Coherent Nanotwins and Dynamic Disorder in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

ABSTRACT: Crystal defects in highy luminescent colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) of CsPbX₃ perovskites (X = Cl, Br, I) are investigated. Here, using X-ray total scattering techniques and the Debye scattering equation (DSE), we provide evidence that the local structure of these NCs always exhibits orthorhombic tilting of PbX₆ octahedra within locally ordered subdomains. These subdomains are hinged through a two-/three-dimensional (2D/3D) network of twin boundaries through which the coherent arrangement of the Pb ions throughout the whole NC is preserved. The density of these twin boundaries determines the size of the subdomains and results in an apparent higher-symmetry structure on average in the high-temperature modification. Dynamic cooperative rotations of PbX₆ octahed

SUBMITTER: Bertolotti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800404 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature