Effect of Mn2+ doping and DDAB-assisted postpassivation on the structural and optical properties of CsPb(Cl/Br)3 halide perovskite nanocrystals

Cesium lead halide perovskite (CsPbX3; X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystals showing intense band-edge emission and high photoluminescence quantum yield are known to be a potential candidate for application in optoelectronic devices. However, controlling toxicity due to the presence of Pb2+ in lead-based halide perovskites is a major challenge for the environment that needs to be tackled cautiously. In this work, we have partially replaced Pb2+ with Mn2+ ions in the CsPb(Cl/Br)(3) nanocrystals and investigated their impact on the structural and optical properties. The Rietveld refinement shows that CsPbCl2Br nanocrystals possess a cubic crystal structure with Pm 3 m space group, the Mn2+ doping results in the contraction of the unit cell. The CsPb(Cl/Br)(3): Mn nanocrystals show a substantial change in the optical properties with an additional emission band at similar to 588 nm through a d-d transition, changing the emission color from blue to pink. Here, a didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) ligand that triggers both anion and ligand exchange in the CsPb(Cl/Br)(3): Mn nanocrystals have been used to regulate the exchange reaction and tune the emission color of halide perovskites by changing the peak position and the PL intensities of band-edge and Mn2+ defect states. We have also shown that oleic acid helps in the desorption of oleylamine capping from the CsPb(Cl/Br)(3): Mn nanocrystal surfaces and DDAB, resulting in the substitution of Cl- with Br- as well as provides capping with shorter branched length ligand which led to increase in the overall PL intensity by many folds.