Metamaterial Enhancement of Metal-Halide Perovskite Luminescence.

Adamo, Giorgio; Swaha Krishnamoorthy, Harish Natarajan; Cortecchia, Daniele; Chaudhary, Bhumika; Nalla, Venkatram; Zheludev, Nikolay I; Soci, Cesare · Nano Lett · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Metal-halide perovskites are rapidly emerging as solution-processable optical materials for light-emitting applications. Here, we adopt a plasmonic metamaterial approach to enhance photoluminescence emission and extraction of methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI<sub>3</sub>) thin films based on the Purcell effect. We show that hybridization of the active metal-halide film with resonant nanoscale sized slits carved into a gold film can yield more than 1 order of magnitude enhancement of luminescence intensity and nearly 3-fold reduction of luminescence lifetime corresponding to a Purcell enhancement factor of more than 300. These results show the effectiveness of resonant nanostructures in controlling metal-halide perovskite light emission properties over a tunable spectral range, a viable approach toward highly efficient perovskite light-emitting devices and single-photon emitters.