Metal halide perovskite(MHP)quantum dots(QDs)offer immense potentialfor several areas of photonics research due to their easy and low-costfabrication and excellent optoelectronic properties.However,practicalapplicatio...Metal halide perovskite(MHP)quantum dots(QDs)offer immense potentialfor several areas of photonics research due to their easy and low-costfabrication and excellent optoelectronic properties.However,practicalapplications of MHP QDs are limited by their poor stability and,in particular,their tendency to aggregate.Here,we develop a two-step double-solventstrategy to grow and confine CsPbBr_(3)QDs within the three-dimensional(3D)cavities of a mesoporous SBA-16 silica scaffold(CsPbBr_(3)@SBA-16).Strongconfinement and separation of the MHP QDs lead to a relatively uniform sizedistribution,narrow luminescence,and good ambient stability over 2 months.In addition,the CsPbBr_(3)@SBA-16 presents a high activity and stability forvisible-light-driven photocatalytic toluene C(sp^(3))-H bond activation toproduce benzaldehyde with~730 umolg^(-1)h^(-l) yield rate and near-unityselectivity.Similarly,the structural stability of CsPbBr_(3)@SBA-16QDs issuperior to that of both pure CsPbBr3 QDs and those confined in MCM-41with 1D channels.展开更多
基金Research Foundation—Flanders,Grant/Award Numbers:1242922N,1280021N,12Y7221N,V400622NFlemishgovernment for iBOF funding,Grant/Award Number:PERsist:iBOF-21-085+2 种基金KU Leuven Research Fund,Grant/A ward Number:C14/23/090China Scholarship Council(CSC),Grant/Award Number:201806650002Australian Research Council,Grant/Award Number:DE230100173。
文摘Metal halide perovskite(MHP)quantum dots(QDs)offer immense potentialfor several areas of photonics research due to their easy and low-costfabrication and excellent optoelectronic properties.However,practicalapplications of MHP QDs are limited by their poor stability and,in particular,their tendency to aggregate.Here,we develop a two-step double-solventstrategy to grow and confine CsPbBr_(3)QDs within the three-dimensional(3D)cavities of a mesoporous SBA-16 silica scaffold(CsPbBr_(3)@SBA-16).Strongconfinement and separation of the MHP QDs lead to a relatively uniform sizedistribution,narrow luminescence,and good ambient stability over 2 months.In addition,the CsPbBr_(3)@SBA-16 presents a high activity and stability forvisible-light-driven photocatalytic toluene C(sp^(3))-H bond activation toproduce benzaldehyde with~730 umolg^(-1)h^(-l) yield rate and near-unityselectivity.Similarly,the structural stability of CsPbBr_(3)@SBA-16QDs issuperior to that of both pure CsPbBr3 QDs and those confined in MCM-41with 1D channels.
