Controlled Synthesis and Stabilization of Tin Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
Ole Dressler a b, Benjamin Aymoz a b, Sebastian Sabisch a b, Dmitry Dirin a b, Maksym Kovalenko a b
a Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
b Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
Proceedings of Perovskite Semiconductors: From Fundamental Properties to Devices (PerFunPro)
Konstanz, Germany, 2025 September 8th - 10th
Organizers: Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Vladimir Dyakonov and Selina Olthof
Poster, Ole Dressler, 056
Publication date: 16th July 2025

Exploration of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has thus far focused on lead-based materials; however, lower-toxicity alternatives are naturally of immense interest. Tin is a primary candidate to replace lead, owing to its similar electronic structure and ionic radius. Synthetic procedures to prepare tin halide perovskite (THP) NCs are scarce. We report a room-temperature synthesis protocol yielding THP NCs, wherein precursor solutions of metal-halide trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) adducts and cation-oleate are combined to yield perovskite NCs. Near monodisperse NCs are obtained for formamidinium, methylammonium, and cesium tin halides exceeding the reported compositions. The exclusion of amines prevents phase competition with quasi 2D materials thus giving direct access to the weak optical signals of the 3D nanocrystals. Our synthetic procedure enables tuning of the particle sizes by adjusting the ratio of tin halide to TOPO. At the example of CsSnI3 NCs between 6 and 20 nm we can assess the size dependent properties of tin based NCs for the first time. Capping with novel phospholipid zwitterionic ligands strongly enhances the colloidal stability of the labile particles allowing for multiple purification cycles with polar antisolvent and a very broad span of concentrations.

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