Improving the Stability of Ball-Milled Lead Halide Perovskites via Ethanol/Water-Induced Phase Transition
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Preparation of Cs4PbBr6 Crystal
2.2.2. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Cs4PbBr6 Microcrystals (MCs)
2.2.3. Synthesis of Ethanol/Water-Induced CsPbBr3 MCs
2.2.4. Synthesis of CsPbBr3 MCs through the Hot-Injection Method
2.3. Structural and Optical Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Synthesis of CsPbBr3 MCs
3.2. XRD Analysis
3.3. Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy
3.4. Phase Transformation Conditions and Mechanisms
3.5. Stability of Ethanol/Water-Induced CsPbBr3 MCs
3.6. Thermal Stability of the CsPbBr3 MC Thin Film
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kim, J.; Manh, N.T.; Thai, H.T.; Jeong, S.-K.; Lee, Y.-W.; Cho, Y.; Ahn, W.; Choi, Y.; Cho, N. Improving the Stability of Ball-Milled Lead Halide Perovskites via Ethanol/Water-Induced Phase Transition. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 920. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12060920
Kim J, Manh NT, Thai HT, Jeong S-K, Lee Y-W, Cho Y, Ahn W, Choi Y, Cho N. Improving the Stability of Ball-Milled Lead Halide Perovskites via Ethanol/Water-Induced Phase Transition. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(6):920. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12060920
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Jinyoung, Nguyen The Manh, Huynh Tan Thai, Soon-Ki Jeong, Young-Woo Lee, Younghyun Cho, Wook Ahn, Yura Choi, and Namchul Cho. 2022. "Improving the Stability of Ball-Milled Lead Halide Perovskites via Ethanol/Water-Induced Phase Transition" Nanomaterials 12, no. 6: 920. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12060920