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Title: Interstitial Nature of Mn2+ Doping in 2D Perovskites

Journal Article · · ACS Nano
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  1. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  2. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  3. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  4. Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
  5. Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States); General Dynamics Information Technology, Dayton, OH (United States)
  6. Univ. of Rennes (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France)
  7. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials

Halide perovskites doped with magnetic impurities (such as the transition metals Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+) are being explored for a wide range of applications beyond photovoltaics, such as spintronic devices, stable light-emitting diodes, single-photon emitters, and magneto-optical devices. However, despite several recent studies, there is no consensus on whether the doped magnetic ions will predominantly replace the octahedral B-site metal via substitution or reside at interstitial defect sites. Here, by performing correlated nanoscale X-ray microscopy, spatially and temporally resolved photoluminescence measurements, and magnetic force microscopy on the inorganic 2D perovskite Cs2PbI2Cl2, we show that doping Mn2+ into the structure results in a lattice expansion. The observed lattice expansion contrasts with the predicted contraction expected to arise from the B-site metal substitution, thus implying that Mn2+ does not replace the Pb2+ sites. Photoluminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements confirm the presence of Mn2+ in the lattice, while correlated nano-XRD and X-ray fluorescence track the local strain and chemical composition. Density functional theory calculations predict that Mn2+ atoms reside at the interstitial sites between two octahedra in the triangle formed by one Cl and two I atoms, which results in a locally expanded structure. These measurements show the fate of the transition metal dopants, the local structure, and optical emission when they are doped at dilute concentrations into a wide band gap semiconductor.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); Institut Universitaire de France; US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; NSF 20-587; SC0012541; FG02-99ER14999; FA8650-16-D-5402-0001
OSTI ID:
1883353
Journal Information:
ACS Nano, Vol. 15, Issue 12; ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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