Lead-free perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) were obtained mainly by substituting a Pb cation with a divalent cation or substituting three Pb cations with two trivalent cations. The substitution of two Pb cations with one monovalent Ag and one trivalent Bi cations was used to synthesize Cs AgBiX (X=Cl, Br, I) double perovskite NCs. Using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, the charge carrier relaxation mechanism was elucidated in the double perovskite NCs. The Cs AgBiBr NCs exhibit ultrafast hot-carrier cooling (<1 ps), which competes with the carrier trapping processes (mainly originate from the surface defects). Notably, the photoluminescence can be increased by 100 times with surfactant (oleic acid) added to passivate the defects in Cs AgBiCl NCs. These results suggest that the double perovskite NCs could be potential materials for optoelectronic applications by better controlling the surface defects.
Zero‐dimensional (0D) lead‐free perovskites have unique structures and optoelectronic properties. Undoped and Sb‐doped all inorganic, lead‐free, 0D perovskite single crystals A2InCl5(H2O) (A=Rb, Cs) are presented that exhibit greatly enhanced yellow emission. To study the effect of coordination H2O, Sb‐doped A3InCl6 (A=Rb, Cs) are also synthesized and further studied. The photoluminescence (PL) color changes from yellow to green emission. Interestingly, the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) realizes a great boost from <2 % to 85–95 % through doping Sb3+. We further explore the effect of Sb3+ dopants and the origin of bright emission by ultrafast transient absorption techniques. Furthermore, Sb‐doped 0D rubidium indium chloride perovskites show excellent stability. These findings not only provide a way to design a set of new high‐performance 0D lead‐free perovskites, but also reveal the relationship between structure and PL properties.
Lead‐free halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have drawn wide attention for solving the problem of lead perovskites toxicity and instability. Herein, we synthesize the direct band gap double perovskites undoped and Ag‐doped Cs2NaInCl6 NCs by variable temperature hot injection. The Cs2NaInCl6 NCs have little photoluminescence because of dark self‐trapped excitons (STEs). The dark STEs can be converted into bright STEs by doping with Ag+ to produce a bright yellow emission, with the highest photoluminescence quantum efficiency of 31.1 %. The dark STEs has been directly detected experimentally by ultrafast transient absorption (TA) techniques. The dynamics mechanism is further studied. In addition, the Ag‐doped NCs show better stability than the undoped ones. This result provides a new way to enhance the optical properties of lead‐free perovskites NCs for high‐performance light emitters.
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