WEBINAR – Deciphering the emission of lead halide perovskites: insights from single CsPbBr3 nanocrystal studies

Title | Deciphering the emission of lead halide perovskites: insights from single CsPbBr3 nanocrystal studies

Date | Monday, June 1, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. (UTC +2)

Speaker | M.-R. Amara (Laboratoire de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure (LPENS), Centre Nationale
de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))

Abstract |
Lead halide perovskite NCs (LHP NCs) are promising materials for light emission. A
better understanding of their outstanding properties in ensemble and roomtemperature
studies is complicated by broadening and averaging effects. Single NC
studies thus offer a unique probe to the band-edge electronic structure, fuelling
debates on the importance of the Rashba effect and its impact on brightness.

With cryogenic-temperature spectral studies, the size-dependent excitonic features
as well as the optical phonon replica spectrum were revealed, supporting a
predominant influence of electron-hole exchange interaction and rationalising the
variety of single NC spectra recorded.

In the temporal domain, the temperature evolution of the photoluminescence
elucidates the interplay between bright and dark exciton states, revealing reduced
bright-dark conversion characteristic of lead halide perovskites. This accounts for the
predominant bright exciton emission at all temperatures, contrasting with established
II-VI nanocrystals.

Overall, we show how single NC studies, both in the spectral and temporal domain,
have enhanced our understanding of the electronic structure and luminescence
mechanisms of lead halide perovskites.

 

Our contributions :
M.-R. Amara et al., Nano Letters 23(8) 3607 (2023)
M.-R. Amara et al., Nano Letters 24(14) 4265 (2024)

Charles Sidhoum (IPCMS Strasbourg) – May 6, 2024

Title | Shedding Light on the Birth of Hybrid Perovskites: A Correlative Study by In Situ Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron-Based X‑ray Scattering

Date |May 6, 2024

Speaker | Charles SIDHOUM, IPCMS Strasbourg

Abstract |  Despite the amount of work carried out to optimize the optoelectronic properties of Lead halide perovskites (LHPs), there is a clear lack of comprehension of the phenomena at the origin of LHPs crystallization. The formation of LHPs, including the commonly studied methylammonium lead iodide (MAPI), by ligand-assisted reprecipitation (LARP) remains one of the main explored pathways of synthesis. This approach involved the formation of solvated intermediate phase[1] due to the use of strong coordinative solvent, such as DMF. In this study[2], we took advantage of the development of a series of advanced in-situ techniques to bring new insights into the pathway of this process that leads to MAPI perovskites from a precursor solution. First, we monitored the nucleation and growth processes of a solvated intermediate phase by correlating local information obtained by liquid-phase TEM and more global information brought by synchrotron-based X-ray scattering measurements. Second, we followed in-situ the transition toward MAPI phase by annealing using a combination of gas-phase TEM and temperature-resolved XRD.

Références :

[1]        A. A. Petrov et al. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 121, no. 38, pp. 20739–20743, Sep. 2017, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08468.
[2]        C. Sidhoum et al. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 35, no. 19, pp. 7943–7956, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01167.