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Cubic halide perovskites in the Cs(Pb1−xSnx)(Br3−yCly) solid solutions for crack-free Bridgman grown single crystals

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Bridgman grown CsPbBr3 single crystals have demonstrated γ-ray spectra with a high resolution, making them a highly promising competitor for the current benchmark room-temperature radiation detector Cd1−xZnxTe. However, CsPbBr3 crystal growth is a very slow process that oftentimes results in cracked ingots due to phase transitions from cubic to orthorhombic crystal systems. In this report, we demonstrate the stabilization of a room-temperature cubic phase in Cs(Pb1−xSnx)(Br3−yCly) solid solutions to overcome this issue. Cs(Pb0.75Sn0.25)(Br1.00Cl2.00) was identified as the most promising composition and grown as a crack-free ingot using Bridgman growth in around one week.

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The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Supporting information file contains crystallographic data, DSC data, PXRD plots, UV–Vis spectra. CCDC 2314464-2314466 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif, or by emailing https://www.data_request@ccdc.cam.ac.uk, or by contacting The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; fax: +44 1223 336033.

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This work was supported by the University of Georgia Department of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of Provost. AM was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering under award DE-SC0023377.

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    Aleksandra D. Valueva, Sergei A. Novikov, Joshua Bledsoe, Jason Locklin & Vladislav V. Klepov

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  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Yile Cai & Yiping Zhao

  4. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Alevtina A. Maksimova

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Aleksandra Valueva, Sergei Novikov, Joshua Bledsoe, Yile Cai, and Alevtina Maksimova. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Vladislav Klepov and Aleksandra Valueva, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Valueva, A.D., Novikov, S.A., Bledsoe, J. et al. Cubic halide perovskites in the Cs(Pb1−xSnx)(Br3−yCly) solid solutions for crack-free Bridgman grown single crystals. MRS Communications (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-024-00535-6

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