2D Behaviors of Excitons in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets

Abstract

Fundamental to understanding and predicting the optoelectronic properties of semiconductors is the basic parameters of excitons such as oscillator strength and exciton binding energy. However, such knowledge of CsPbBr₃ perovskite, a promising optoelectronic material, is still unexplored. Here we demonstrate that quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) CsPbBr₃ nanoplatelets (NPLs) with 2D exciton behaviors serve as an ideal system for the determination of these parameters. It is found that the oscillator strength of CsPbBr₃ NPLs is up to 1.18 × 10⁴, higher than that of colloidal II-VI NPLs and epitaxial quantum wells. Furthermore, the exciton binding energy is determined to be of ∼120 meV from either the optical absorption or the photoluminescence analysis, comparable to that reported in colloidal II-VI quantum wells. Our work provides physical understanding of the observed excellent optical properties of CsPbBr₃ nanocrystals and would benefit the prediction of high-performance excitonic devices based on such materials.