Issue 12, 2016

Polar-solvent-free colloidal synthesis of highly luminescent alkylammonium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

Abstract

A novel synthesis of hybrid organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (CH3NH3PbX3, X = Br or I) that does not involve the use of dimethylformamide or other polar solvents is presented. The reaction between methylamine and PbX2 salts is conducted in a high-boiling nonpolar solvent (1-octadecene) in the presence of oleylamine and oleic acid as coordinating ligands. The resulting nanocrystals are characterized by high photoluminescence quantum efficiencies of 15–50%, outstanding phase purity and tunable shapes (nanocubes, nanowires, and nanoplatelets). Nanoplatelets spontaneously assemble into micrometer-length wires by face-to-face stacking. In addition, we demonstrate amplified spontaneous emission from thin films of green-emitting CH3NH3PbBr3 nanowires with low pumping thresholds of 3 μJ cm−2.

Graphical abstract: Polar-solvent-free colloidal synthesis of highly luminescent alkylammonium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 oct. 2015
Accepted
23 nov. 2015
First published
26 nov. 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 6278-6283

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Polar-solvent-free colloidal synthesis of highly luminescent alkylammonium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

O. Vybornyi, S. Yakunin and M. V. Kovalenko, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 6278 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR06890H

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