Yellow-light emitted single halide CsPbI3 nanowire

With the rapid development of metal halide perovskite, reducing its dimensionality into two-dimensional (2D) or one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures has been reported to be a good alternative for expanding the spectral absorption or emission range. For example, when substituting monovalent cation Cs+ with phenyl-ethylammonium (PEA(+)) on fabricating 2D-CsPbI3, the photoluminescence peak processes a maximum regulation from 710 to 625 nm. Simultaneously, when slicing into 1D CsPbI3 nanowires, the light emission could also achieve a maximum blue shift from 700 to 600 nm. Herein, by using a ligand-assistant reprecipitation (LARP) method, oleic acid (OA) molecule is successfully inserted into the lattice of one-dimensional CsPbI3 nanowire (namely OA-CsPbI3), which presents a monochromatic yellow light emission at 558 nm with narrow emission-band (about 28 nm), and records high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 94%. Such a yellow-light emission in single halide CsPbI3 systems has never been discovered before. Meanwhile, a shallow energy level in the OA-CsPbI3 nanowire is further identified by the ultrafast transient absorption (TA) and first-principle calculation, which helps the photoexcited carriers bypass the trap state level in the bandgap and enhances the radiative excitons lifetime with maximum binding energy up to 212.5 meV. What's more, the excellent thermal and moisture stabilities of the newly formed one-dimensional OA-CsPbI3 nanowire indicate a promising application prospect in the field of luminescent devices.

Automated summary

Reducing the dimensionality of metal halide perovskite into two-dimensional or one-dimensional nanostructures expands its spectral absorption or emission range. This study successfully synthesized one-dimensional OA-CsPbI3 nanowires, which exhibit monochromatic yellow light emission and high photoluminescence quantum yield.