Inorganic Chain Mediated Excitonic Properties in One-Dimensional Lead Halide Hybrid Perovskites

Semiconductors that emit intrinsic white light are considered next-generation lighting sources. Herein, the broadband emission of one-dimensional (1D) lead halide perovskites, TMAPbBr3–xIx (x = 0, 1, 1.5, 2, 3; TMA+ = tetramethylammonium), is systematically investigated. Lattice distortion causes the conversion of dark excitons to bright self-trapped excitons. Owing to its strongly localized exciton recombination and high absorption probability, TMAPbBr3 is the most viable in this family. A delocalized hole increases the nonradiative recombination rate of excitons in TMAPbBr3–xIx alloys. In 1D TMAPbBr3–xIx perovskites, the vibration mode of the Pb–X bond stretching of the PbX6 octahedra contributes more to the effect on exciton–phonon coupling than the mode of the X–Pb–X angle bending. Pb–X bond stretching and spontaneous polarization can tune exciton binding energy. This systematic study of excitonic behavior in 1D compounds relates the nature of ground states to the unknown excited states and provides the rational design of materials with stable and efficient broadband emission.