Growth and Characterization of All-inorganic Perovskite CsPbBr3 Crystal by a Traveling Zone Melting Method

doi:10.15541/jim20180234

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A self-designed traveling zone melting method was employed to fabricate perovskite CsPbBr₃ crystals, which is helpful for impurities removing and moisture excluding. A large-size CsPbBr₃ crystal with a dimension of ϕ 25 mm× 60 mm is successfully obtained. The as-grown crystal shows orange color and displays an excellent transmittance of 78.6% in the range of 600 nm - 2000 nm wavelength. It is revealed by DSC analysis that there is phase transition at 88.1℃ and 131.25℃, respectively. The band gap E_g of the crystal is calculated to be 2.25 eV. The above results prove that the traveling zone melting method is indeed a potential approach for large size and high quality CsPbBr₃ crystal preparation.

Key words: traveling zone melting method, CsPbBr3 crystal, transmittance, band gap

CLC Number:

TQ174

XU Jia-Yue, LIANG Xiao-Xiao, JIN Min, ZENG Hai-Bo, KIMURA Hideo, HU Hao-Yang, SHAO He-Zhu, SHEN Hui, TIAN Tian, LI Hai-Xia. Growth and Characterization of All-inorganic Perovskite CsPbBr₃ Crystal by a Traveling Zone Melting Method[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2018, 33(11): 1253-1258.

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Materials	Method	Conditions
CsPbBr₃ polycrystalline Synthesis	Synthesis method	Rocking technique
	Raw material	99.99% CsBr and PbBr₂, 132 g
	Crucible	Quartz tube
	Vacuum	<10^-3 Pa
	Synthesis temperature	620℃
	Rocking rate	30 r/min
	Rocking time	20 min
CsPbBr₃ crystal growth	Growth method	Traveling zone melting
	Crucible	Quartz tube
	Vacuum	<10^-3 Pa
	Furnace temperature	585℃
	Temperature gradient	30℃/cm-40℃/cm
	Growth rate	1.0 mm/h
	Cooling rate	50℃/h

Materials	Method	Conditions
CsPbBr₃ polycrystalline Synthesis	Synthesis method	Rocking technique
	Raw material	99.99% CsBr and PbBr₂, 132 g
	Crucible	Quartz tube
	Vacuum	<10^-3 Pa
	Synthesis temperature	620℃
	Rocking rate	30 r/min
	Rocking time	20 min
CsPbBr₃ crystal growth	Growth method	Traveling zone melting
	Crucible	Quartz tube
	Vacuum	<10^-3 Pa
	Furnace temperature	585℃
	Temperature gradient	30℃/cm-40℃/cm
	Growth rate	1.0 mm/h
	Cooling rate	50℃/h

Growth method	Crystal size/mm³	Color	Band gap, E_g/eV	Highest transmittance/%	Phase transition temperature/℃		Ref.
Traveling zone melting	ϕ25×60	Orange	2.250	78.6	Orthorhombic→Tetragonal 88.1	Tetragonal→ Cubic 131.25	This work
Vertical Bridgman	ϕ7×12	Orange	2.250	-	88	130	[2]
Solution grown	7×2×4	Orange	2.254	-	-	-	[11]
Electronic dynamic gradient	ϕ8×58	Orange	2.252	75	87	127	[10]

Growth method	Crystal size/mm³	Color	Band gap, E_g/eV	Highest transmittance/%	Phase transition temperature/℃		Ref.
Traveling zone melting	ϕ25×60	Orange	2.250	78.6	Orthorhombic→Tetragonal 88.1	Tetragonal→ Cubic 131.25	This work
Vertical Bridgman	ϕ7×12	Orange	2.250	-	88	130	[2]
Solution grown	7×2×4	Orange	2.254	-	-	-	[11]
Electronic dynamic gradient	ϕ8×58	Orange	2.252	75	87	127	[10]

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