Universal Existence of Localized Single-Photon Emitters in the Perovskite Film of All-Inorganic CsPbBr₃ Microcrystals.

Abstract

All-inorganic halide perovskites have drawn a lot of research attention very recently owing to their potential solution to the instability issue currently faced by the organic-inorganic counterparts. Meanwhile, the halide perovskites in a solid film are manifested as microscale morphologies whose functionalities are unavoidably affected by the interior or exterior presence of various nanoscale entities. Here all-inorganic solid films are fabricated with varying densities of single CsPbBr₃ microcrystals, showing that very sharp photoluminescence peaks can be universally observed at 4 K with the linewidths being as narrow as hundreds of μeV. The single-photon emission nature is confirmed for such a photoluminescence peak, whose intensity is completely quenched above ≈30 K to suggest its possible origin from a low potential-energy region of the single microcrystal. The discovery of such a novel emitting species in halide perovskites, with the enriched structure-property relationship, will surely impart significant influences on the advancement of relevant optoelectronic devices and quantum-light sources.