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Exploring the Electronic Band Structure of Organometal Halide Perovskite via Photoluminescence Anisotropy of Individual Nanocrystals

Täuber, Daniela LU ; Dobrovolsky, Alexander LU ; Camacho Dejay, Rafael LU and Scheblykin, Ivan G. LU orcid (2016) In Nano Letters 16(8). p.5087-5094
Abstract

Understanding electronic processes in organometal halide perovskites, flourishing photovoltaic, and emitting materials requires unraveling the origin of their electronic transitions. Light polarization studies can provide important information regarding transition dipole moment orientations. Investigating individual methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite nanocrystals enabled us to detect the polarization of photoluminescence intensity and photoluminescence excitation, hidden in bulk samples by ensemble averaging. Polarization properties of the crystals were correlated with their photoluminescence spectra and electron microscopy images. We propose that distortion of PbI6 octahedra leads to peculiarities of the electronic... (More)

Understanding electronic processes in organometal halide perovskites, flourishing photovoltaic, and emitting materials requires unraveling the origin of their electronic transitions. Light polarization studies can provide important information regarding transition dipole moment orientations. Investigating individual methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite nanocrystals enabled us to detect the polarization of photoluminescence intensity and photoluminescence excitation, hidden in bulk samples by ensemble averaging. Polarization properties of the crystals were correlated with their photoluminescence spectra and electron microscopy images. We propose that distortion of PbI6 octahedra leads to peculiarities of the electronic band structure close to the band-edge. Namely, the lowest band transition possesses a transition dipole moment along the apical Pb-I-Pb bond resulting in polarized photoluminescence. Excitation of photoluminescence above the bandgap is unpolarized because it involves molecular orbitals delocalized both in the apical and equatorial directions of the perovskite octahedron. Trap-assisted emission at 77 K, rather surprisingly, was polarized similar to the bandgap emission.

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band structure, fluorescence microscopy, individual nanocrystal, organometal halide perovskite, photoluminescence polarization, trap-assisted emission
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Nano Letters
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8 pages
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02012
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  author       = {{Täuber, Daniela and Dobrovolsky, Alexander and Camacho Dejay, Rafael and Scheblykin, Ivan G.}},
  issn         = {{1530-6984}},
  keywords     = {{band structure; fluorescence microscopy; individual nanocrystal; organometal halide perovskite; photoluminescence polarization; trap-assisted emission}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{08}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{5087--5094}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Nano Letters}},
  title        = {{Exploring the Electronic Band Structure of Organometal Halide Perovskite via Photoluminescence Anisotropy of Individual Nanocrystals}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02012}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02012}},
  volume       = {{16}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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