Perovskite-Supramolecular Co-Assembly for Chiral Optoelectronics

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces 2024-04, Vol.16 (13), p.16515-16521
• Main Authors: Kim, Hongki, Figueroa Morales, Carlos A., Seong, Sijun, Hu, Zhengtao, Gong, Xiwen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Functional Inorganic Materials and Devices
• ISSN: 1944-8244; 1944-8252
• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c00622

Hybrid inorganic–organic perovskites with chiral response and outstanding optoelectronic characteristics are promising materials for next-generation spin-optoelectronics. In particular, two-dimensional (2D) perovskites are promising chiroptical candidates due to their unique ability to incorporate chiral organic cations into their crystal structure, which imparts chirality. To enable their practical applications in chiral optoelectronic devices, it is essential to achieve an anisotropy factor (g CD ∼ 2) in chiral 2D perovskites. Currently, chiral 2D perovskites exhibit a relatively low g CD of 3.1 × 10–3. Several approaches have been explored to improve the chiral response of chiral 2D perovskites, including tailoring the molecular structure of chiral cations and increasing the degree of octahedral tilting in the perovskite lattice. However, current methods for chiral amplification have only achieved a moderate enhancement of g CD by 2-fold and are often accompanied by undesirable shifts or inversion in the circular dichroism spectra. There is a need for a more efficient approach to enhancing the chirality in 2D perovskites. Here, we report an innovative coassembly process that allows us to seamlessly grow chiral 2D perovskites on supramolecular helical structures. We discover that the interactions between perovskites and chiral supramolecular structures promote crystal lattice distortion in perovskites, which improves the chirality of 2D perovskites. Additionally, the obtained hierarchical coassembly can effectively harness the structural chirality of the supramolecular helices. The multilevel chiral enhancement leads to an enhancement in g CD by 2.7-fold without compromising the circular dichroism spectra of 2D perovskites.