DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Scaling Laws of Exciton Recombination Kinetics in Low Dimensional Halide Perovskite Nanostructures

Abstract

Carrier recombination is a crucial process governing the optical properties of a semiconductor. Although various theoretical approaches have been utilized to describe carrier behaviors, a quantitative understanding of the impact of defects and interfaces in low dimensional semiconductor systems is still elusive. Here, we develop a model system consisting of chemically tunable, highly luminescent halide perovskite nanocrystals to illustrate the role of carrier diffusion and material dimensionality on the carrier recombination kinetics and luminescence efficiency. Our advanced synthetic methods provide a well-controlled colloidal system consisting of nanocrystals with different aspect ratios, halide compositions, and surface conditions. Using this system, we reveal the scaling laws of photoluminescence quantum yield and radiative lifetime with respect to the aspect ratio of nanocrystals. The scaling laws derived herein are not only a phenomenological observation but proved a powerful tool disentangling the carrier dynamics of microscopic systems in a quantitative and interpretable manner. The investigation of our model system and theoretical formulation bring to light the dimensionality, as a hidden constraint on carrier dynamics, and identify the diffusion length as an important parameter that distinguishes nanoscale and macroscale carrier behaviors. Furthermore, the conceptual distinction in carrier dynamics in different dimensionality regimes informs new design rulesmore » for optical devices where complex microstructures are involved.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Kavli Energy NanoScience Inst., 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:
1841154
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Excitons; Diffusion; Carrier dynamics; Defects; Perovskites

Citation Formats

Gao, Mengyu, Liu, Hao, Yu, Sunmoon, Louisia, Sheena, Zhang, Ye, Nenon, David P., Alivisatos, A. Paul, and Yang, Peidong. Scaling Laws of Exciton Recombination Kinetics in Low Dimensional Halide Perovskite Nanostructures. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02000.
Gao, Mengyu, Liu, Hao, Yu, Sunmoon, Louisia, Sheena, Zhang, Ye, Nenon, David P., Alivisatos, A. Paul, & Yang, Peidong. Scaling Laws of Exciton Recombination Kinetics in Low Dimensional Halide Perovskite Nanostructures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02000
Gao, Mengyu, Liu, Hao, Yu, Sunmoon, Louisia, Sheena, Zhang, Ye, Nenon, David P., Alivisatos, A. Paul, and Yang, Peidong. Thu . "Scaling Laws of Exciton Recombination Kinetics in Low Dimensional Halide Perovskite Nanostructures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02000. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1841154.
@article{osti_1841154,
title = {Scaling Laws of Exciton Recombination Kinetics in Low Dimensional Halide Perovskite Nanostructures},
author = {Gao, Mengyu and Liu, Hao and Yu, Sunmoon and Louisia, Sheena and Zhang, Ye and Nenon, David P. and Alivisatos, A. Paul and Yang, Peidong},
abstractNote = {Carrier recombination is a crucial process governing the optical properties of a semiconductor. Although various theoretical approaches have been utilized to describe carrier behaviors, a quantitative understanding of the impact of defects and interfaces in low dimensional semiconductor systems is still elusive. Here, we develop a model system consisting of chemically tunable, highly luminescent halide perovskite nanocrystals to illustrate the role of carrier diffusion and material dimensionality on the carrier recombination kinetics and luminescence efficiency. Our advanced synthetic methods provide a well-controlled colloidal system consisting of nanocrystals with different aspect ratios, halide compositions, and surface conditions. Using this system, we reveal the scaling laws of photoluminescence quantum yield and radiative lifetime with respect to the aspect ratio of nanocrystals. The scaling laws derived herein are not only a phenomenological observation but proved a powerful tool disentangling the carrier dynamics of microscopic systems in a quantitative and interpretable manner. The investigation of our model system and theoretical formulation bring to light the dimensionality, as a hidden constraint on carrier dynamics, and identify the diffusion length as an important parameter that distinguishes nanoscale and macroscale carrier behaviors. Furthermore, the conceptual distinction in carrier dynamics in different dimensionality regimes informs new design rules for optical devices where complex microstructures are involved.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.0c02000},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 19,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

Works referenced in this record:

Random Walks on Lattices. III. Calculation of First‐Passage Times with Application to Exciton Trapping on Photosynthetic Units
journal, April 1969

  • Montroll, Elliott W.
  • Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 10, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1664902

Extrinsic and Dynamic Edge States of Two-Dimensional Lead Halide Perovskites
journal, February 2019


Synthesis of Composition Tunable and Highly Luminescent Cesium Lead Halide Nanowires through Anion-Exchange Reactions
journal, June 2016

  • Zhang, Dandan; Yang, Yiming; Bekenstein, Yehonadav
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03134

Essentially Trap-Free CsPbBr 3 Colloidal Nanocrystals by Postsynthetic Thiocyanate Surface Treatment
journal, May 2017

