Dec 4, 2024
9:45am - 10:00am
Sheraton, Second Floor, Republic B
Yanyan Li1,Shunran Li1,Du Chen1,Conrad Kocoj1,Ankun Yang2,Benjamin Diroll3,Peijun Guo1
Yale University1,Oakland University2,Argonne National Laboratory3
Yanyan Li1,Shunran Li1,Du Chen1,Conrad Kocoj1,Ankun Yang2,Benjamin Diroll3,Peijun Guo1
Yale University1,Oakland University2,Argonne National Laboratory3
Lead halide perovskites have received significant attention in solid-state lighting (SSL) due to their high photoluminescence quantum yields, tunable emissions, and ease of solution processing. However, the presence of lead in these materials raises substantial environmental and health concerns. Environmentally friendly copper halides, which exhibit broadband emissions from self-trapped excitons (STEs), are emerging as promising alternatives for energy downconverting phosphors in multifunctional light-emitting applications. In this study, we successfully synthesized three new lead-free organic-inorganic hybrid copper halides: (HA)
2CuI
3 (HA
+ = C
6H
13NH
3+, n-hexylammonium cation) and (OA)
4CuX
5 (X = Br, I; OA
+ = C
8H
17NH
3+, n-octylammonium cation). (HA)
2CuI
3 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
C2/c, featuring 0D CuI
4 dimers, while (OA)
4CuX
5 (X = Br, I) crystallizes in the triclinic space group
P, possessing 0D CuX
4 clusters. These different emission centers lead to distinct optical properties for the materials. Under 257 nm excitation, (OA)
4CuBr
5 and (HA)
2CuI
3 emit broad yellow light with PL peaks at 587 and 573 nm, respectively. Notably, OA
4CuI
5 exhibits white-light emission with two PL peaks at 493 and 616 nm, CIE chromaticity coordinates of (0.38, 0.38), and a high CRI value of 91. Time-resolved PL (TRPL) measurements reveal that their lifetimes extend into the microsecond range. Additionally, we observed that the two excitonic states in (OA)
4CuI
5 have different lifetimes, which we attribute to free excitons and STEs, respectively. Given their broad emission spectra, large Stokes shifts, and long lifetimes, their emissions likely originate from STEs. This work stimulates the exploration of single materials with white-light emissions for potential applications in lighting and display technologies.