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High‐Pressure‐Induced Comminution and Recrystallization of CH 3 NH 3 PbBr 3 Nanocrystals as Large Thin Nanoplates
Author(s) -
Yin Tingting,
Fang Yanan,
Chong Wee Kiang,
Ming Koh Teck,
Jiang Shaojie,
Li Xianglin,
Kuo JerLai,
Fang Jiye,
Sum Tze Chien,
White Timothy J.,
Yan Jiaxu,
Shen Ze Xiang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201705017
Subject(s) - materials science , nanocrystal , photoluminescence , comminution , recrystallization (geology) , perovskite (structure) , orthorhombic crystal system , nanoparticle , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , crystal structure , crystallography , optoelectronics , metallurgy , chemistry , paleontology , engineering , biology
High pressure (HP) can drive the direct sintering of nanoparticle assemblies for Ag/Au, CdSe/PbS nanocrystals (NCs). Instead of direct sintering for the conventional nanocrystals, this study experimentally observes for the first time high‐pressure‐induced comminution and recrystallization of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite nanocrystals into highly luminescent nanoplates with a shorter carrier lifetime. Such novel pressure response is attributed to the unique structural nature of hybrid perovskites under high pressure: during the drastic cubic–orthorhombic structural transformation at ≈2 GPa, (301) the crystal plane fully occupied by organic molecules possesses a higher surface energy, triggering the comminution of nanocrystals into nanoslices along such crystal plane. Beyond bulk perovskites, in which pressure‐induced modifications on crystal structures and functional properties will disappear after pressure release, the pressure‐formed variants, i.e., large (≈100 nm) and thin (<10 nm) perovskite nanoplates, are retained and these exhibit simultaneous photoluminescence emission enhancing (a 15‐fold enhancement in the photoluminescence) and carrier lifetime shortening (from ≈18.3 ± 0.8 to ≈7.6 ± 0.5 ns) after releasing of pressure from 11 GPa. This pressure‐induced comminution of hybrid perovskite NCs and a subsequent amorphization–recrystallization treatment offer the possibilities of engineering the advanced hybrid perovskites with specific properties.