Open AccessThin Layer Buckling in Perovskite CsPbBr3 Nanobelts
Author(s) -
Emma H. Massasa,
Rotem Strassberg,
A. V. Vurgaft,
Yaron Kauffmann,
Noy Cohen,
Yehonadav Bekenstein
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.853
H-Index - 488
eISSN - 1530-6992
pISSN - 1530-6984
DOI - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00962
Subject(s) - materials science , heterojunction , buckling , perovskite (structure) , nanotechnology , cathodoluminescence , thin film , semiconductor , nanowire , layer (electronics) , substrate (aquarium) , transmission electron microscopy , microstructure , optoelectronics , composite material , crystallography , chemistry , oceanography , luminescence , geology
Flexible semiconductor materials, where structural fluctuations and transformation are tolerable and have low impact on electronic properties, focus interest for future applications. Two-dimensional thin layer lead halide perovskites are hailed for their unconventional optoelectronic features. We report structural deformations via thin layer buckling in colloidal CsPbBr 3 nanobelts adsorbed on carbon substrates. The microstructure of buckled nanobelts is determined using transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. We measured significant decrease in emission from the buckled nanobelt using cathodoluminescence, marking the influence of such mechanical deformations on electronic properties. By employing plate buckling theory, we approximate adhesion forces between the buckled nanobelt and the substrate to be F adhesion ∼ 0.12 μN, marking a limit to sustain such deformation. This work highlights detrimental effects of mechanical buckling on electronic properties in halide perovskite nanostructures and points toward the capillary action that should be minimized in fabrication of future devices and heterostructures based on nanoperovskites.