Mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of Mn-doped CsPbCl3 perovskite nanocrystals

Mn-doped CsPbCl3 nanocrystals are considered to be a promising material for luminescence and display applications owing to Mn doping provides a way to introduce new optical properties and reduce the use of toxic Pb. Complicate ion-exchange and hot-injection are commonly used for the fabrication of the nano-crystals. Developing a fast and efficient synthesis method remains a challenge so far. Herein, we developed a simplified solid-state mechanochemical approach to synthesize Mn-doped CsPbCl3 nanocrystals and investigated the structure and luminescence properties of the as-synthesized nanocrystals. Cubic morphology of Mn-doped CsPbCl3 nanocrystals with average size of 13 nm have been obtained by this approach. Mn was successfully incorporated in CsPbCl3 perovskite nanocrystals, resulting in a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 40.7% with an improvement of stability. Emission peak of 594 nm that can be assigned to the luminescence of Mn2+ d-d transition was observed under 365 nm UV excitation. The color of the luminescence changed from blue to warm white to yellow depended on the amount of Mn doping, exhibiting a tunable-color property. It is expected that this approach provides an effective route that would help for synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals doped with different dopants. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.