Anion Exchange in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals and Thin Films Using Trimethylsilyl Halide Reagents
Anion Exchange in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals and Thin Films Using Trimethylsilyl Halide Reagents
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02100
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发表时间:
2018-08-14
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Gamelin, Daniel R.
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作者:
Creutz, Sidney E.;Crites, Evan N.;Gamelin, Daniel R.
The excellent optoelectronic properties and facile synthesis of CsPbX3 (X= Cl, Br, I) colloidal nanocrystals have made them the subject of intense scientific interest since they were first reported in 2015. 1, 2 One of the most appealing aspects of CsPbX3 nanocrystals, beyond their high luminescence efficiencies, is their widely tunable emission wavelength. By changing the halide composition, the entirety of the visible spectrum can be accessed. Nanocrystals with different halide compositions can be synthesized directly or accessed through postsynthetic anion exchange from a single starting composition. 3, 4 Anion-exchange reactivity is not limited to the cesium lead halide perovskites; similar behavior has been observed and exploited in a range of halide-based nanocrystals including hybrid organic− inorganic lead halide perovskites (MAPbX3, MA= CH3NH3+), ternary bismuth halides (MA3Bi2X9), cesium antimony halides (Cs3Sb2X9), and elpasolites (Cs2AgBiX6). 5− 8 Anion exchange appears to be a ubiquitous and powerful feature of metal-halide nanocrystal chemistry. Despite the relative ease of anion-exchange reactions in lead halide perovskite nanocrystals, common methods can present complications. The structural lability of halide perovskite nanocrystals is now well-appreciated, and it has been demonstrated that a wide range of reagents, solvents, and surfactants can cause nanocrystal degradation, eg, conversion to related phases or stoichiometries (Scheme 1). For instance, CsPbBr3 nanocrystals can be converted partially or fully toCs4PbBr6 nanocrystals through treatment with surfactants including an excess of oleylamine. 9 On the other hand, addition of an alkylammonium bromide surfactant causes formation of CsPb2Br5. 10 Given these results, some of the most commonly used anion-exchange reagents, alkylammonium halides and surfactant-containing metal halide salt solutions, also risk inadvertently causing some degree of decomposition or undesired transformation of halide-based nanocrystals. Moreover, the need to purify samples after anion exchange to remove excess reagents and reaction byproducts can cause further nanocrystal degradation. These issues are exacerbated in materials with more complex compositions beyond CsPbX3, such as doped nanocrystals, where exposure to excess ligands or parent cations can cause undesired dopant loss. 11 Here, we describe the use of trimethylsilyl halides (TMSX, X= Cl, Br, I) as effective reagents for anion exchange in CsPbX3 nanocrystals. We recently introduced the use of TMSX anionexchange reagents for halide nanocrystals, specifically elpasolites (double-perovskites). 7 Notably, only TMSBr and TMSI allowed successful synthesis of Cs2AgBiBr6 and Cs2AgBiI6 nanocrystals from their lighter halide congeners, whereas more common anion-exchange reagents caused partial decomposition of the nanocrystals to other phases. We have since found TMSX reagents to be broadly useful in anionexchange reactions involving a range of metal halide nanocrystals, and their use has generally supplanted other anionexchange reagents in our laboratory. Although not discussed here, we have also found that TMSX reagents are useful for the direct synthesis of CsPbCl3 and CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (see SI). 12 The results presented here highlight some key advantages of TMSX as nanocrystal anion-exchange reagents. Foremost among these advantages are (i) their inertness toward undesired side reactions,(ii) their favorable thermodynamics, which allow nearly stoichiometric incorporation of heavier halides into CsPbX3 nanocrystals, and (iii) their volatility, which enables …