Perovskite semiconductors for room-temperature exciton-polaritonics

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 1315 - 1324
• Main Authors: Su, Rui, Fieramosca, Antonio, Zhang, Qing, Nguyen, Hai Son, Deleporte, Emmanuelle, Chen, Zhanghai, Sanvitto, Daniele, Liew, Timothy C. H., Xiong, Qihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 140/125; 639/301/1019/1020; 639/624/400/2797; 639/766/1130/2799; Biomaterials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Condensed Matter Physics; Emitters; Excitons; Lattices; Lead compounds; Materials Science; Metal halides; Microcavities; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Perovskites; Perspective; Physics; Playgrounds; Polaritons; Room temperature; Semiconductors; Thermal energy
• ISSN: 1476-1122; 1476-4660
• DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01035-x

Lead-halide perovskites are generally excellent light emitters and can have larger exciton binding energies than thermal energy at room temperature, exhibiting great promise for room-temperature exciton-polaritonics. Rapid progress has been made recently, although challenges and mysteries remain in lead-halide perovskite semiconductors to push polaritons to room-temperature operation. In this Perspective, we discuss fundamental aspects of perovskite semiconductors for exciton-polaritons and review the recent rapid experimental advances using lead-halide perovskites for room-temperature polaritonics, including the experimental realization of strong light–matter interaction using various types of microcavities as well as reaching the polariton condensation regime in planar microcavities and lattices. An outlook on the potential of lead-halide perovskites as a playground for exciton-polariton studies and for the development of polaritonic devices operating at room temperature is provided.