Dielectric Confinement and Exciton Fine Structure in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Electronic and Dielectric Confinement Effects on the Exciton Energy
2.1. Theoretical Methods
2.2. Results and Discussion on Exciton Energy
3. Electronic and Dielectric Confinement Effects on the Exciton Fine Structure
3.1. Theoretical Methods
3.2. Results and Discussion on Exciton FSS
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ghribi, A.; Ben Aich, R.; Boujdaria, K.; Barisien, T.; Legrand, L.; Chamarro, M.; Testelin, C. Dielectric Confinement and Exciton Fine Structure in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3054. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113054
Ghribi A, Ben Aich R, Boujdaria K, Barisien T, Legrand L, Chamarro M, Testelin C. Dielectric Confinement and Exciton Fine Structure in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):3054. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113054
Chicago/Turabian StyleGhribi, Amal, Rim Ben Aich, Kaïs Boujdaria, Thierry Barisien, Laurent Legrand, Maria Chamarro, and Christophe Testelin. 2021. "Dielectric Confinement and Exciton Fine Structure in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 3054. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113054