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Luminescent Nanoparticles
Large-Scale Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Perovskite-Related
CsPb Br Nanoplatelets and Their Fast Anion Exchange
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Kun-Hua Wang, Liang Wu, Lei Li, Hong-Bin Yao,* Hai-Sheng Qian, and Shu-Hong Yu*
Abstract: All-inorganic cesium lead-halide perovskite nano-
crystals have emerged as attractive optoelectronic nanomate-
rials owing to their stabilities and highly efficient photolumi-
nescence. Herein we report a new type of highly luminescent
platelets have been explored based on the thickness tuning by
[
3c]
surfactant concentration. Extremely, the atomically thin 2D
organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites have been produced via
[
3d]
a delicate ternary co-solvent controlled precipitation.
perovskite-related CsPb Br5 nanoplatelets synthesized by
a facile precipitation reaction. The layered crystal structure of
However, the material stability of organometal halide per-
ovskites is becoming a limiting factor for its study and
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[
4]
CsPb Br5 promoted an anisotropic two-dimensional (2D)
application. All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals, in which
cesium ions replace organic cations, are considered as
alternatives to hybrid perovskites owing to their higher
2
crystal growth during the precipitation process, thus enabling
the large-scale synthesis of CsPb Br nanoplatelets. Fast anion
2
5
[5]
exchange has also been demonstrated in as-synthesized
stability and extended application range. Very recently,
colloidal cesium lead-halide perovskites nanoplatelets have
CsPb Br5 nanoplatelets to extend their photoluminescence
2
spectra to the entire visible spectral region. The large-scale
synthesis and optical tunability of CsPb Br nanoplatelets will
be advantageous in future applications of optoelectronic
devices.
been prepared by the reaction of PbBr with metal–organic
2
complex (cesium oleate) in octadecene at relatively high
2
5
[
6]
temperature, which is similar to the synthesis of traditional
[
7]
metal chalcogenide nanoparticles. To further explore these
new 2D semiconductor materials, other phases of cesium
lead-halide nanoplatelets and their large-scale synthesis are in
demand, also as an alternative to the limited-scale synthesis of
the traditional metal–organic complex decomposition
C
olloidal quasi-2D semiconductor nanoplatelets are an
interesting class of nanocrystals owing to their unique
photo-physical properties, such as increased exciton binding
energy, reduced florescence decay times, and notable optical
[6,8]
method.
[
1]
nonlinearities. Recently, metal halides with perovskite or
perovskite-related crystal structures have emerged as attrac-
tive semiconducting materials owing to their optoelectronic
properties enabling high conversion efficiency in photovol-
Herein, we report a facile fast precipitation synthesis of
highly luminescent perovskite-related CsPb Br nanoplatelets
2
5
and their fast anion-exchange capabilities to tune optical
properties. The colloidal synthesis of CsPb Br nanoplatelets
2
5
[2]
taics and light-emitting diode devices. Colloidal nanoplate-
lets of perovskite metal halides are an important class of
nanomaterials because they not only enrich the diversity of
semiconducting nanomaterials but also potentially provide
a platform for exploring new photo-physical properties of 2D
semiconducting materials.
was carried out by modifying the synthesis of organometal
[3c]
halide perovskite nanoplatelets reported by Sichert et al.,
in which they used a high concentration of octylammonium in
the precipitation process to stabilize the quasi-2D methyl-
ammonium (MA) lead bromide nanoplatelets. In our study,
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we found that by using inorganic cations Cs to replace
Arisen from the high performance of organometal halides
recently demonstrated in solar cells, the synthesis and
properties of colloidal nanoplatelets of organometal halide
hybrid perovskite attracted much attention. The quantum
size effect in colloidal organometal halide perovskite nano-
organic MA, a comparatively smaller amount of surfactant
hexylammonium (HA) with a shorter carbon chain can
introduce the formation of CsPb Br nanoplatelets. This is
2
5
[
3]
because the anisotropic 2D growth of CsPb Br during the
2 5
precipitation reaction is determined by the intrinsic symmetry
of its crystal structure. As shown in Figure 1a, the tetragonal
phase of CsPb Br exhibits a sandwich structure consisting of
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[
*] K.-H. Wang, L. Wu, L. Li, Prof. Dr. H. B. Yao, Prof. Dr. S. H. Yu
Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory
for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center
of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, Anhui 230026 (P.R. China)
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[
(
Pb Br ] layers and intercalated Cs . In the [Pb Br ] layer
2 5 2
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Figure S1a, in the Supporting Information), one Pb
coordinates with four Br forming the elongated pentahe-
dron. All the Pb ions are confined in the center of the layer
5
2
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2
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and both bottom and top surface of the layer are Br ions
E-mail: yhb@ustc.edu.cn
Homepage: http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~yulab/
Prof. Dr. H. S. Qian
School of Medical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology
Hefei, 230009 (China)
(
Figure S1b). The features of the CsPb Br crystal structure
2 5
are similar to that of layered double hydroxides, the nano-
platelets of which have been easily prepared by the facile
[
9]
precipitation process. In contrast, the monoclinic or cubic
phase of CsPbBr presents a three-dimensional connected
3
2
+
structure, in which the octahedral coordination of Pb with
six Br extends to three dimensions via sharing the vertex and
Cs ions localize in the octahedral voids (Figure 1b). The
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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1 – 6
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