Spin coating epitaxial heterodimensional tin perovskites for light-emitting diodes

Hao Min, Nana Wang, Nana Chen, Yunfang Tong, Yujiao Wang, Jiaqi Wang, Jinglong Liu, Saixue Wang, Xiao Wu, Pinghui Yang, Haokun Shi, Chunxue Zhuo, Qi Chen, Jingwei Li, Daliang Zhang, Xinhui Lu, Chao Zhu, Qiming Peng, Lin Zhu, Jin ChangWei Huang, Jianpu Wang

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Abstract

Environmentally friendly tin (Sn) perovskites have received considerable attention due to their great potential for replacing their toxic lead counterparts in applications of photovoltaics and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, the device performance of Sn perovskites lags far behind that of lead perovskites, and the highest reported external quantum efficiencies of near-infrared Sn perovskite LEDs are below 10%. The poor performance stems mainly from the numerous defects within Sn perovskite crystallites and grain boundaries, leading to serious non-radiative recombination. Various epitaxy methods have been introduced to obtain high-quality perovskites, although their sophisticated processes limit the scalable fabrication of functional devices. Here we demonstrate that epitaxial heterodimensional Sn perovskite films can be fabricated using a spin-coating process, and efficient LEDs with an external quantum efficiency of 11.6% can be achieved based on these films. The film is composed of a two-dimensional perovskite layer and a three-dimensional perovskite layer, which is highly ordered and has a well-defined interface with minimal interfacial areas between the different dimensional perovskites. This unique nanostructure is formed through direct spin coating of the perovskite precursor solution with tryptophan and SnF2 additives onto indium tin oxide glass. We believe that our approach will provide new opportunities for further developing high-performance optoelectronic devices based on heterodimensional perovskites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)632-637
Number of pages6
JournalNature Nanotechnology
Volume19
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2024

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