Negatively Charged Excitons in CdSe Nanoplatelets

The low-temperature emission spectrum of CdSe colloidal nanoplatelets (NPLs) consists of two narrow lines. The high-energy line stems from the recombination of neutral excitons. The origin of the low-energy line is currently debated. We experimentally study the spectral shift, emission dynamics, and...

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Published in:Nano letters 2020-02, Vol.20 (2), p.1370-1377
Main Authors: Shornikova, Elena V, Yakovlev, Dmitri R, Biadala, Louis, Crooker, Scott A, Belykh, Vasilii V, Kochiev, Mikhail V, Kuntzmann, Alexis, Nasilowski, Michel, Dubertret, Benoit, Bayer, Manfred
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Language:English
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CdSe nanoplatelet
charged exciton
colloidal nanocrystal
high magnetic fields
NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Optics
Physics
trion
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Summary:The low-temperature emission spectrum of CdSe colloidal nanoplatelets (NPLs) consists of two narrow lines. The high-energy line stems from the recombination of neutral excitons. The origin of the low-energy line is currently debated. We experimentally study the spectral shift, emission dynamics, and spin polarization of both lines at low temperatures down to 1.5 K and in high magnetic fields up to 60 T and show that the low-energy line originates from the recombination of negatively charged excitons (trions). This assignment is confirmed by the NPL photocharging dynamics and associated variations in the spectrum. We show that the negatively charged excitons are considerably less sensitive to the presence of surface spins than the neutral excitons. The trion binding energy in three-monolayer-thick NPLs is as large as 30 meV, which is 4 times larger than its value in the two-dimensional limit of a conventional CdSe quantum well confined between semiconductor barriers. A considerable part of this enhancement is gained by the dielectric enhancement effect, which is due to the small dielectric constant of the environment surrounding the NPLs.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04907