Symmetry Breaking Induced by Chiral Phosphonic Acids in a 2D Tin-Halide Perovskite.

Authors

Margherita Taddei, Junxiang Zhang, Md Azimul Haque, Colin McLeod, Steven P Harvey, Yifan Dong, Laura T Schelhas, Stephen Barlow, Jeffrey L Blackburn, Joseph M Luther, Seth R Marder, Matthew C Beard

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Journal of the American Chemical Society. Sep 29, 2025. Epub Sep 29, 2025.

Abstract

The ability to induce and modulate chirality in metal halide perovskite semiconductors (MHPs) using chiral additives expands the compositional design space and offers a means of tuning chiroptical properties. Motivated by the ability of phosphonic acids to interact with metal ions, we designed three chiral phosphonic acids (CPAs) to impose chirality in otherwise achiral 2D MHP, phenylammonium tin iodide (PA₂SnI₄). We found that both the position of the phosphonic acid relative to the bond between the two naphthalene rings (i.e., the chiral axis) and the distance between the phosphonic acid and the binaphthyl chiral units significantly impact the transfer of structural chirality into the MHP lattice. The compound with a phosphonic acid directly bound to one of the naphthalene rings at the carbon adjacent to the chiral axis resulted in the largest circular dichroism dissymmetry factor of the three phosphonic acids. Furthermore, optical pump-terahertz probe measurements reveal an increase in the charge carrier mobility in the MHPs following the addition of CPAs. This dual functionality of CPAs in inducing chirality and improving charge transport properties in MHPs is promising for chiral-optoelectronic applications.

PMID:
41021754
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