Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 21, Issue 12, Pages 5277-5284Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01398
Keywords
perovskite nanocrystals; nanorods; cation exchange; hollow nanocrystals; shape anisotropy
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- TRC at IACS
- UGC
- CSIR
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Researchers have successfully synthesized anisotropic perovskite nanocrystals with tailored shapes and unique properties using derivatives of alpha-bromo ketones. It is theorized that the directional growth of anisotropic perovskite nanocrystals may depend on the structure of the parent lattice, rather than following specific growth rules.
Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals, whether formed by their own nucleation and growth or by ion diffusion into the lattice of others, are still under investigation. Moreover, beyond isotropic nanocrystals, fabricating anisotropic perovskite nanocrystals by design has remained difficult. Exploring the lattice of orthorhombic-phase Cs2ZnBr4 with the complete replacement of Zn tetrahedra by Pb octahedra, dimension-tunable anisotropic nano-crystals of CsPbBr3 are reported. This B-site ion introduction led to CsPbBr3 nanorods having [100] as major axis, in contrast with all reports on rods/wires where the lengths were along the [001] direction. This was possible by using derivatives of alpha-bromo ketones, which helped in tuning the shape of Cs2ZnBr4 and also the facets of transformed CsPbBr3. While similar experiments are extended to orthorhombic Cs2HgBr4, standard nanorods with [001] as the major axis were observed. From these results, it is further concluded that anisotropic perovskite nanocrystals might not follow any specific rules for directional growth and instead might depend on the structure of the parent lattice.
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