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Surfactant-Assisted Synthesis of Monodisperse Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Nanocrystals

Fan, Hongyou F.; Billstrand, Brian B.; Bian, Kaifu B.; Alarid, Leanne A.

Here, we present that lead iodide based perovskites are promising optoelectronic materials ideal for solar cells. Recently emerged perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) offer more advantages including improved size-tunable band gap, structural stability, and solvent-based processing. Here we report a simple surfactant-assisted two-step synthesis to produce monodisperse PbI₂ NCs which are then converted to methylammonium lead iodide perovskite NCs. Based on electron microscopy characterization, these NCs showed competitive monodispersity. Additionally, combined results from X-ray diffraction patterns, optical absorption, and photoluminescence confirmed the formation of high quality methylammonium lead iodide perovskite NCs. More importantly, by avoiding the use of hard-to-remove chemicals, the resulted perovskite NCs can be readily integrated in applications, especially solar cells through versatile solution/colloidal-based methods.