Ternary phase diagram of all-inorganic perovskite CsPbCl_aBr_bI_3−a−b nanocrystals

All-inorganic lead halide perovskite CsPbX₃ (X = Cl, Br, and I) nanocrystals (NCs) have shown great application prospects in optoelectronic fields. Their properties can be feasibly tuned by the ratio of different halide ions. Post-synthesis halide anion exchange of Cl‒Br or Br‒I in CsPbX₃ NCs allows getting any desired composition of CsPbCl_xBr_3−x and CsPbBr_xI_3−x (0 ≤ x ≤ 3). However, due to the large difference of the Cl and I radii, they can only substitute each other in a limited ratio to form CsPbCl_yI_3−y (0 < y < δ or 3 − δ^' < y < 3). To date, little has been known on the phase diagram of the ternary halide perovskite of CsPbCl _aBr_bI_3−a−b (0 < a + b < 3). In this work, the ternary halide perovskite phase diagram is constructed by the strategy of halide anion exchange between perovskite NCs. From the diagram, the composition and proportion of the perovskite NC final phases from any starting perovskite NC mixture can be calculated. Specifically, a two-phase perovskite NC system showing stable dual photoluminescence (PL) peaks is achieved.