Lead halide perovskite
nanocrystals have drawn attention as active
light-absorbing or -emitting materials for opto-electronic applications
due to their facile synthesis, intrinsic defect tolerance, and color-pure
emission ranging over the entire visible spectrum. To optimize their
application in, e.g., solar cells and light-emitting diodes, it is
desirable to gain control over electronic doping of these materials.
However, predominantly due to the intrinsic instability of perovskites,
successful electronic doping has remained elusive. Using spectro-electrochemistry
and electrochemical transistor measurements, we demonstrate here that
CsPbBr
3
nanocrystals can be successfully and reversibly
p-doped via electrochemical hole injection. From an applied potential
of ∼0.9 V vs NHE, the emission quenches, the band edge absorbance
bleaches, and the electronic conductivity quickly increases, demonstrating
the successful injection of holes into the valence band of the CsPbBr
3
nanocrystals.