A series of lead-free double perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) Cs2 AgSb1-y Biy X6 (X: Br, Cl; 0≤y≤1) is synthesized. In particular, the Cs2 AgSbBr6 NCs is a new double perovskite material that has not been reported for the bulk form. Mixed Ag-Sb/Bi NCs exhibit enhanced stability in colloidal solution compared to Ag-Bi or Ag-Sb NCs. Femtosecond transient absorption studies indicate the presence of two prominent fast trapping processes in the charge-carrier relaxation. The two fast trapping processes are dominated by intrinsic self-trapping (ca. 1-2 ps) arising from giant exciton-phonon coupling and surface-defect trapping (ca. 50-100 ps). Slow hot-carrier relaxation is observed at high pump fluence, and the possible mechanisms for the slow hot-carrier relaxation are also discussed.

Phosphorylation of glucose is the prime step in sugar metabolism and energy storage. Two key glucose phosphates are involved, that is, glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) and alpha-glucose 1-phosphate (alpha G1P). The chiral conformation of glucose, G6P, and alpha G1P plays an essential role in enzyme-mediated conversions. However, few techniques were able to give a direct view of the conformational changes from glucose to G6P and alpha G1P. Here, Raman optical activity (ROA) was used to elucidate the stereochemical evolution of glucose upon phosphorylation. ROA was found to be extremely sensitive to different phosphorylation sites. A characteristic ROA marker of (+)980 cm(-1) originated from the phosphate group symmetric stretching vibration, is observed for alpha G1P with phosphorylation at chiral C1, while Phosphorylation-induced gauch-gauch (gg)/gauch-trans (gt) rotamer distribution changes no corresponding ROA signal for G6P with phosphorylation at achiral C6 is observed. can be sensitively probed by the sign of the ROA band around 1460 cm(-1). A positive ROA band at 1465 cm(-1) of glucose corresponds to a higher gt ratio, while a negative band at 1455 cm(-1) of G6P suggests a dominant gg population, and the disappearance of this ROA band for alpha G1P indicates a nearly balanced gg/gt distribution. Meanwhile, the phosphorylation at C6 and C1 could cause dramatic reduction of the conformational flexibility of the adjacent C4-OH and C2-OH, respectively. These stereochemical changes revealed by ROA spectra offer a structural basis on the understanding of sugar phosphorylation from the perspective of chirality.

We developed a high-performance photodetector based on (CH3NH3)3Sb2I9 (MA3Sb2I9) microsingle crystals (MSCs). The MA3Sb2I9 single crystals exhibit a low-trap state density of ∼1010 cm-3 and a long carrier diffusion length reaching 3.0 μm, suggesting its great potential for optoelectronic applications. However, the centimeter single crystal (CSC)-based photodetector exhibits low responsivity (10-6 A/W under 1 sun illumination) due to low charge-carrier collection efficiency. By constructing the MSC photodetector with efficient charge-carrier collection, the responsivity can be improved by three orders of magnitude (under 1 sun illumination) and reach 40 A/W with monochromatic light (460 nm). Furthermore, the MSC photodetectors exhibit fast response speed of <1 ms, resulting in a high gain of 108 and a gain-bandwidth product of 105 Hz. These numbers are comparable to the lead-perovskite single-crystal-based photodetectors.

Lead-free double-perovskite nanocrystals (NCs), that is, Cs2AgIn xBi1- xCl6 ( x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 0.9), that can be tuned from indirect band gap ( x = 0, 0.25, and 0.5) to direct band gap ( x = 0.75 and 0.9) are designed. Direct band gap NCs exhibit 3 times greater absorption cross section, lower sub-band gap trap states, and >5 times photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) compared to those observed for indirect band gap NCs (Cs2AgBiCl6). A PLQE of 36.6% for direct band gap NCs is comparable to those observed for lead perovskite NCs in the violet region. Besides the band edge violet emission, the direct band gap NCs exhibit bright orange (570 nm) emission. Density functional theory calculations suggesting forbidden transition is responsible for the orange emission, which is supported by time-resolved PL and PL excitation spectra. The successful design of lead-free direct band gap perovskite NCs with superior optical properties opens the door for high-performance lead-free perovskite optoelectronic devices.

圆偏振荧光光谱(Circularly Polarized Luminescence,CPL)是一种手性化合物表征与分析的光谱手段,然而,直接CPL检测只适用于具有特征发色团的手性化合物,这极大限制了CPL的应用范围.本文报道了一种利用非手性荧光探针分子间接检测分子手性的CPL方法.以手性氨基醇的检测为例,研究发现:非手性铕化合物Eu(fod)3探针分子可与手性氨基醇相互作用,并使得Eu(fod)3产生诱导CPL(Induced circularly polarized luminescence,ICPL)信号,该ICPL信号不仅具有较高的不对称因子glum,而且其正负性与待测手性氨基醇的手性构型表现出极大的相关性.同时,研究发现ICPL光谱的glum值对不同结构的手性氨基醇表现出不同的变化趋势.以上结果表明以非手性铕化合物Eu(fod)3为探针分子的间接CPL检测方法是手性氨基醇类分子手性构型检测的有效手段.