White-light broadband emission in the visible
range from the low-dimensional halide perovskites is commonly attributed
to structural distortions in lead bromide octahedra. In this paper,
we report Dion–Jacobson-phase two-dimensional (2D) lead bromide
perovskites based on short aromatic diammonium cations, p-phenylene
diammonium (pPDA), m-phenylene diammonium (mPDA), and two 1D compounds
templated by o-phenylene diammonium (oPDA). All of the compounds exhibit
white-light emission. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals
that the distortion of the Pb octahedra is influenced by the stereochemistry
of the cations and their interactions with the perovskite layers.
Solid-state 1H and 207Pb NMR spectroscopy analysis
further confirms this trend, whereby different 1H and 207Pb chemical shifts are observed for the pPDA and mPDA spacer
cations, indicating different hydrogen-bonding interactions and octahedral
distortions. Owing to the octahedral distortion, 2D (mPDA)PbBr4 compounds exhibit broader white-light emission than 2D (pPDA)PbBr4. Density functional theory calculations suggest that (pPDA)PbBr4 and (mPDA)PbBr4 are direct-band-gap semiconductors,
and they exhibit larger electronic band gaps and effective masses
than the Ruddlesden–Popper-phase (BA)2PbBr4. Among the films of these compounds, 2D (mPDA)PbBr4 shows
the best stability, which is attributed to stronger hydrogen-bonding
interactions in the material.
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