Highly tunable properties in pressure-treated two-dimensional Dion–Jacobson perovskites

Author ORCID Identifier

Vibhor Kumar:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-6635

Publication Title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

ISSN

00278424

E-ISSN

10916490

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The application of pressure can achieve novel structures and exotic phenomena in condensed matters. However, such pressure-induced transformations are generally reversible and useless for engineering materials for ambient-environment applications. Here, we report comprehensive high-pressure investigations on a series of Dion–Jacobson (D-J) perovskites A′An-1PbnI3n+1 [A′ = 3-(aminomethyl) piperidinium (3AMP), A = methylammonium (MA), n = 1, 2, 4]. Our study demonstrates their irreversible behavior, which suggests pressure/strain engineering could viably improve light-absorber material not only in situ but also ex situ, thus potentially fostering the development of optoelectronic and electroluminescent materials. We discovered that the photoluminescence (PL) intensities are remarkably enhanced by one order of magnitude at mild pressures. Also, higher pressure significantly changes the lattices, boundary conditions of electronic wave functions, and possibly leads to semiconductor–metal transitions. For (3AMP)(MA)3Pb4I13, permanent recrystallization from 2D to three-dimensional (3D) structure occurs upon decompression, with dramatic changes in optical properties.

First Page

16121

Last Page

16126

Publication Date

7-14-2020

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2003561117

PubMed ID

32601216

Keywords

Bandgap, Dion–Jacobson perovskites, High pressure, Photoluminescence, Two-dimensional

Department

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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