Moisture‐Tailored 2D Dion–Jacobson Perovskites for Reconfigurable Optoelectronics
Mengyu Guan, Yunlong Xie, Yang Zhang, Zixin Gu, Lei Qiu, Zhuojie He, Bingkun Ye, Ady Suwardi, Zhigao Dai, Guogang Li, Guangwei Hu
Abstract
Humidity- and moisture-induced degradation has been a longstanding problem in perovskite materials, affecting their long-term stability during applications. Counterintuitively, the moisture is leveraged to tailor the reversible hydrochromic behaviors of a new series of 2D Dion-Jacobson (DJ) perovskites for reconfigurable optoelectronics. In particular, the hydrogen bonds between organic cations and water molecules can be dynamically modulated via moisture removal/exposure. Remarkably, such modulation confines the movement of the organic cations close to the original position, preventing their escape from crystal lattices. Furthermore, this mechanism is elucidated by theoretical analysis using first-principles calculations and confirmed with the experimental characterizations. The reversible fluorescent transition 2D DJ perovskites show excellent cyclical properties, presenting untapped opportunities for reconfigurable optoelectronic applications. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, an anti-counterfeiting display is shown based on patterned reversible 2D DJ perovskites. The results represent a new avenue of reconfigurable optoelectronic application with 2D DJ perovskites for humidity detection, anti-counterfeiting, sensing, and other emerging photoelectric intelligent technologies.