Ultra-Stable Polycrystalline CsPbBr₃ Perovskite–Polymer Composite Thin Disk for Light-Emitting Applications

• Main Authors: Saif M. H. Qaid, Hamid M. Ghaithan, Bandar Ali Al-Asbahi, Abdullah S. Aldwayyan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
• Series: Nanomaterials
• Subjects: amplified spontaneous emission; thin-disk; perovskite; stability
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/12/2382

Organic–inorganic halide organometal perovskites have demonstrated very promising performance in optoelectronic applications, but their relatively poor chemical and colloidal stability hampers the further improvement of devices based on these materials. Perovskite material engineering is crucial for achieving high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) and long stability. Herein, these goals are attained by incorporating bulk-structure CsPbBr₃, which prevents colloidal degradation, into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) polymer in thin-disk form. This technology can potentially realize future disk lasers with no optical and structural contributions from the polymer. The polycrystalline CsPbBr₃ perovskite particles were simply obtained by using a mechanical processing technique. The CsPbBr₃ was then incorporated into the PMMA polymer using a solution blending method. The polymer enhanced the PLQYs by removing the surface trap states and increasing the water resistance and stability under ambient conditions. In our experimental investigation, the CsPbBr₃/PMMA composites were extraordinarily stable and remained strongly luminescent after water immersion for three months and air exposure for over one year, maintaining 80% of their initial photoluminescence intensity. The CsPbBr₃/PMMA thin disk produced amplified spontaneous emission for a long time in air and for more than two weeks in water.