Morphology-Dependent One- and Two-Photon Absorption Properties in Blue Emitting CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry letters Vol. 13; no. 22; pp. 4897 - 4904
• Main Authors: Alvarez, Sol Laura Gutierrez, Riel, Christina Basse, Madani, Mahtab, Abdellah, Mohamed, Zhao, Qian, Zou, Xianshao, Pullerits, Tönu, Zheng, Kaibo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 09-06-2022
• ISSN: 1948-7185; 1948-7185
• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00710

The linear and nonlinear optical parameters and morphologic dependence of CsPbBr
nanocrystals (NCs) are crucial for device engineering. In particular, such information in asymmetric nanocrystals is still insufficient. We characterized the OPLA (σ
) and TPA cross sections (σ
) of a series CsPbBr
nanocrystals with various aspect ratios (AR) using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS). The σ
presents a linear volume dependence of all the samples, which agrees with the previous behavior in CsPbBr
QDs. However, the σ
values do not exhibit conventional power dependency of the crystal volume but are also modulated by the shape-dependent local field factors. In addition, the local field effect in CsPbBr
NCs is contributed by their asymmetric morphologies and polar ionic lattices, which is more pronounced than in conventional semiconductor NCs. Finally, we revealed that the lifetimes of photogenerated multiexcitonic species of those nanocrystals feature identical morphology independence in both OPLA and TPA.