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Towards non-blinking and photostable perovskite quantum dots

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
Surface defect-induced photoluminescence blinking and photodarkening are ubiquitous in lead halide perovskite quantum dots. Despite efforts to stabilize the surface by chemically engineering ligand binding moieties, blinking accompanied by photodegradation still poses barriers to implementing perovskite quantum dots in quantum emitters. To date, ligand tail engineering in the solid state has rarely been explored for perovskite quantum dots. We posit that attractive intermolecular interactions between low-steric ligand tails, such as π-π stacking, can promote the formation of a nearly epitaxial ligand layer that significantly reduces the quantum dot surface energy. Here, we show that single CsPbBr3 quantum dots covered by stacked phenethylammonium ligands exhibit nearly non-blinking single photon emission with high purity (~98%) and extraordinary photostability (12 hours continuous operation and saturated excitations), allowing the determination of size-dependent exciton radiative rates and emission line widths of CsPbBr3 quantum dots at the single particle level.
Research Organization:
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0024441
OSTI ID:
2484177
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 16; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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