To date, there is no example in the literature of free, nanometer-sized, organolead halide CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskites. We report here the preparation of 6 nm-sized nanoparticles of this type by a simple and fast method based on the use of an ammonium bromide with a medium-sized chain that keeps the nanoparticles dispersed in a wide range of organic solvents. These nanoparticles can be maintained stable in the solid state as well as in concentrated solutions for more than three months, without requiring a mesoporous material. This makes it possible to prepare homogeneous thin films of these nanoparticles by spin-coating on a quartz substrate. Both the colloidal solution and the thin film emit light within a narrow bandwidth of the visible spectrum and with a high quantum yield (ca. 20%); this could be advantageous in the design of optoelectronic devices.

Highly luminescent and photostable CH3NH3PbBr3 nanoparticles have been prepared by fine-tuning the molar ratio between CH3NH3Br, PbBr2, a medium-size alkyl-chain ammonium salt, and 1-octadecene.

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The mechanism responsible for the extremely long photoluminescence (PL) lifetimes observed in many lead halide perovskites is still under debate. While the presence of trap states is widely accepted, the process of electron detrapping back to the emissive state has been mostly ignored, especially from deep traps as these are typically associated with nonradiative recombination. Here, we study the photophysics of methylammonium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) with a photoluminescence quantum yield close to unity. We show that the lifetime of the spontaneous radiative recombination in PNCs is as short as 2 ns, which is expected considering the direct bandgap character of perovskites. All longer (up to microseconds) PL decay components result from the rapid reversible processes of multiple trapping and detrapping of carriers with a slow release of the excitation energy through the spontaneous emission channel. As our modeling shows, the trap (dark) and excitonic states are coupled by the trapping–detrapping processes so that they follow the same population decay kinetics, while a majority of excited carriers are in the dark state. The lifetime of the PNCs delayed luminescence is found to be determined by the depth of the trap states, lying from a few tens to hundreds meV below the emitting excitonic state. The delayed luminescence model proposed in this work can serve as a basis for the interpretation of other photoinduced transient phenomena observed in lead halide perovskites.

Organometal halide perovskites (hybrid perovskites) contain an anionic metal-halogen-semiconducting framework and charge-compensating organic cations. As hybrid materials, they combine useful properties of both organic and inorganic materials, such as plastic mechanical properties and good electronic mobility related to organic and inorganic material, respectively. They are prepared from abundant and low cost starting compounds. The perovskite stoichiometry is associated with the dimensionality of its inorganic framework, which can vary from three to zero, 3D consisting of corner-sharing MX 6 octahedra, and 0D consisting of isolated octahedra. Small-sized organic cations can fi t into the MX 6 octahedra of the 3D framework and in all dimensions organic cations surround the inorganic framework. Regarding the low dimensionality in the material, this refers to at least one of its dimensions being shorter than approximately 100 nanometers. These materials should be considered as genuine nanomaterials or as bulk materials depending on whether they have three or less than three dimensions on the nanoscale, respectively. In principle, hybrid perovskite nanoparticles can be prepared with different shapes and with inorganic framework dimensionalities varying from 0D to 3D, and this also applies to the bulk material. This report is mainly focused on the unique properties of organometal halide perovskite nanoparticles.

CH NH PbBr perovskite nanoparticles (P ) are prepared with a photoluminescence quantum yield of ≈100% in air atmosphere by using the quasi-spherical shaped 2-adamantylammonium bromide (ADBr) as the only capping ligand. The photostability under wet conditions of this kind of nanoparticles is enhanced by using cucurbit[7]uril-adamantylammonium (AD@CB) host-guest complexes as the capping ligand.

Blue-luminescent and dispersible organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites can be produced with a high reaction yield and valuable optical properties, such as luminescence quantum yield over 20% and high photostability under UV light. This material can be assembled–disassembled reversibly.

Pb-based halide perovskites have recently showed great potential in various applications such as solar cells, optoelectronics and photocatalysis. Despite their high performance, the Pb2+ toxicity along with poor stability hinder...