Size Tunable Cesium Antimony Chloride Perovskite Nanowires and Nanorods

All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals are emergent alternative of organolead halide perovskites. Cesium antimony halide (Cs3Sb2X9, X = Cl, Br, I) all-inorganic perovskites nanocrystals possessing analogous electronic configuration to the organolead halide perovskites are promising materials for optoelectronic applications. We report on a colloidal route to synthesis uniform Cs3Sb2Cl9 perovskite nanowires with lengths up to several microns. We have synthesized aspect ratio controlled nanorods with the same similar to 20 nm diameter of nanowires by tuning the precursors and ligands in the reaction. The crystallinity of the nanocrystals is significantly altered from the pristine bulk trigonal and orthorhombic phases owing to the one-dimensional shape of the nanocrystals. Rietveld refinement carefully separates out orthorhombic phase from the trigonal phase revealing a coexistence of both the phases in a minor and major ratio in the nanocrystals. The functionality in the form of fast photodetector demonstrates Cs3Sb2Cl9 nanocrystals as promising materials for optoelectronic applications.