Halogen-Dependent Circular Dichroism and Magneto-Photoluminescence Effects in Chiral 2D Lead Halide Perovskites

Chiral lead halide perovskites (chiral LHPs) have emerged as one of the best candidates for opto-spintronics due to their large spin–orbit coupling (SOC) and unique chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) even in the absence of a magnetic field. Here, we report the impact of halide composition on circular dichroism (CD) and magneto-photoluminescence (PL) effects of chiral 2D LHPs ( R / S -MBA) 2 PbBr x I 4– x (MBA = C 6 H 5 CH 2 (CH 3 )NH 3 ). By tuning the mixing ratio of Br/I halide anions, we find that ( R / S -MBA) 2 PbBr x I 4– x thin films exhibit tunable and wide wavelength range CD signals. Simultaneously, the main CD signals near the exciton absorption band gradually blue shift until they disappear. Moreover, the halogen-dependent negative magneto-PL effects of ( R / S -MBA) 2 PbBr x I 4– x thin films excited by left/right circularly polarized light can be detected at room temperature. We demonstrated that the halide composition can effectively modulate exciton splitting and chirality transfer in ( R / S -MBA) 2 PbBr x I 4– x owing to the chirality-induced SOC and crystalline structure transition, which lead to the adjustable CD signals. The interplay of Rashba-type band spin splitting and spin mixing among bright triplet exciton states is responsible for the halogen-dependent magneto-PL effect of chiral 2D LHPs. This study enables chiral 2D LHPs with CISS to be a new class of promising opto-spintronics materials for exploring high-performance spin-light-emitting diodes by halide engineering.