Thallium-Doping-Modulated Photon Emission and Scintillation Performance in Cs<sub>3</sub>Cu<sub>2</sub>I<sub>5</sub> Nanocrystals
Fast and low-dose X-ray imaging is crucial for medical and security applications. Tl-doped Cs<sub>3</sub>Cu<sub>2</sub>I<sub>5</sub> stands out for dynamic X-ray imaging, outperforming many commercial scintillators. However, the mechanisms underlying the scintillation enhancements achieved through Tl doping remain unclear, hindering precise optimization and restricting utilization of its potential. Herein, the photon emission mechanism of Tl-doped Cs<sub>3</sub>Cu<sub>2</sub>I<sub>5</sub> nanocrystals was systematically investigated using photoluminescence, radioluminescence (RL), and femtosecond pump-probe laser spectroscopy, supported by time-dependent density functional theory calculations. The improved RL efficiency is attributed to the enhanced Jahn-Teller-type radiative recombination facilitated by the [TlI<sub>8</sub>] polyhedrons. Moreover, the balanced electron-phonon coupling environment between the [Cu<sub>2</sub>I<sub>5</sub>] and [TlI<sub>8</sub>] polyhedron effectively suppresses nonradiative recombination via intersection relaxation. This scintillator screen enables ghost-free X-ray imaging at a remarkable speed of 480 frames per second with a resolution of 30.4 line-pairs per millimeter, exceeding most reported scintillators. These findings offer advancing insights into developing dopant-triggered highly efficient scintillators.
Authors
- Yunfei Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-4804)
- Omar F. Mohammed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-1130)
- Tengyue He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3034-2787)
- Jialin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2213-695X)
- Kaifeng Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1047-6606)
- Changting Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-4643)
- Xiuting Wu
- Xiaojia Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8584-121X)
- Linpeng Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-2368)
- Lili Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-4709)
- Haibo Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0281-3617)
- Shengli Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-231X)
- Zhicheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-3881)
- Jianxin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-5575)
- Xiaoming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1795-0371)
- Junhui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-143X)
- Gaoyu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8732-0733)
- Shumei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0276-9792)
- Xudong Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0288-0158)
- Jialong Gong
Institutions
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (IE)
- Optica (US)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02554
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.65
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Graduate Research and Innovation Projects of Jiangsu Province
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities