Issue 44, 2017

Synthesis of ultrasmall CsPbBr3 nanoclusters and their transformation to highly deep-blue-emitting nanoribbons at room temperature

Abstract

Discretely sized semiconductor clusters have attracted considerable attention due to their intriguing optical properties and self-assembly behaviors. While lead halide perovskite nanostructures have been recently intensively explored, few studies have addressed perovskite clusters and their self-assembled superstructures. Here, we report the room-temperature synthesis of sub-2 nm CsPbBr3 clusters and present strong evidence that these ultrasmall perovskite species, obtained under a wide range of reaction conditions, possess a specific size, with optical properties and self-assembly characteristics resembling those of well-known II–VI semiconductor magic-sized clusters. Unlike conventional CsPbBr3 nanocrystals, the as-synthesized CsPbBr3 nanoclusters spontaneously self-assemble into a hexagonally packed columnar mesophase in solution, which can be further converted to single-crystalline CsPbBr3 quantum nanoribbons with bright deep-blue emission at room temperature. Such a conversion of CsPbBr3 nanoclusters to nanoribbons is found to be driven by a ligand-destabilization-induced crystallization and mesophase transition process. Our study will facilitate the investigation of perovskite nanoclusters and offer new possibilities in the low-temperature synthesis of anisotropic perovskite nanostructures.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of ultrasmall CsPbBr3 nanoclusters and their transformation to highly deep-blue-emitting nanoribbons at room temperature

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Sep 2017
Accepted
29 Okt 2017
First published
30 Okt 2017

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 17248-17253

Synthesis of ultrasmall CsPbBr3 nanoclusters and their transformation to highly deep-blue-emitting nanoribbons at room temperature

Y. Xu, Q. Zhang, L. Lv, W. Han, G. Wu, D. Yang and A. Dong, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 17248 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06959F

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