Issue 46, 2018

Colloidal synthesis of lead-free all-inorganic cesium bismuth bromide perovskite nanoplatelets

Abstract

Lead halide two-dimensional (2D) nanoplatelets (NPLs) have attracted intense interest due to their unique optoelectronic properties. However, environmental friendly lead-free 2D perovskite NPLs are highly desirable in terms of application. Herein, all-inorganic Cs3Bi2Br9 perovskite NPLs are synthesized for the first time via the hot injection method. The Cs3Bi2Br9 NPLs are parallelogram-shaped and exhibit an extremely sharp first exciton peak which blue-shifts substantially with respect to their bulk bandgap. The formation of Cs3Bi2Br9 NPLs is determined by the layered feature of Cs3Bi2Br9 crystalline structure and the shape of parallelogram is the reflection of the trigonal nature of Cs3Bi2Br9 crystal. The large blue-shift and extremely sharp first exciton peak are due to large exciton binding energy and quantum confinement in the Cs3Bi2Br9 NPLs and large exciton binding energy in Cs3Bi2Br9 crystal. The Cs3Bi2Br9 NPLs grow anisotropically from monodispersed parallelogram-shaped nuclei via Ostwald ripening, demonstrated by ex situ TEM investigation. Anion-exchange was used to effectively adjust the composition of the Cs3Bi2Br9 NPLs. Additionally, the Cs3Bi2Br9 NPLs exhibit excellent stability to air and illumination due to the robust crystal, BiOBr passivation and oleylamine and oleic acid co-passivation.

Graphical abstract: Colloidal synthesis of lead-free all-inorganic cesium bismuth bromide perovskite nanoplatelets

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jun 2018
Accepted
07 Oct 2018
First published
08 Oct 2018

CrystEngComm, 2018,20, 7473-7478

Colloidal synthesis of lead-free all-inorganic cesium bismuth bromide perovskite nanoplatelets

L. Lian, G. Zhai, F. Cheng, Y. Xia, M. Zheng, J. Ke, M. Gao, H. Liu, D. Zhang, L. Li, J. Gao, J. Tang and J. Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 7473 DOI: 10.1039/C8CE01060A

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