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Due to the enhanced ambient structural stability and excellent optoelectronic properties, all-inorganic metal halide perovskite nanowires have become one of the most attractive candidates for flexible electronics, photovoltaics and optoelectronics. Their elastic property and mechanical robustness become the key factors for device applications under realistic service conditions with various mechanical loadings. Here, we demonstrate that high tensile elastic strain (~ 4% to ~ 5.1%) can be achieved in vapor-liquid-solid-grown single-crystalline CsPbBr3 nanowires through in situ scanning electron microscope (SEM) buckling experiments. Such high flexural elasticity can be attributed to the structural defect-scarce, smooth surface, single-crystallinity and nanomechanical size effect of CsPbBr3 nanowires. The mechanical reliability of CsPbBr3 nanowire- based flexible photodetectors was examined by cyclic bending tests, with no noticeable performance deterioration observed after 5, 000 cycles. The above results suggest great application potential for using all-inorganic perovskite nanowires in flexible electronics and energy harvesting systems.
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High elasticity of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanowires for flexible electronics
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Due to the enhanced ambient structural stability and excellent optoelectronic properties, all-inorganic metal halide perovskite nanowires have become one of the most attractive candidates for flexible electronics, photovoltaics and optoelectronics. Their elastic property and mechanical robustness become the key factors for device applications under realistic service conditions with various mechanical loadings. Here, we demonstrate that high tensile elastic strain (~ 4% to ~ 5.1%) can be achieved in vapor-liquid-solid-grown single-crystalline CsPbBr3 nanowires through in situ scanning electron microscope (SEM) buckling experiments. Such high flexural elasticity can be attributed to the structural defect-scarce, smooth surface, single-crystallinity and nanomechanical size effect of CsPbBr3 nanowires. The mechanical reliability of CsPbBr3 nanowire- based flexible photodetectors was examined by cyclic bending tests, with no noticeable performance deterioration observed after 5, 000 cycles. The above results suggest great application potential for using all-inorganic perovskite nanowires in flexible electronics and energy harvesting systems.
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This work was supported by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC) (Nos. CityU 11207416 and CityU 11306520), City University of Hong Kong (No. 9667194), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11922215).
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