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Title: Ruddlesden–Popper Phase in Two-Dimensional Inorganic Halide Perovskites: A Plausible Model and the Supporting Observations

Abstract

A Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) type structure is well-known in oxide perovskites and is related to many interesting properties such as superconductivity and ferroelectricity. However, the RP phase has not yet been discovered in inorganic halide perovskites. Here, we report the direct observation of unusual structure in two-dimensional CsPbBr3 nanosheets which could be interpreted as the RP phase based on model simulations. Structural details of the plausible RP domains and domain boundaries between the RP and conventional perovskite phases have been revealed on the atomic level using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. The finding marks a major advance toward future inorganic halide RP phase synthesis and theoretical modeling, as well as unraveling their structure-property relationship.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Div.
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Div.; Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1601162
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Ruddlesden-Popper phase; inorganic halide perovskite; aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy; two-dimensional; domain

Citation Formats

Yu, Yi, Zhang, Dandan, and Yang, Peidong. Ruddlesden–Popper Phase in Two-Dimensional Inorganic Halide Perovskites: A Plausible Model and the Supporting Observations. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02146.
Yu, Yi, Zhang, Dandan, & Yang, Peidong. Ruddlesden–Popper Phase in Two-Dimensional Inorganic Halide Perovskites: A Plausible Model and the Supporting Observations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02146
Yu, Yi, Zhang, Dandan, and Yang, Peidong. Tue . "Ruddlesden–Popper Phase in Two-Dimensional Inorganic Halide Perovskites: A Plausible Model and the Supporting Observations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02146. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1601162.
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title = {Ruddlesden–Popper Phase in Two-Dimensional Inorganic Halide Perovskites: A Plausible Model and the Supporting Observations},
author = {Yu, Yi and Zhang, Dandan and Yang, Peidong},
abstractNote = {A Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) type structure is well-known in oxide perovskites and is related to many interesting properties such as superconductivity and ferroelectricity. However, the RP phase has not yet been discovered in inorganic halide perovskites. Here, we report the direct observation of unusual structure in two-dimensional CsPbBr3 nanosheets which could be interpreted as the RP phase based on model simulations. Structural details of the plausible RP domains and domain boundaries between the RP and conventional perovskite phases have been revealed on the atomic level using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. The finding marks a major advance toward future inorganic halide RP phase synthesis and theoretical modeling, as well as unraveling their structure-property relationship.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02146},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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