Pressure-Induced Structural Behavior and Broadband Light Emission in Mixed-Halide CsPb(Br,Cl)₃ Nanocrystals
Shima Fasahat a, Benedikt Schäfer a, Kai Xu b, Subarna Samanta c, Nadesh Fiuza-Maneiro c, Catalin A. Popescu d, Sergio Gómez-Graña c, M. Isabel Alonso a, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu c, Alejandro R. Goñi a e
a Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia 08193, Spain
b Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
c CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Materials Chemistry and Physics Group, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Campus Universitario Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
d CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility, Cerdanyola, Barcelona 08290, Spain
e ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2026 Conference (MATSUSSpring26)
D6 Emerging Low-Dimensional Perovskite Emitters- Synthesis, Photophysics and Application
Barcelona, Spain, 2026 March 23rd - 27th
Organizers: Krishanu Dey and Junzhi Ye
Poster, Shima Fasahat, 861
Publication date: 15th December 2025

Mixed-halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are leading candidates for high-efficiency optoelectronics due to their remarkable bandgap tunability and high quantum yields. However, their performance is fundamentally linked to their electronic and structural properties, stemming from complex lattice instabilities inherent to their crystal framework [1]. This study explores the potential of CsPb(Br1−x​Clx​)3​ NCs as high-performance phosphors for white LED applications by investigating their structural and optical response under high hydrostatic pressure. Using high-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction (HP-XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, we demonstrate that Cl-substitution significantly influences the material's structural stability and emissive properties. While pure bromide samples exhibit two distinct phase transitions at 1.5 GPa and 2.4 GPa, the introduction of chlorine (x=0.3, 0.4) shifts the first transition to lower pressures (~0.9 GPa) and gradually increases structural disorder under pressure. Most notably, in these mixed-halide compositions, we observe the emergence of an intense, broadband emission spectrum spanning ca. 800 meV at pressures exceeding 3 GPa. As a preliminary interpretation, supported by comparisons with high-pressure PL in MAPbBr3 single crystals [2] and pure PbBr2 [3]​, we suggest that this broadband signal does not originate from the perovskite host itself. Instead, it likely arises from radiative recombination at PbBr2​ inclusions. These findings highlight how internal structural modifications can be used to engineer broadband emission, providing a roadmap for the design of stable, energy-efficient "white" LEDs based on perovskite NCs.

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