921 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05698d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Semiconductor perovskites have been under intense investigation for their promise in optoelectronic applications and their novel and unique physical properties. There have been a variety of material implementations of perovskites from thin films to single crystals to nanocrystals. The nanocrystal form, in particular, is attractive as it enables solution processing and also spectroscopically probes both absorptive and emissive transitions. Broadly, the literature is comprised of experiments of either form, but the experiments are rarely performed in concert and are not discussed in a unified picture. For example, absorptive experiments are typically transient absorption measurements, which aim to measure carrier kinetics and dynamics. In contrast, the emissive experiments largely focus on excitonic fine structures and coupling to phonons. The time resolved emission experiments report on excited state lifetimes and their dependence on temperature. There are broad differences in the spectroscopy techniques and the questions asked in both classes of experiments. Yet there is one measure in common that suggests there are mysteries in our understanding of how the absorbing and emitting states are connected. The linewidth of emission spectra is always larger than the linewidth of absorption spectra. The question of the physics underlying linewidths is complex and is one of the central issues in perovskite nanocrystals. So why are the absorptive and emissive linewidths different? At present even this simple question has no clear answer. The more complex questions of the structure and dynamics of absorptive and emissive states are even more ambiguous. Hence there is a need to connect these experiments and the relevant states. Here, we provide an overview of the salient absorptive and emissive spectroscopy techniques in an effort to begin connecting these two disparate areas of inquiry.
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- Arnab Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
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Tamarat P, Prin E, Berezovska Y, Moskalenko A, Nguyen TPT, Xia C, Hou L, Trebbia JB, Zacharias M, Pedesseau L, Katan C, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Even J, Lounis B. Universal scaling laws for charge-carrier interactions with quantum confinement in lead-halide perovskites. Nat Commun 2023; 14:229. [PMID: 36646706 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35842-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Lead halide perovskites open great prospects for optoelectronics and a wealth of potential applications in quantum optical and spin-based technologies. Precise knowledge of the fundamental optical and spin properties of charge-carrier complexes at the origin of their luminescence is crucial in view of the development of these applications. On nearly bulk Cesium-Lead-Bromide single perovskite nanocrystals, which are the test bench materials for next-generation devices as well as theoretical modeling, we perform low temperature magneto-optical spectroscopy to reveal their entire band-edge exciton fine structure and charge-complex binding energies. We demonstrate that the ground exciton state is dark and lays several millielectronvolts below the lowest bright exciton sublevels, which settles the debate on the bright-dark exciton level ordering in these materials. More importantly, combining these results with spectroscopic measurements on various perovskite nanocrystal compounds, we show evidence for universal scaling laws relating the exciton fine structure splitting, the trion and biexciton binding energies to the band-edge exciton energy in lead-halide perovskite nanostructures, regardless of their chemical composition. These scaling laws solely based on quantum confinement effects and dimensionless energies offer a general predictive picture for the interaction energies within charge-carrier complexes photo-generated in these emerging semiconductor nanostructures.
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Lead halide perovskite (LHP) quantum dots (QDs), with their bright and narrow emission, are promising candidates for LEDs, lasers, and quantum light sources. However, current methods to synthesize monodisperse CsPb(Cl:Br)3 and CsPbCl3 QDs exhibiting multiple sharp absorption resonances are not as well developed compared to CsPbBr3. Furthermore, both quantum confinement and the halide ratio in CsPb(Cl:Br)3 QDs strongly influence the bandgap, making it impossible to optically determine their size. In this work, monodisperse spheroidal CsPb(Cl:Br)3 QDs are synthesized in the 4-10 nm range, at any Cl:Br ratio, with up to five excitonic absorption transitions. Furthermore, in situ spectroscopy was used to cross-correlate the size and composition of these QDs directly to the energy of the first two excitonic absorption transitions. This work therefore provides not only a method for monodisperse CsPb(Cl:Br)3 QDs but also a protocol to determine their size, concentration, and halide ratio, circumventing conventional expensive and time-consuming techniques.
