On the Role of Cs4PbBr6 Phase in the Luminescence Performance of Bright CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Hot Injection (HI) Synthesis of Pure CsPbBr3
2.3. Room-Temperature Precipitation (RTP) Synthesis of CsPbBr3-Cs4PbBr6 Mixture
2.4. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Děcká, K.; Suchá, A.; Král, J.; Jakubec, I.; Nikl, M.; Jarý, V.; Babin, V.; Mihóková, E.; Čuba, V. On the Role of Cs4PbBr6 Phase in the Luminescence Performance of Bright CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1935. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11081935
Děcká K, Suchá A, Král J, Jakubec I, Nikl M, Jarý V, Babin V, Mihóková E, Čuba V. On the Role of Cs4PbBr6 Phase in the Luminescence Performance of Bright CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(8):1935. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11081935
Chicago/Turabian StyleDěcká, Kateřina, Adéla Suchá, Jan Král, Ivo Jakubec, Martin Nikl, Vítězslav Jarý, Vladimir Babin, Eva Mihóková, and Václav Čuba. 2021. "On the Role of Cs4PbBr6 Phase in the Luminescence Performance of Bright CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals" Nanomaterials 11, no. 8: 1935. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11081935