Journal of Materials Science, Vol.54, No.24, 14797-14808, 2019
Growth and morphology control of CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals
We present here an experimental study on the growth of CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals by conventional spin coating and simple drop casting methods. We observed directly that under the diffusion-limited regime, large-size cuboids and pyramid-like single crystals were obtained. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed that these crystals were in the Pm-3m cubic crystalline structure phase, with a refined unit size of 5.93 angstrom. Polycrystals with fractal-like or snowflake-like morphologies were grown by spin coating method, on fluorine-doped tin oxide-coated glass substrates, that we referred to as the attachment kinetics-limited regime. Interestingly enough, with the same technique, cuboids CH3NH3PbBr3 single crystals were obtained on bare glass substrates. These single crystals and polycrystals exhibited a very strong photoluminescence effect. This study paves a way for controlled growth of CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals and their advanced optoelectronic applications.