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- Quinten A Akkerman
- Chair for Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Königinstraße 10, 80539Munich, Germany
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Liu XY, Cui Y, Deng JP, Liu YY, Ma XF, Hou YX, Wei JY, Li ZQ, Wang ZW. Charge Carriers Trapping by the Full-Configuration Defects in Metal Halide Perovskites Quantum Dots. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8858-8863. [PMID: 36123602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Metal halide perovskites quantum dots (MHPQDs) have aroused enormous interest in the photovoltaic and photoelectric disciplines because of their marvelous properties and size characteristics. However, one of the key problems of how to systematically analyze charge carriers trapped by defects is still a challenging task. Here, we study multiphonon processes of the charge carrier trapping by various defects in MHPQDs based on the well-known Huang-Rhys model, in which a method of a full-configuration defect, including different defect species with variable depth and lattice relaxation strength, is developed by introducing a localization parameter in the quantum defect model. With the help of this method, these fast trapping channels for charge carriers transferring from the quantum dot ground state to different defects are found. Furthermore, the dependence of the trapping time on the radius of quantum dot, the defect depth, and temperature is given. These results not only enrich the knowledge of charge carrier trapping processes by defects, but also bring light to the designs of MHPQDs-based photovoltaic and photoelectric devices.
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- Xiao-Yi Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China
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Yumoto G, Kanemitsu Y. Biexciton dynamics in halide perovskite nanocrystals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:22405-22425. [PMID: 36106456 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02826c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are attracting considerable interest as next-generation optoelectronic materials. Optical responses of nanocrystals are determined by excitons and exciton complexes such as trions and biexcitons. Understanding of their dynamics is indispensable for the optimal design of optoelectronic devices and the development of new functional properties. Here, we summarize the recent advances on the exciton and biexciton photophysics in lead halide perovskite nanocrystals revealed by femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy and single-dot spectroscopy. We discuss the impact of the biexciton dynamics on controlling and improving the optical gain.
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- Go Yumoto
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Cho K, Tahara H, Yamada T, Suzuura H, Tadano T, Sato R, Saruyama M, Hirori H, Teranishi T, Kanemitsu Y. Exciton-Phonon and Trion-Phonon Couplings Revealed by Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Single CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals. Nano Lett 2022; 22:7674-7681. [PMID: 36121354 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have outstanding photoluminescence (PL) properties and excellent potential for light-emitting diodes and single-photon sources. Here, we report the multiple-peak structures originating from excitons, trions, and biexcitons in low-temperature PL spectra of single CsPbBr3 NCs. We found fine-structure splitting in the PL peaks of bright excitons and biexcitons and also in the longitudinal-optical (LO)-phonon replicas of excitons. LO-phonon replicas of trions are clearly observed under strong photoexcitation, which do not show fine-structure splitting. From size-dependent analyses of these replicas, we clarified that both exciton-phonon and trion-phonon couplings become larger for smaller NCs and the coupling strengths of trions are larger than those of excitons in large NCs. These behaviors can be explained by the spatial distributions of the electron and hole wave functions in the NCs. Our findings provide essential information on electron-phonon couplings in perovskites and for the design of high-purity single-photon sources.
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- Kenichi Cho
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Akkerman QA, Nguyen TPT, Boehme SC, Montanarella F, Dirin DN, Wechsler P, Beiglböck F, Rainò G, Erni R, Katan C, Even J, Kovalenko MV. Controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics of lead halide perovskite quantum dots. Science 2022; 377:1406-1412. [PMID: 36074820 DOI: 10.1126/science.abq3616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Colloidal lead halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals are of interest as photoluminescent quantum dots (QDs) whose properties depend on the size and shape. They are normally synthesized on subsecond time scales through hard-to-control ionic metathesis reactions. We report a room-temperature synthesis of monodisperse, isolable spheroidal APbBr3 QDs (A=Cs, formamidinium, methylammonium) that are size-tunable from 3 to over 13 nanometers. The kinetics of both nucleation and growth are temporally separated and drastically slowed down by the intricate equilibrium between the precursor (PbBr2) and the A[PbBr3] solute, with the latter serving as a monomer. QDs of all these compositions exhibit up to four excitonic transitions in their linear absorption spectra, and we demonstrate that the size-dependent confinement energy for all transitions is independent of the A-site cation.
