Temperature Driven Transformation of CsPbBr$_3$ Nanoplatelets into Mosaic Nanotiles in Solution through Self-Assembly

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العنوان: Temperature Driven Transformation of CsPbBr$_3$ Nanoplatelets into Mosaic Nanotiles in Solution through Self-Assembly
المؤلفون: Dang, Zhiya, Dhanabalan, Balaji, Castelli, Andrea, Dhall, Rohan, Bustillo, Karen C., Marchelli, Dorwal, Spirito, Davide, Petralanda, Urko, Shamsi, Javad, Manna, Liberato, Krahne, Roman, Arciniegas, Milena P.
المصدر: Nano Lett. 2020
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Applied Physics, Physics - Chemical Physics
الوصف: Two-dimensional colloidal halide perovskite nanocrystals are promising materials for light emitting applications. In addition, they can be used as components to create a variety of materials through physical and chemical transformations. Recent studies focused on nanoplatelets that are able to self-assemble and transform on solid substrates. Yet, the mechanism behind the process and the atomic arrangement of their assemblies remain unclear. Here, we present the transformation of self-assembled stacks of CsPbBr$_3$ nanoplatelets in solution, capturing the different stages of the process by keeping the solutions at room temperature and monitoring the nanocrystal morphology over a period of a few months. Using ex-situ transmission electron microscopy and surface analysis, we demonstrate that the transformation mechanism can be understood as oriented attachment, proceeding through the following steps: i) desorption of the ligands from the particles surfaces, causing the merging of nanoplatelet stacks, which first form nanobelts; ii) merging of neighboring nanobelts that form more extended nanoplates; and iii) attachment of nanobelts and nanoplates, which create objects with an atomic structure that resemble a mosaic made of broken nanotiles. We reveal that the starting nanoplatelets merge seamlessly and defect-free on an atomic scale in small and thin nanobelts. However, aged nanobelts and nanoplates, which are mainly stabilized by amine/ammonium ions, link through a bilayer of CsBr. In this case, the atomic columns of neighboring perovskite lattices shift by a half-unit-cell, forming Ruddlesden-Popper planar faults.
Comment: 28 pages, 5 Figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05036
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01564
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2005.01564
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05036