Volume 20, Issue 18 2308676
Research Article

Highly Efficient MAPbI3-Based Quantum Dots Exhibiting Unusual Nonblinking Single Photon Emission at Room Temperature

Yung-Tang Chuang

Yung-Tang Chuang

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Tzu-Yu Lin

Tzu-Yu Lin

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Guang-Hsun Tan

Guang-Hsun Tan

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Pei-En Jan

Pei-En Jan

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Hao-Cheng Lin

Hao-Cheng Lin

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Hung-Ming Chen

Hung-Ming Chen

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Kai-Yuan Hsiao

Kai-Yuan Hsiao

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Bo-Han Chen

Bo-Han Chen

Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Chih-Hsuan Lu

Chih-Hsuan Lu

Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Chi-Hsuan Lee

Chi-Hsuan Lee

Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 106319 Taiwan

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Chun-Wei Pao

Chun-Wei Pao

Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan

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Shang-Da Yang

Shang-Da Yang

Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Ming-Yen Lu

Ming-Yen Lu

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Hao-Wu Lin

Corresponding Author

Hao-Wu Lin

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

E-mail: [email protected]

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First published: 10 December 2023
Citations: 2

Abstract

Highly emissive semiconductor nanocrystals, or so-called quantum dots (QDs) possess a variety of applications from displays and biology labeling, to quantum communication and modern security. Though ensembles of QDs have already shown very high photoluminescent quantum yields (PLQYs) and have been widely utilized in current optoelectronic products, QDs that exhibit high absorption cross-section, high emission intensity, and, most important, nonblinking behavior at single-dot level have long been desired and not yet realized at room temperature. In this work, infrared-emissive MAPbI3-based halide perovskite QDs is demonstrated. These QDs not only show a ≈100% PLQY at the ensemble level but also, surprisingly, at the single-dot level, display an extra-large absorption cross-section up to 1.80 × 10−12 cm2 and non-blinking single photon emission with a high single photon purity of 95.3%, a unique property that is extremely rare among all types of quantum emitters operated at room temperature. An in-depth analysis indicates that neither trion formation nor band-edge carrier trapping is observed in MAPbI3 QDs, resulting in the suppression of intensity blinking and lifetime blinking. Fluence-dependent transient absorption measurements reveal that the coexistence of non-blinking behavior and high single photon purity in these perovskite QDs results from a significant repulsive exciton-exciton interaction, which suppresses the formation of biexciton, and thus greatly reduces photocharging. The robustness of these QDs is confirmed by their excellent stability under continuous 1 h electron irradiation in high-resolution transmission electron microscope inspection. It is believed that these results mark an important milestone in realizing nonblinking single photon emission in semiconductor QDs.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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