Long-Lived Exciton Spin Coherence in Chiral Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Wells
Long-lived spin coherence is critical for spintronic and quantum technologies. Chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effects offer a means to generate spin polarization, yet their behavior in confined colloidal systems remains unclear. Here, we investigate spin dynamics in chiral-ligand-functionalized CsPbBr3 colloidal quantum wells (CQWs) of varying thicknesses (2–5 monolayers). The spin lifetime increases markedly with well width, with a slow relaxation component reaching 210 ps at room temperature in 5-monolayer chiral CQWs─nearly 2 orders of magnitude longer than in pristine samples and a 3-fold enhancement over the best reported values in chiral perovskites. This enhanced coherence yields 5% circularly polarized emission and 43% spin current polarization in a spin-valve device. Theoretical modeling indicates that chiral ligands suppress spin-flip processes by spin–orbit coupling mixing cancellation, an effect amplified in thicker CQWs. These findings demonstrate that combining chiral ligand functionalization with wide-width engineering enables robust room-temperature spin coherence in perovskite nanomaterials.
Authors
- Andrey L. Rogach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-8141)
- Tieyuan Bian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-2269)
- Bing Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6958-8875)
- Jun Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-1120)
- Hui Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-5967)
- Qi Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-3692)
- Yuxuan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5646-7414)
- Mingjie Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0417-5089)
- Qi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1173-7931)
Institutions
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Energy Letters
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02899
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.46