Lanthanide doping in metal halide perovskite nanocrystals: spectral shifting, quantum cutting and optoelectronic applications

Wasim J. Mir*, Tariq Sheikh, Habibul Arfin, Zhiguo Xia, Angshuman Nag

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    Abstract

    Lanthanides have been widely explored as optically active dopants in inorganic crystal lattices, which are often insulating in nature. Doping trivalent lanthanide (Ln3+) into traditional semiconductor nanocrystals, such as CdSe, is challenging because of their tetrahedral coordination. Interestingly, CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) perovskite nanocrystals provide the octahedral coordination suitable for Ln3+ doping. Over the last two years, tremendous success has been achieved in doping Ln3+ into CsPbX3 nanocrystals, combining the excellent optoelectronic properties of the host with the f-f electronic transitions of the dopants. For example, the efficient quantum cutting phenomenon in Yb3+-doped CsPb(Cl,Br)3 nanocrystals yields a photoluminescence quantum yield close to 200%. Other approaches of Ln3+ doping and codoping have enabled promising proof-of-principle demonstration of solid-state lighting and solar photovoltaics. In this perspective article, we highlight the salient features of the material design (including doping in Pb-free perovskites), optical properties and potential optoelectronic applications of lanthanide-doped metal halide perovskite nanocrystals. While review articles on doping different metal ions into perovskite nanocrystals are present, the present review-type article is solely dedicated to lanthanide-doped metal halide perovskite nanocrystals.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Article number9
    JournalNPG Asia Materials
    Volume12
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 1 2020

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work is supported by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB, EMR/2017/001397), India, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (D2190980), the Guangdong Provincial Science & Technology Project (2018A050506004) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (51961145101). T.S. and H.B. acknowledge the University Grants Commission (UGC) India for student fellowships.

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    © 2020, The Author(s).

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Modeling and Simulation
    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics

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