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The growth of methylammonium lead bromide (CH3NH3PbBr3) nanoparticles using ligand-assisted Re-precipitation technique expending extract from the GAC fruit along with the anti-solvent is reported in the present work. The extract from Gac-aril was synthesized in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solution. We report the presence of blue-green luminescence in the GAC aril extract. We demonstrate that the use of GAC-aril extract along with the anti-solvent for the growth of CH3NH3PbBr3 results in increasing the optical absorption bandwidth in the visible wavelength region relative to that of CH3NH3PbBr3 nanoparticles grown without the use of the GAC aril extract. The photoluminescence of CH3NH3PbBr3 nanoparticles prepared using the organic extract exhibits a blue emission at ~ 487 nm which is blue shifted relative to the green luminescence observed at ~ 528 nm in CH3NH3PbBr3 quantum dots prepared without the use of the extract. Bias dependent photo sensitivity is exhibited by the hetero-contact device structure glass/F:SnO2/TiO2/GAC-CH3NH3PbBr3// electrolyte/F:SnO2/glass engineered using the CH3NH3PbBr3 nanoparticles grown expending the organic extract.
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Authors acknowledge the following funding agency for support provided. KSCSTE vide Grant No: KSCSTE/433/2018-KSYSA-RG. University of Kerala Start up Grant No. 20034/ Admn AV/2020/ UOK. KSCSTE SARD Grant No. 445/2016/KSCSTE
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Transmission Electron microscopy conducted on the CH3NH3PbBr3 colloidal solution is provided. The average particle size from the corresponding particle size distribution TEM histogram is found to be 4.1± 1.2 nm confirming the formation of quantum dots. The results of the phytochemical analysis conducted on the GAC aril extract is tabulated. Presence of Steroid, Glycosides, Fat and oil as major constituents has been identified. Supplementary file1 (DOCX 216 kb)
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Raj, A., Priji, S., Gangaprasad, A. et al. Organic extract mediated synthesis of stable methylammonium lead bromide nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 17978–17987 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08659-y
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