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From OD Cs3Bi2I9 to 2D Cs3Bi2I6Cl3: Dimensional Expansion Induces a Direct Band Gap but Enhances Electron Phonon Coupling

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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 31, Issue 7, Pages 2644-2650

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00636

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  1. Department of Homeland Security ARI program [2014-DN-077-ARI086-01]
  2. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
  3. Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF) [ECCS-1542205]
  4. State of Illinois and International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)
  5. MRSEC program at the Materials Research Center [NSF DMR-1720139]
  6. International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)
  7. Keck Foundation
  8. State of Illinois, through the IIN

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Alternative all-inorganic halide perovskites are sought to replace the hybrid lead halide perovskites because of their increased stability. Here, the (111)-oriented defect perovskite family A(3)M(2)X(9) based on trivalent M3(+) is expanded through the use of mixed halides, resulting in Cs3Bi2I6Cl3. This compound shares the (111)-oriented 2D bilayer structure of alpha-Cs3Sb2I9 (space group P (3) over bar m1), with Cl occupying the bridging positions of the bilayers and I in the terminal sites, in contrast to the parent compound Cs3Bi2I9, which consists of 0D molecular [Bi2I9](3) dimers. The increased dimensionality induces a direct band gap as calculated by density functional theory but has an absorption edge of 2.07 eV, nearly identical to the indirect band gap compound Cs3Bi2I9. Intriguingly, there is a remarkable lack of Cl orbital contribution to the band edge states of Cs3Bi2I6Cl3, despite BiCl bonds binding all octahedra together. This highlights the importance of interlayer interactions in the defect perovskite family, which enhances the effective dimensionality of these 2D and 0D materials and may improve their optoelectronic performance. However, these changes in the excitonic absorption do not reflect free excitons, as Cs3Bi2I6Cl3 exhibits broad photoluminescence as a result of self-trapped excitons, which appear to be universal in the (111)-oriented defect perovskites.

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