Composition-dependent Eu3+ emission in colloidal lead-free halide perovskite nanocrystals: potential for anti-counterfeiting applications
摘要
Trivalent europium is a well-known phosphorescent probe widely used in lighting devices and displays, bioassay markers, and anti-counterfeiting phosphors. Double halide perovskite nanocrystals (DHP NCs) have emerged in recent years as attractive host lattices for various luminescent lanthanide dopants owing to the diverse range of trivalent substitutional sites. However, the effect of the DHP NC composition on the Eu3+ emission properties has not been systematically investigated. In this work, we prepared a series of DHP NCs containing Eu3+ by employing a modified colloidal hot injection procedure. The nanocrystals exhibit finely tunable Eu3+ 5D0−7FJ emission peaks, owing to the different dependence of the electric and magnetic dipole f-f transitions on the coordination symmetry of Eu3+. A variation in the values of the Eu3+ asymmetry factor, defined as 7F2/7F1 peak intensity ratio, between 1.0 and 2.5 was observed for different NC compositions, compared to ca. 5 for Eu3+ in an aqueous solution. The asymmetry factor was also found to be dependent on the Eu3+ doping concentration for a given DHP NC host lattice. The sensitivity of the relative intensities of Eu3+ emission peaks on the DHP NC composition, together with the dual emission of these NCs, is promising for various anti-counterfeiting applications.
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