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Blue emitting CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dot inks obtained from sustained release tablets

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Blue emitting perovskite ink obtained from cesium lead halide quantum dots bearing chlorine (CsPbClxBr3−x, 0 < x ≤ 3) suffers from the low photoluminescence quantum yield and poor stability. Cesium lead bromine (CsPbBr3) quantum dots free of chlorine have more stable crystal structure and fewer crystal defects. Precise control of crystal sizes and surface passivation components of CsPbBr3 quantum dots is crucial for the best use of quantum confinement effect and blueshift of emission wavelength to blue region. Here, by polymerizing acrylamide under UV-light irradiation to form polymer gel networks in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with CsPbBr3 precursors and passivating agents trapped, we successfully prepared novel sustained release tablets with different shapes and sizes. Thanks to the limitation of the polymer networks on solvent releasing, the resulting CsPbBr3 quantum dots have the average size of 1.1 ± 0.2 nm. On the basis of the excellent quantum confinement effect and optimized surface passivation, the obtained PQD ink can emit high quality blue light for more than 6 weeks. This work elucidates a new and convenient technique to prepare blue emission perovskite quantum dots ink with high stability and photoluminescence quantum yield and provides a great potential technology for the preparation of perovskite optoelectronic devices.

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The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21761132007) and the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2016YFE0114900).

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    Hewei Yang, Yaqing Feng, Zhiyu Tu, Kuo Su, Bingjie Liu, Zhiping Shi, Yuzhe Zhang, Chenyang Zhao & Bao Zhang

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, China

    Hewei Yang, Yaqing Feng, Kuo Su, Zhiping Shi & Yuzhe Zhang

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Yang, H., Feng, Y., Tu, Z. et al. Blue emitting CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dot inks obtained from sustained release tablets. Nano Res. 12, 3129–3134 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2566-6

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