Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction Evidence of Structural Coherence in CsPbBr Nanocrystal Superlattices

Overview

Journal ACS Mater Lett

Publisher American Chemical Society

Date 2020 Sep 21

PMID 32954357

Citations 15

Authors

Stefano Toso

Dmitry Baranov

Cinzia Giannini

Sergio Marras

Liberato Manna

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Abstract

Films made of colloidal CsPbBr nanocrystals packed in isolated or densely-packed superlattices display a remarkably high degree of structural coherence. The structural coherence is revealed by the presence of satellite peaks accompanying Bragg reflections in wide-angle X-ray diffraction experiments in parallel-beam reflection geometry. The satellite peaks, also called "superlattice reflections", arise from the interference of X-rays diffracted by the atomic planes of the orthorhombic perovskite lattice. The interference is due to the precise spatial periodicity of the nanocrystals separated by organic ligands in the superlattice. The presence of satellite peaks is a fingerprint of the high crystallinity and long-range order of nanocrystals, comparable to those of multilayer superlattices prepared by physical methods. The angular separation between satellite peaks is highly sensitive to changes in the superlattice periodicity. These characteristics of the satellite peaks are exploited to track the superlattice compression under vacuum, as well as to observe the superlattice growth in situ from colloidal solutions by slow solvent evaporation.

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