journal article·2023-07-01Open access

Excitation wavelength dependent triple-mode photoluminescence of copper-based halides for advanced anti-counterfeiting

Chengjun Liu, Yuyi Zhang, Manman Luo, Lixi Wang, Xingyu Liu, Jiangyong Pan, Zihan Zhao, Fan Fang, Lei Mao, Yuling Huang, Bingqi Wang, Congyuan Lin, Wei Lei, Qing Li, Zhiwei Zhao, Jun Wu, Zhuoya Zhu, Mehmet Ertugrul, Xiaobing Zhang, Jing Chen, Dewei Zhao

APL Materials· Volume 11· Issue 7

Abstract

New fluorescent materials with a low cost, hypotoxicity, and concealment are desired for the application of anti-counterfeiting. Herein, we report a CsCu2I3@Cs3Cu2I5 composite with a triple-mode photoluminescence (PL) feature by simply adjusting the excitation wavelengths, which are ascribed to the multiple excited states of different phases in the CsCu2I3@Cs3Cu2I5 composite. The broadband emission and high quantum yield (∼51%) of the composite originate from the structure-oriented self-trapped excitons effect of Cs3Cu2I5 and CsCu2I3 phases. Moreover, the incorporation of polyethylene oxide (PEO) into this composite improves the stability of CsCu2I3@Cs3Cu2I5@PEO against harsh environments. The CsCu2I3@Cs3Cu2I5@PEO composite has a slight decay of ∼5% of its initial PL intensity and only a 3.5% shift of the corresponding color coordinate after 30 days of storage. More importantly, its initial PL intensity shows only 10.3% decay under ultraviolet exposure for 200 h. Our work provides a promising approach to design materials for advanced anti-counterfeiting applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

Joint International Research Laboratory of Information Display and Visualization, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University 1 , Nanjing, China

School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology 2 , Nanjing, China

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ataturk University 3 , Erzurum 25240, Türkiye

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 4 , UPM Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia

Department of Electric and Electronics Engineering, Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University 5 , 56 Chyngyz Aitmatov Avenue, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

College of Materials Science and Engineering & Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University 6 , Chengdu 610065, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Jiangsu Province Basic Research Program · Ministry of Science and Technology International Cooperation Projects · Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province · Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectric Materials Science and Technology · National Key Research and Development Program of China · National Natural Science Foundation Project for Young Researcher · Research Fund for International Young Scientists · Program 111_2.0 in China · Leading Technology of Jiangsu Basic Research Plan · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · Engineering Featured Team Fund of Sichuan University

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