From film to ring: Quasi-circular inorganic lead halide perovskite grain induced growth of uniform lead silicate glass ring structure

Abstract

Polycrystalline properties of perovskites can induce the growth of different nanostructures, thanks to their facile fabrication. In this work, the CsPb2Br5 perovskite grains were used as templates to induce the growth of the ring-like structures on a SiO2/Si substrate. Owing to the oxidation of the volatile PbBr2 originated from the decomposition of CsPb2Br5, the grain boundaries of perovskites are prone to reaction with SiO2, which leads to the formation of Pb-silicate glass at high temperatures. The quasi-circular grain structure of CsPb2Br5 defines the final dimension of the Pb-silicate glass ring-like structures. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurement results reveal the formation and composition of the Pb-silicate glass ring-like structures converting from the halide perovskite film on the SiO2/Si substrate. Furthermore, these ring-like structures can extend to the field of display and pulsed-laser by combining existing techniques.