Synthesis of Highly Photoluminescent All-Inorganic CsPbX3 Nanocrystals via Interfacial Anion Exchange Reactions

Zongtao Li; Cunjiang Song; Longshi Rao; Hanguang Lu; Caiman Yan; Kai Cao; Xinrui Ding; Binhai Yu; Yong Tang

doi:10.3390/nano9091296

Synthesis of Highly Photoluminescent All-Inorganic CsPbX₃ Nanocrystals via Interfacial Anion Exchange Reactions

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019 Sep 11;9(9):1296. doi: 10.3390/nano9091296.

Authors

Zongtao Li¹, Cunjiang Song², Longshi Rao^{3

4}, Hanguang Lu⁵, Caiman Yan⁶, Kai Cao⁷, Xinrui Ding⁸, Binhai Yu⁹, Yong Tang¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. meztli@scut.edu.cn.
² Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. scj1778407030@126.com.
³ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. memerls@mail.scut.edu.cn.
⁴ College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China. memerls@mail.scut.edu.cn.
⁵ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. guyuexuan1999@foxmail.com.
⁶ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. chamenyan@163.com.
⁷ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. 201821002410@mail.scut.edu.cn.
⁸ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. dingxr@scut.edu.cn.
⁹ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. bhaiyu@yeah.net.
¹⁰ Engineering Research Centre of Green Manufacturing for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. ytang@scut.edu.cn.

Abstract

All-inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite CsPbX₃ (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted significant attention owing to their fascinating electronic and optical properties. However, researchers still face challenges to achieve highly stable and photoluminescent CsPbX₃ NCs at room temperature by the direct-synthesis method. Herein, we synthesize CsPbX₃ NCs by a facile and environmentally friendly method, which uses an aqueous solution of metal halides to react with Cs₄PbBr₆ NCs via interfacial anion exchange reactions and without applying any pretreatment. This method produces monodisperse and air-stable CsPbX₃ NCs with tunable spectra covering the entire visible range, narrow photoluminescence emission bandwidth, and high photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY, 80%). In addition, the chemical transformation mechanism between Cs₄PbBr₆ NCs and CsPbX₃ NCs was investigated. The Cs₄PbBr₆ NCs were converted to CsPbBr₃ NCs first by stripping CsBr, and then, the as-prepared CsPbBr₃ NCs reacted with metal halides to form CsPbX₃ NCs. This work takes advantage of the chemical transformation mechanism of Cs₄PbBr₆ NCs and provides an efficient and environmentally friendly way to synthesize CsPbX₃ NCs.

Keywords: Cs4PbBr6 NCs; CsPbX3 NCs; chemical transformation; interfacial anion exchange.

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