Publication date: 16th July 2025
Owing to the outstanding optoelectronical properties of hybrid lead halide perovskites, such as intense photoluminescence and adjustable band gap, this family of materials attracts a lot of attention. However, because of the lead toxicity, discovering new lead-free perovskite is urgent.
Chemists have recently focused on the preparation of lead-free hybrid metal halide perovskites for applications in optoelectronics but neglected the family of hybrid alkali halide perovskites that could have interesting properties. Herein, we demonstrate for the first time the synthesis of a new low-dimensional hybrid alkali halide perovskite, [(PiPH2)3I2]CsI5·H2O(PiP = piperazine, C4N2H10), exhibiting an orange/red emission which could be used to prepare phosphor converted-LEDs (pc-LEDs). Using temperature-dependent 2D emission-excitation and the power-dependent photoluminescence(PL) spectroscopic techniques, the photoemission of the 1D perovskite material is shown to originate from defects states. The excitation of the high energy emission under low temperature indicates that there are multiple defect states in the structure. Exploring this family of low dimensional hybrid alkali halide perovskites could be a route to the discovery of numerous low cost, non toxic and stable materials for optoelectronics.