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Decoding the Broadband Emission of 2D Pb-Sn Halide Perovskites through High-Throughput Exploration

Journal Article · · Advanced Functional Materials
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  1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Yonsei Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
  4. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Unlike single-component 2D metal halide perovskites (MHPs) exhibiting sharp excitonic photoluminescence (PL), a broadband PL emerges in mixed Pb-Sn 2D lattices. Two physical models –self-trapped exciton and defect-induced Stokes-shift – are proposed to explain this unconventional phenomenon. However, the explanations provide limited rationalizations without consideration of the formidable compositional space, and thus, the fundamental origin of broadband PL remains elusive. Herein, the high-throughput automated experimental workflow is established to systematically explore the broadband PL in mixed Pb-Sn 2D MHPs, employing PEA (Phenethylammonium) as a model cation known to work as a rigid organic spacer. Spectrally, the broadband PL becomes further broadened with rapid PEA2PbI4 phase segregation with increasing Pb concentrations during early-stage crystallization. Counterintuitively, MHPs with high Pb concentrations exhibit prolonged PL lifetimes. Hyperspectral microscopy identifies substantial PEA2PbI4 phase segregation in those films, hypothesizing that the establishment of charge transfer excitons by the phase segregation upon crystallization at high-Pb compositions results in distinctive PL properties. In conclusion, these results indicate that two independent mechanisms—defect-induced Stoke-shifts and the establishment of charge transfer excitons by phase segregation—coexist which significantly correlates with the Pb:Sn ratio, thereby simultaneously contributing to the broadband PL emission in 2D mixed Pb-Sn HPs.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2491457
Journal Information:
Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 52 Vol. 34; ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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