2D Behaviors of Excitons in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets

J Phys Chem Lett. 2017 Mar 16;8(6):1161-1168. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00017. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Abstract

Fundamental to understanding and predicting the optoelectronic properties of semiconductors is the basic parameters of excitons such as oscillator strength and exciton binding energy. However, such knowledge of CsPbBr3 perovskite, a promising optoelectronic material, is still unexplored. Here we demonstrate that quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets (NPLs) with 2D exciton behaviors serve as an ideal system for the determination of these parameters. It is found that the oscillator strength of CsPbBr3 NPLs is up to 1.18 × 104, higher than that of colloidal II-VI NPLs and epitaxial quantum wells. Furthermore, the exciton binding energy is determined to be of ∼120 meV from either the optical absorption or the photoluminescence analysis, comparable to that reported in colloidal II-VI quantum wells. Our work provides physical understanding of the observed excellent optical properties of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals and would benefit the prediction of high-performance excitonic devices based on such materials.