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Long-Range Exciton Diffusion in Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals

Authors :
Erika Penzo
Anna Loiudice
Matthew J. Jurow
Monica Lorenzon
Adam M. Schwartzberg
Stephen Whitelam
Edward S. Barnard
Ed Wong
Raffaella Buonsanti
Yi Liu
Alexander Weber-Bargioni
Igor Rajzbaum
Stefano Cabrini
Nicholas J. Borys
Source :
ACS nano, vol 14, iss 6
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020.

Abstract

F\"orster Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET)-mediated exciton diffusion through artificial nanoscale building block assemblies could be used as a new optoelectronic design element to transport energy. However, so far nanocrystal (NC) systems supported only diffusion length of 30 nm, which are too small to be useful in devices. Here, we demonstrate a FRET-mediated exciton diffusion length of 200 nm with 0.5 cm2/s diffusivity through an ordered, two-dimensional assembly of cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals (PNC). Exciton diffusion was directly measured via steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) microscopy, with physical modeling providing deeper insight into the transport process. This exceptionally efficient exciton transport is facilitated by PNCs high PL quantum yield, large absorption cross-section, and high polarizability, together with minimal energetic and geometric disorder of the assembly. This FRET-mediated exciton diffusion length matches perovskites optical absorption depth, opening the possibility to design new optoelectronic device architectures with improved performances, and providing insight into the high conversion efficiencies of PNC-based optoelectronic devices.

Details

ISSN :
1936086X and 19360851
Volume :
14
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
ACS Nano
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7e75e31302ec63c64c40095135619f82
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c01536