Mercury Chalcogenide Nanoplatelet–Quantum Dot Heterostructures as a New Class of Continuously Tunable Bright Shortwave Infrared Emitters

Autor: Justin R. Caram, Arundhati Deshmukh, Timothy L. Atallah, Ashley J. Shin, Victoria Vilchez, Sandrine Ithurria, Mikayla L. Sonnleitner, Chengye Huang, Stephanie M. Tenney, Hannah C. Friedman
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11:3473-3480
ISSN: 1948-7185
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00958
Popis: Despite broad applications in imaging, energy conversion, and telecommunications, few nanoscale moieties emit light efficiently in the shortwave infrared (SWIR, 1000-2000 nm or 1.24-0.62 eV). We report quantum-confined mercury chalcogenide (HgX, where X = Se or Te) nanoplatelets (NPLs) can be induced to emit bright (QY30%) and tunable (900-1500+ nm) infrared emission from attached quantum dot (QD) "defect" states. We demonstrate near unity energy transfer from NPL to these QDs, which completely quench NPL emission and emit with a high QY through the SWIR. This QD defect emission is kinetically tunable, enabling controlled midgap emission from NPLs. Spectrally resolved photoluminescence demonstrates energy-dependent lifetimes, with radiative rates 10-20 times faster than those of their PbX analogues in the same spectral window. Coupled with their high quantum yield, midgap emission HgX dots on HgX NPLs provide a potential platform for novel optoelectronics in the SWIR.
Databáze: OpenAIRE