Luminescence properties of organic–inorganic layered perovskite-type compounds under vacuum ultraviolet irradiation

Abstract

We investigated the luminescence properties of organic–inorganic layered perovskite-type compounds under vacuum ultraviolet irradiation. A crystal of (C6H5C2H4NH3)2PbBr4 was fabricated by the poor-solvent diffusion method. Exciton emissions from the inorganic layer were observed at 410 nm under ultraviolet irradiation (excitation wavelengths: 180 and 300 nm). The rise time behavior observed in the luminescence decay curve showed no difference among the excitation wavelengths of 60–300 nm. In addition, no excitation peak of benzene such as an intense peak at 180 nm (1A1g → 1E1u) in the vacuum ultraviolet region was observed in the excitation spectra measured while monitoring the exciton emissions from the inorganic layer. These results indicate that the effect of energy transfer from the organic layer to the inorganic layer has negligible contribution to the luminescence properties of organic–inorganic layered perovskite-type compounds.