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- Quinten A Akkerman
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, ENSCR, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, ENSCR, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON - UMR 6082, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
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Park Y, Limmer DT. Renormalization of excitonic properties by polar phonons. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:104116. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0100738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
We employ quasiparticle path integral molecular dynamics to study how theexcitonic properties of model semiconductors are altered by electron-phononcoupling. We describe ways within a path integral representation of the systemto evaluate the renormalized mass, binding energy, and radiative recombinationrate of excitons in the presence of a fluctuating lattice. To illustrate thisapproach, we consider Fr\"ohlich-type electron-phonon interactions and employan imaginary time influence functional to incorporate phonon-induced effectswithout approximation. The effective mass and binding energies are comparedwith perturbative and variational approaches, which provide qualitativelyconsistent trends. We evaluate electron-hole recombination rates as mediatedthrough both trap-assisted and bimolecular processes, developing a consistentstatistical mechanical approach valid in the reaction limited regime. Thesecalculations demonstrate how phonons screen electron-hole interactions,generically reducing exciton binding energies and increasing their radiativelifetimes.
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- Yoonjae Park
- University of California Berkeley Department of Chemistry, United States of America
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- Chemistry, University of California Berkeley Department of Chemistry, United States of America
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Zhu C, Marczak M, Feld L, Boehme SC, Bernasconi C, Moskalenko A, Cherniukh I, Dirin D, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Rainò G. Room-Temperature, Highly Pure Single-Photon Sources from All-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots. Nano Lett 2022; 22:3751-3760. [PMID: 35467890 PMCID: PMC9101069 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Attaining pure single-photon emission is key for many quantum technologies, from optical quantum computing to quantum key distribution and quantum imaging. The past 20 years have seen the development of several solid-state quantum emitters, but most of them require highly sophisticated techniques (e.g., ultrahigh vacuum growth methods and cryostats for low-temperature operation). The system complexity may be significantly reduced by employing quantum emitters capable of working at room temperature. Here, we present a systematic study across ∼170 photostable single CsPbX3 (X: Br and I) colloidal quantum dots (QDs) of different sizes and compositions, unveiling that increasing quantum confinement is an effective strategy for maximizing single-photon purity due to the suppressed biexciton quantum yield. Leveraging the latter, we achieve 98% single-photon purity (g(2)(0) as low as 2%) from a cavity-free, nonresonantly excited single 6.6 nm CsPbI3 QDs, showcasing the great potential of CsPbX3 QDs as room-temperature highly pure single-photon sources for quantum technologies.
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- Chenglian Zhu
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
| | - Simon C. Boehme
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Tang Y, Yin C, Jing Q, Zhang C, Yu ZG, Lu Z, Xiao M, Wang X. Quantized Exciton Motion and Fine Energy-Level Structure of a Single Perovskite Nanowire. Nano Lett 2022; 22:2907-2914. [PMID: 35362973 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The quantum-confinement effect profoundly influences the exciton energy-level structures and recombination dynamics of semiconductor nanostructures but remains largely unexplored in traditional one-dimensional nanowires mainly due to their poor optical qualities. Here, we show that in defect-tolerant perovskite material of highly luminescent CsPbBr3 nanowires, the exciton's center-of-mass motion perpendicular to the axial direction is severely confined. This is reflected in the two sets of photoluminescence spectra emitted from a single CsPbBr3 nanowire, each of which consists of doublet peaks with linear polarizations perpendicular and parallel to the axial direction. Moreover, different exciton states can be mixed by the Rashba spin-orbit coupling effect, resulting in two single photoluminescence peaks with linear polarizations both along the nanowire axis. The above findings mark the emergence of an ideal platform for the exploration of intrinsic one-dimensional exciton photophysics and optoelectronics, thus bridging the long-missing research gap between the well-studied two- and zero-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures.
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- Ying Tang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Sivananthan Laboratories, Bolingbrook, Illinois 60440, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, United States
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Alfieri A, Anantharaman SB, Zhang H, Jariwala D. Nanomaterials for Quantum Information Science and Engineering. Adv Mater 2022:e2109621. [PMID: 35139247 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202109621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Quantum information science and engineering (QISE)-which entails the use of quantum mechanical states for information processing, communications, and sensing-and the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology have dominated condensed matter physics and materials science research in the 21st century. Solid-state devices for QISE have, to this point, predominantly been designed with bulk materials as their constituents. This review considers how nanomaterials (i.e., materials with intrinsic quantum confinement) may offer inherent advantages over conventional materials for QISE. The materials challenges for specific types of qubits, along with how emerging nanomaterials may overcome these challenges, are identified. Challenges for and progress toward nanomaterials-based quantum devices are condidered. The overall aim of the review is to help close the gap between the nanotechnology and quantum information communities and inspire research that will lead to next-generation quantum devices for scalable and practical quantum applications.
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- Adam Alfieri
- Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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