Effects of organic moieties on the photoluminescence spectra of perovskite-type tin bromide based compounds

Abstract

The photoluminescence (PL) and optical absorption (OA) spectra of some compounds of the type (SC)SnBr3, (BC)2SnBr4, and (SC)(BC)2Sn2Br7 (where SC is CH3NH3+ or Cs+; BC is C4H9NH3+,CH3C6H4CH2NH3+,C12H25NH3+,C18H37NH3+ and 1-naphthylmethyl ammonium group), in the forms of thin deposits on several substrates, are investigated. Generally, using the 350nm as excitation line, the obtained PL spectra of compounds of the type (BC)2SnBr4 with short alkyl chain-length in the alkyl ammonium moiety, show broad and strong bands. For example, the PL spectra of compound (C4H9NH3)2SnBr4 exhibit a weak band at ca 475nm, attributed to free-excitons and a broad and strong band at ca 570 nm, attributed to radiative decay of self-trapped excitons in the inorganic moiety. This is a bright yellow-orange emission, which can be seen by naked eye, even at room temperature. In the case of the compounds with long alkyl chain-length in the alkyl ammonium moiety, the PL spectra are dominated by an excitonic band, which occurs close to the corresponding fundamental OA edge. The PL spectrum of (1-naphthylmethyl ammonium)2SnBr4 shows the strong red band with main maxima at ca 603 and 642nm, arising from tetramers of naphthyl moieties. Also, the PL spectra of the compounds of the type (SC)SnBr3 and (SC)(BC)2Sn2Br7, after grinding, show strong bands at 600–620nm.