Issue 6, 2022

Carrier dynamics in two-dimensional perovskites: Dion–Jacobson vs. Ruddlesden–Popper thin films

Abstract

Quasi-two-dimensional perovskites have emerged as candidates of high-performance materials for various optoelectronic applications due to the unique excitonic properties in their multilayer structures. Both Dion–Jacobson perovskites and Ruddlesden–Popper phases are attracting extensive interest due to their sudden evolution as efficient light-emitting, solar cell, and photocatalytic materials. However, the organic spacer cations between the halide perovskite layers tend to influence the structural distortions and interlayer charge screening, giving rise to a static effect, which impacts the carrier dynamics and is complex and remains elusive. Here, the study of carrier transport in Dion–Jacobson perovskite (PDMA)FAn−1PbnI3n+1 and Ruddlesden–Popper type (PEA)2FAn−1PbnI3n+1 layers are presented by combining steady-state absorption, photoluminescence, and femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectra. The results show pure phase perovskite (PDMA)PbI4 has a shorter hot electron relaxation time, and the carrier recombination of (PEA)2PbI4 is stronger. Föster resonance energy transfer in thicker (n = 3) layers is observed up to 2 ps after excitation; we attribute this to the short-distance transfer of excitons to neighboring perovskite sheets of higher order. There are more efficient exciton-transfer from two-dimensional phases to a three-dimensional-like phase in (PDMA)FA2Pb3I10 films than that in (PEA)2FA2Pb3I10 films. These results provide valuable information on the carrier dynamics which would be utilized to further tune strategically the optoelectronic properties for devices based on layered perovskites.

Graphical abstract: Carrier dynamics in two-dimensional perovskites: Dion–Jacobson vs. Ruddlesden–Popper thin films

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Nov 2021
Accepted
06 Jan 2022
First published
06 Jan 2022

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022,10, 3069-3076

Carrier dynamics in two-dimensional perovskites: Dion–Jacobson vs. Ruddlesden–Popper thin films

C. Qin, L. Xu, Z. Zhou, J. Song, S. Ma, Z. Jiao and Y. Jiang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 3069 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA09549H

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