Color-stable water-dispersed cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

Cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are being lately explored for optoelectronic applications due to their emission tunability, high photoluminescence quantum yields, and narrow emission bands. Nevertheless, their incompatibility with polar solvents and composition homogenization driven by a...

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Authors: Gomez, Leyre, de Weerd, Chris, Hueso Martos, Jose Luis, Gregorkiewicz, Tom
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Zaragoza
Repository:Zaguán. Repositorio Digital de la Universidad de Zaragoza
OAI Identifier:oai:zaguan.unizar.es:58539
Online Access:http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58539
Access Level:Open access
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Summary:Cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are being lately explored for optoelectronic applications due to their emission tunability, high photoluminescence quantum yields, and narrow emission bands. Nevertheless, their incompatibility with polar solvents and composition homogenization driven by a fast anion-exchange are still important drawbacks to overcome. Herein we report on a successful encapsulation of colloidal perovskite nanocrystals within solid–lipid structures mainly consisting of stearic acid. The product is water-stable for a period longer than 2 months and anion-exchange is fully arrested when mixing nanocrystals of different halide compositions. This strategy boosts the potential applications of allinorganic perovskite nanocrystals for ink-printing.