Millimeter-Sized 2D PbI₂ Single Crystals

Water-Interface Controllable Growth

Grown at the water-air interface via ion-specific preference, with wafer-scale thickness control and convertibility to millimeter-sized mono- to few-layer perovskites.

Zhong, Jingxian · Zhou, Dawei · Qi, Bai · Liu, Chao · Hehe, Zhang · Li, Congzhou · Jiang, Ran · Peiyi, Zhao · Yuan, Jiaxiao · Zhan, Guixiang · Yang, Hongyu · Liu, Jing · Song, Xuefen · Zhang, Junran · Huang, Xiao · Zhu, Chao · Zhu, Chongqin · Wang, Lin

Nature Communications 2024

Advantages

Millimeter-sized

Customized thickness

Transformable into millimeter-sized mono- to few-layer perovskites