Concurrent Ultrafast Electron- and Hole-Transfer Dynamics in CsPbBr3 Perovskite and Quantum Dots

Jayanta Dana; Partha Maity; Biswajit Jana; Sourav Maiti; Hirendra N Ghosh

doi:10.1021/acsomega.8b00276

Concurrent Ultrafast Electron- and Hole-Transfer Dynamics in CsPbBr₃ Perovskite and Quantum Dots

ACS Omega. 2018 Mar 7;3(3):2706-2714. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00276. eCollection 2018 Mar 31.

Authors

Jayanta Dana^{1

2}, Partha Maity¹, Biswajit Jana¹, Sourav Maiti^{1

3}, Hirendra N Ghosh^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
² Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India.
³ Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India.
⁴ Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.

Abstract

Ultrafast charge-transfer (i.e., electron and hole) dynamics has been investigated between the cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr₃, CPB) perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) and cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs) as a new composite material for photocatalytic and photovoltaic applications. The CPB NCs have been synthesized and characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern. The redox levels (i.e., conduction band (CB) and valence band (VB)) of the CPB NCs and CdSe QDs suggest the feasibility of photoexcited electron transfer from CPB NCs to CdSe QDs and photoexcited hole transfer from CdSe QDs to CPB NCs, and it has been confirmed by both steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy. To investigate the electron- and hole-transfer dynamics in ultrafast time scale, we have performed femtosecond up-conversion and femtosecond transient absorption studies. The measured electron-transfer time from CPB NCs to CdSe QDs and hole-transfer time from CdSe QDs to CPB NCs were found to be 550 and 750 fs, respectively. Interestingly, the charge-transfer process found to be restricted in CPB/CdSe@CdS core-shell system where electron transfer from CPB NCs to core shell takes place, but the hole transfer from core shell to CPB NCs found to be restricted due to CdS shell making the process thermodynamically nonviable. Our observation has suggested that after the photoexcitation of CPB NCs/CdSe QDs composite system, a charge-separated state is formed where the electrons are localized in CB of CdSe QDs and holes are localized in VB of CPB NCs. This makes the composite system a better material for efficient light harvesting and photocatalytic material as compared to the individual ones.