Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 12, Issue 34, Pages 38333-38340Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c09047
Keywords
bulk single-crystal scintillator; Cu-based halides; Cs3Cu2I5; air-stable; large exciton binding energy; OD electronic structure; melt growth
Funding
- NIMS ICYS funding [ICYS9, QN3200]
- LBNL
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Ternary metal halides with large exciton binding energy have recently gained considerable attention in the optoelectronic field due to their high photoluminescence quantum yield and large Stokes shift. Here, efficient scintillators are designed based on these advantageous properties. For the first time, bulk Cs3Cu2I5 is grown using a melt method other than the intensively reported solution growth, and behaved as an intrinsic scintillator, emitting bright blue (similar to 450 nm) light under X-ray and gamma-ray irradiation. Successful Tl doping at Cs sites tune the emission band over the entire visible range (400-700 nm) due to the synergetic effects of self-trapped excitons (STEs) and Tl centers. Notably, after doping with 1% Tl+, the scintillation light yield of Cs3Cu2I5 increases by nearly three times to 51 000 +/- 2000 ph/MeV (Cs-137, 662 keV). Cs3Cu2I5:Tl shows a higher energy resolution of 4.5% at 662 keV than that of NaI:Tl and an excellent nonproportionality (<3%) in the gamma-ray energy range of 60-1275 keV. A model of energy relaxation in Cs3Cu2I5:Tl scintillators is proposed and discussed. In particular, it is the first Cu-based halide scintillator that has air stability, good stopping power, and the ability to grow large bulk single crystals for practical application. This work provides a strategy for tuning and broadening the spectral range of STE emitters, and bridges the lead-free halide derivatives with scintillators.
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