Issue 25, 2020

Highly luminescent and ultrastable cesium lead bromide perovskite patterns generated in phosphate glass matrices

Abstract

Owing to their exceptional optoelectronic properties, all-inorganic lead halide perovskites offer enormous potential for next generation photonic, light-emitting, and optoelectronic devices. However, their usage is significantly limited by their poor stability upon moisture exposure and lead toxicity issues. Moreover, many of the aforementioned applications rely on the development of confined perovskite patterns of various shapes and periodicities. Here we report a simple and low-temperature method enabling the controlled incorporation of photoluminescent all-inorganic metal halide PNCs into a silver phosphate glass (AgPO3) matrix which is transparent in most of the visible range. The developed fabrication protocol is based on a simple melting encapsulation process in which pre-synthesized perovskite crystals are inserted in the glass matrix, following the initial glass quenching. Using this novel approach, two types of composite perovskite glasses are prepared, one that hosts perovskite isles and the second in which a thin perovskite layer is embedded beneath the glass surface. Both types of composite glasses exhibit remarkable photoluminescence stability when compared to the ambient air-exposed perovskite crystals. More importantly, by means of a simple and fast cw-laser processing technique, we demonstrate the development of encapsulated dotted perovskite micropatterns within the composite perovskite glass. The ability of the proposed system to resolve stability and lead toxicity issues, coupled with the facile formation of highly luminescent perovskite patterns pave the way towards the broad exploitation of perovskite crystals in photonic applications.

Graphical abstract: Highly luminescent and ultrastable cesium lead bromide perovskite patterns generated in phosphate glass matrices

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Apr 2020
Accepted
29 May 2020
First published
01 Jun 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 13697-13707

Highly luminescent and ultrastable cesium lead bromide perovskite patterns generated in phosphate glass matrices

I. Konidakis, K. Brintakis, A. Kostopoulou, I. Demeridou, P. Kavatzikidou and E. Stratakis, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 13697 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03254A

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