Luminescent metal halides are attracting growing attention as scintillators for X-ray imaging in safety inspection,medical diagnosis,etc.Here we present brand-new hybrid Eu(II)-bromide scintillators,1D type[Et4N]EuBr3...Luminescent metal halides are attracting growing attention as scintillators for X-ray imaging in safety inspection,medical diagnosis,etc.Here we present brand-new hybrid Eu(II)-bromide scintillators,1D type[Et4N]EuBr3·MeOH and 0D type[Me4N]6Eu5Br16·MeOH,with spin-allowed 5d-4f bandgap transition emission toward simplified carrier transport during scintillation process.The 1D/0D structures with edge/face-sharing[EuBr6]4−octahedra further contribute to lowing bandgaps and enhancing quantum confinement effect,enabling efficient scintillation performance(light yield~73100±800 Ph MeV^(−1),detect limit~18.6 nGy s^(−1),X-ray afterglow~1%@9.6μs).We demonstrate the X-ray imaging with 27.3 lp mm^(−1) resolution by embedding Eu(II)-based scintillators into AAO film.Our results create the new family of low-dimensional rare-earth-based halides for scintillation and related optoelectronic applications.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundations of China(22361132525)Guangdong Provincial Science&Technology Project(2023A0505050084).
文摘Luminescent metal halides are attracting growing attention as scintillators for X-ray imaging in safety inspection,medical diagnosis,etc.Here we present brand-new hybrid Eu(II)-bromide scintillators,1D type[Et4N]EuBr3·MeOH and 0D type[Me4N]6Eu5Br16·MeOH,with spin-allowed 5d-4f bandgap transition emission toward simplified carrier transport during scintillation process.The 1D/0D structures with edge/face-sharing[EuBr6]4−octahedra further contribute to lowing bandgaps and enhancing quantum confinement effect,enabling efficient scintillation performance(light yield~73100±800 Ph MeV^(−1),detect limit~18.6 nGy s^(−1),X-ray afterglow~1%@9.6μs).We demonstrate the X-ray imaging with 27.3 lp mm^(−1) resolution by embedding Eu(II)-based scintillators into AAO film.Our results create the new family of low-dimensional rare-earth-based halides for scintillation and related optoelectronic applications.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFE0105700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52302177 and 51972118)the Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(2017BT01X137)。