  • Koscher, Brent A.; Swabeck, Joseph K.; Bronstein, Noah D.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 139, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02817

A Solution NMR Toolbox for Characterizing the Surface Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals
journal, February 2013

  • Hens, Zeger; Martins, José C.
  • Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 25, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1021/cm303361s

Hybrid organic—inorganic perovskites: low-cost semiconductors with intriguing charge-transport properties
journal, January 2016

  • Brenner, Thomas M.; Egger, David A.; Kronik, Leeor
  • Nature Reviews Materials, Vol. 1, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2015.7

Rashba Effect in a Single Colloidal CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Detected by Magneto-Optical Measurements
journal, July 2017


Zero-Dimensional and Quasi One-Dimensional Effects in Semiconductor Nanorods
journal, May 2004

  • Steiner, Dov; Katz, David; Millo, Oded
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 4, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl049588o

Aspect Ratio Dependence of Auger Recombination and Carrier Multiplication in PbSe Nanorods
journal, February 2013

  • Padilha, Lazaro A.; Stewart, John T.; Sandberg, Richard L.
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl304426y

Quantitative imaging of anion exchange kinetics in halide perovskites
journal, June 2019

  • Zhang, Ye; Lu, Dylan; Gao, Mengyu
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 116, Issue 26
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1903448116

The emergence of perovskite solar cells
journal, July 2014

  • Green, Martin A.; Ho-Baillie, Anita; Snaith, Henry J.
  • Nature Photonics, Vol. 8, Issue 7, p. 506-514
  • DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.134

Low trap-state density and long carrier diffusion in organolead trihalide perovskite single crystals
journal, January 2015


Perovskite light-emitting diodes with external quantum efficiency exceeding 20 per cent
journal, October 2018


Melting in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
journal, June 1992


Composition-dependent photoluminescence intensity and prolonged recombination lifetime of perovskite CH 3 NH 3 PbBr 3−x Cl x films
journal, January 2014

  • Zhang, Meng; Yu, Hua; Lyu, Miaoqiang
  • Chem. Commun., Vol. 50, Issue 79
  • DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04973J

Exciton Recombination in Formamidinium Lead Triiodide: Nanocrystals versus Thin Films
journal, June 2017

  • Fang, Hong-Hua; Protesescu, Loredana; Balazs, Daniel M.
  • Small, Vol. 13, Issue 32
  • DOI: 10.1002/smll.201700673

Bright triplet excitons in caesium lead halide perovskites
journal, January 2018

  • Becker, Michael A.; Vaxenburg, Roman; Nedelcu, Georgian
  • Nature, Vol. 553, Issue 7687
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature25147

Perspectives on the Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
journal, January 1996

  • Alivisatos, A. P.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 100, Issue 31
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp9535506

High-quality bulk hybrid perovskite single crystals within minutes by inverse temperature crystallization
journal, July 2015

  • Saidaminov, Makhsud I.; Abdelhady, Ahmed L.; Murali, Banavoth
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Article No. 7586
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8586

Visualizing Carrier Diffusion in Individual Single-Crystal Organolead Halide Perovskite Nanowires and Nanoplates
journal, September 2015

  • Tian, Wenming; Zhao, Chunyi; Leng, Jing
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 137, Issue 39
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08045

Synthesis and Properties of CdSe/ZnS Core/Shell Nanorods
journal, September 2003

  • Mokari, Taleb; Banin, Uri
  • Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 15, Issue 20
  • DOI: 10.1021/cm034173+

Spatially resolved multicolor CsPbX 3 nanowire heterojunctions via anion exchange
journal, June 2017

  • Dou, Letian; Lai, Minliang; Kley, Christopher S.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 114, Issue 28
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703860114

Role of microstructure in the electron–hole interaction of hybrid lead halide perovskites
journal, August 2015

  • Grancini, Giulia; Srimath Kandada, Ajay Ram; Frost, Jarvist M.
  • Nature Photonics, Vol. 9, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.151

Recombination Kinetics in Organic-Inorganic Perovskites: Excitons, Free Charge, and Subgap States
journal, September 2014


Exciton Diffusion in Air-Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
journal, June 2010


All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal scintillators
journal, August 2018


High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells
journal, July 2016

  • Tsai, Hsinhan; Nie, Wanyi; Blancon, Jean-Christophe
  • Nature, Vol. 536, Issue 7616
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature18306

Quantum-size effects on radiative lifetimes and relaxation of excitons in semiconductor nanostructures
journal, October 1998


CdSe Nanorod Synthesis: A New Approach
journal, November 2007


Controlling the influence of Auger recombination on the performance of quantum-dot light-emitting diodes
journal, October 2013

  • Bae, Wan Ki; Park, Young-Shin; Lim, Jaehoon
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 4, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3661

Theoretical study of time-resolved luminescence in semiconductors. III. Trap states in the band gap
journal, September 2015

  • Maiberg, Matthias; Hölscher, Torsten; Zahedi-Azad, Setareh
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4929877

Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites
journal, March 2017


Understanding the physical properties of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic applications
journal, July 2017


Spectral and Dynamical Properties of Single Excitons, Biexcitons, and Trions in Cesium–Lead-Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots
journal, March 2016


Exciton diffusion, end quenching, and exciton-exciton annihilation in individual air-suspended carbon nanotubes
journal, March 2015


Ligand Control of Growth, Morphology, and Capping Structure of Colloidal CdSe Nanorods
journal, May 2007

  • Wang, Wei; Banerjee, Sarbajit; Jia, Shengguo
  • Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 19, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1021/cm0705791

Quantum Dot Luminescent Concentrator Cavity Exhibiting 30-fold Concentration
journal, August 2015


Shape control of CdSe nanocrystals
journal, March 2000

  • Peng, Xiaogang; Manna, Liberato; Yang, Weidong
  • Nature, Vol. 404, Issue 6773, p. 59-61
  • DOI: 10.1038/35003535

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires
journal, January 2008

  • Hochbaum, Allon I.; Chen, Renkun; Delgado, Raul Diaz
  • Nature, Vol. 451, Issue 7175, p. 163-167
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature06381

Impact of microstructure on local carrier lifetime in perovskite solar cells
journal, April 2015


Perovskite light-emitting diodes based on spontaneously formed submicrometre-scale structures
journal, October 2018


Solution-Phase Synthesis of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires
journal, July 2015

  • Zhang, Dandan; Eaton, Samuel W.; Yu, Yi
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 137, Issue 29
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05404

Fast Anion-Exchange in Highly Luminescent Nanocrystals of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX 3 , X = Cl, Br, I)
journal, July 2015


Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Organic-Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites
journal, May 2016


Electron-Hole Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 Micrometer in an Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Absorber
journal, October 2013

  • Stranks, S. D.; Eperon, G. E.; Grancini, G.
  • Science, Vol. 342, Issue 6156, p. 341-344
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.1243982

Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH3NH3PbI3
journal, October 2013


Bandgap engineering in semiconductor alloy nanomaterials with widely tunable compositions
journal, October 2017


Diffusion Limited Photoluminescence Quantum Yields in 1-D Semiconductors: Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
journal, November 2010

  • Hertel, Tobias; Himmelein, Sabine; Ackermann, Thomas
  • ACS Nano, Vol. 4, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1021/nn101612b

Coherent single-photon emission from colloidal lead halide perovskite quantum dots
journal, February 2019


Recombination in amorphous materials as a continuous-time random-walk problem
journal, March 1983


Delayed Exciton Emission and Its Relation to Blinking in CdSe Quantum Dots
journal, October 2015


Delayed Luminescence in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
journal, June 2017

  • Chirvony, Vladimir S.; González-Carrero, Soranyel; Suárez, Isaac
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 121, Issue 24
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03771

Using Shape to Control Photoluminescence from CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanorods
journal, May 2011

  • She, Chunxing; Demortière, Arnaud; Shevchenko, Elena V.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 2, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1021/jz200510f

Length-Dependent Optical Effects in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
journal, May 2008

  • Rajan, Aruna; Strano, Michael S.; Heller, Daniel A.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 112, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp077144l

Synthesis and Micrometer-Scale Assembly of Colloidal CdSe/CdS Nanorods Prepared by a Seeded Growth Approach
journal, October 2007

  • Carbone, Luigi; Nobile, Concetta; De Giorgi, Milena
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 7, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl0717661

Chemical Cutting of Perovskite Nanowires into Single‐Photon Emissive Low‐Aspect‐Ratio CsPbX 3 (X=Cl, Br, I) Nanorods
journal, December 2018

  • Tong, Yu; Fu, Ming; Bladt, Eva
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 49
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810110

Surface- vs Diffusion-Limited Mechanisms of Anion Exchange in CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystal Cubes Revealed through Kinetic Studies
journal, September 2016

  • Koscher, Brent A.; Bronstein, Noah D.; Olshansky, Jacob H.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, Issue 37
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08178

Design Principles for Trap-Free CsPbX 3 Nanocrystals: Enumerating and Eliminating Surface Halide Vacancies with Softer Lewis Bases
journal, November 2018

  • Nenon, David P.; Pressler, Kimo; Kang, Jun
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 140, Issue 50
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11035

Single Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals at Low Temperature: Fast Single-Photon Emission, Reduced Blinking, and Exciton Fine Structure
journal, January 2016

  • Rainò, Gabriele; Nedelcu, Georgian; Protesescu, Loredana
  • ACS Nano, Vol. 10, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07328

Superfluorescence from lead halide perovskite quantum dot superlattices
journal, November 2018


Thermal Conductance of Thin Silicon Nanowires
journal, September 2008


Synthesis and Optical Properties of PbSe Nanorods with Controlled Diameter and Length
journal, August 2015

  • Placencia, Diogenes; Boercker, Janice E.; Foos, Edward E.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01511