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Low-energy Cathodoluminescence for OxyNitride Phosphors
Published on: November 15, 2016
Luminescence tuning and exciton dynamics of Mn-doped CsPbCl3 nanocrystals
Apurba De1, Navendu Mondal, Anunay Samanta
1School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500 046, India. anunay@uohyd.ac.in.
Abstract:
Mn-Doped perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are a new class of materials offering exciting opportunities to control over their optical and magnetic properties. Herein, we report a series of Mn-doped CsPbCl3 NCs exhibiting a tunable Mn photoluminescence (PL) band with a PL peak wavelength pushed up to 625 nm and tuned over a range of 40 nm, the largest achieved so far, by only varying the Mn content. The X-band EPR data and Mn PL decay behaviour of the NCs reveal that the exchange interaction between Mn2+ ions is mainly responsible for a large shift of the Mn PL band. Ultrafast pump-probe measurements show that exciton-dopant energy transfer in these NCs is slower (∼50-100 ps) than trapping of the carriers (∼8-10 ps) in the host lattice. The large PL tuning reported here along with the insights into the mechanism of tuning and carrier dynamics are expected to boost the potential of Mn-doped CsPbCl3 NCs in light-powered devices.
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