Synthesis and Optical Properties of One Year Air-Stable Chiral Sb(III) Halide Semiconductors. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Chiral hybrid metal-halide semiconductors (MHS) pose as ideal candidates for spintronic applications owing to their strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC), and long spin relaxation times. Shedding light on the underlying structure-property relationships is of paramount importance for the targeted synthesis of materials with an optimum performance. Herein, we report the synthesis and optical properties of 1D chiral (R-/S-THBTD)SbBr5 (THBTD = 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-benzothiazole-2,6-diamine) semiconductors using a multifunctional ligand as a countercation and a structure directing agent. (R-/S-THBTD)SbBr5 feature direct and indirect band gap characteristics, exhibiting photoluminescence (PL) light emission at RT that is accompanied by a lifetime of a few ns. Circular dichroism (CD), second harmonic generation (SHG), and piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) studies validate the chiral nature of the synthesized materials. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed a Rashba/Dresselhaus (R/D) spin splitting, supported by an energy splitting (ER) of 23 and 25 meV, and a Rashba parameter (R) of 0.23 and 0.32 eV for the R and S analogs, respectively. These values are comparable to those of the 3D and 2D perovskite materials. Notably, (S-THBTD)SbBr5 has been air-stable for a year, a record performance among chiral lead-free MHS. This work demonstrates that low-dimensional, lead-free, chiral semiconductors with exceptional air stability can be acquired, without compromising spin splitting and manipulation performance.

published proceedings

  • Inorg Chem

altmetric score

  • 2.6

author list (cited authors)

  • Azmy, A., Konovalova, D. M., Lepore, L., Fyffe, A., Kim, D., Wojtas, L., ... Spanopoulos, I.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Azmy, Ali||Konovalova, Daria M||Lepore, Leah||Fyffe, Alexander||Kim, Doyun||Wojtas, Lukasz||Tu, Qing||Trinh, Minh Tuan||Zibouche, Nourdine||Spanopoulos, Ioannis

publication date

  • December 2023