Two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite multiple quantum wells that consist of multilayers of alternate organic and inorganic layers exhibit large exciton binding energies of order of 0.3 eV due to the dielectric confinement between the inorganic and organic layers. We have investigated the exciton characteristics of 2D butylammonium lead iodide, (CHNH)PbI using photoluminescence and UV-vis absorption in the temperature range of 10 K to 300 K, and electroabsorption spectroscopy. The evolution of an additional absorption/emission at low temperature indicates that this compound undergoes a phase transition at ≈250 K. We found that the electroabsorption spectrum of each structural phase contains contributions from both quantum confined exciton Stark effect and Franz-Keldysh oscillation of the continuum band, from which we could determine more accurately the 1s exciton, continuum band edge, and the exciton binding energy.
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