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Detection of Single Charge Trapping Defects in Semiconductor Particles by Evaluating Photon Antibunching in Delayed Photoluminescence

Eremchev, Ivan Yu ; Tarasevich, Aleksandr O. ; Kniazeva, Maria A. ; Li, Jun LU orcid ; Naumov, Andrei V. and Scheblykin, Ivan G. LU orcid (2023) In Nano Letters
Abstract

Time-resolved analysis of photon cross-correlation function g(2)(τ) is applied to photoluminescence (PL) of individual submicrometer size MAPbI3 perovskite crystals. Surprisingly, an antibunching effect in the long-living tail of PL is observed, while the prompt PL obeys the photon statistics typical for a classical emitter. We propose that antibunched photons from the PL decay tail originate from radiative recombination of detrapped charge carriers which were initially captured by a very limited number (down to one) of shallow defect states. The concentration of these trapping sites is estimated to be in the range 1013-1016 cm-3. In principle, photon correlations can be also caused... (More)

Time-resolved analysis of photon cross-correlation function g(2)(τ) is applied to photoluminescence (PL) of individual submicrometer size MAPbI3 perovskite crystals. Surprisingly, an antibunching effect in the long-living tail of PL is observed, while the prompt PL obeys the photon statistics typical for a classical emitter. We propose that antibunched photons from the PL decay tail originate from radiative recombination of detrapped charge carriers which were initially captured by a very limited number (down to one) of shallow defect states. The concentration of these trapping sites is estimated to be in the range 1013-1016 cm-3. In principle, photon correlations can be also caused by highly nonlinear Auger recombination processes; however, in our case it requires unrealistically large Auger recombination coefficients. The potential of the time-resolved g(2)(0) for unambiguous identification of charge rerecombination processes in semiconductors considering the actual number of charge carries and defects states per particle is demonstrated.

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antibunching, Auger recombination, defect, delayed photoluminescence, single perovskite submicron crystals, single trap detection
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Nano Letters
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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1530-6984
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10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04004
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  author       = {{Eremchev, Ivan Yu and Tarasevich, Aleksandr O. and Kniazeva, Maria A. and Li, Jun and Naumov, Andrei V. and Scheblykin, Ivan G.}},
  issn         = {{1530-6984}},
  keywords     = {{antibunching; Auger recombination; defect; delayed photoluminescence; single perovskite submicron crystals; single trap detection}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Nano Letters}},
  title        = {{Detection of Single Charge Trapping Defects in Semiconductor Particles by Evaluating Photon Antibunching in Delayed Photoluminescence}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04004}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04004}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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