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Long-Lived Exciton Spin Coherence in Chiral Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Wells

  • Qi Wei (Co-first Author)
  • , Bing Tang (Co-first Author)
  • , Yuxuan Chen (Co-first Author)
  • , Tieyuan Bian
  • , Hui Ren
  • , Qi Liu
  • , Jun Yin*
  • , Andrey L. Rogach*
  • , Mingjie Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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. © 2025 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6114–6122
Number of pages9
JournalACS Energy Letters
Volume10
Issue number12
Online published13 Nov 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Dec 2025

Funding

B. T. acknowledges the support from the self-deployment program of Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (E5J05402) and from the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (25ZR1402531). M. L. acknowledges financial support from the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong S. A. R. (PolyU 15301323, 15301925, C5003-24E), National Natural Science Foundation of China (22373081), Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission (JCYJ20210324131806018), and Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2024A1515011261). J. Y. acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62422512) and the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (PolyU 25300823 and 15300724). A. L. R. acknowledges the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong S. A. R. (CityU 11317322).

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  • COPYRIGHT TERMS OF DEPOSITED POSTPRINT FILE: This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Energy Letters, copyright © 2025 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02899.

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