Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (LHP-NCs) embedded in polymeric hosts are gaining attention as scalable and low-cost scintillation detectors for technologically relevant applications. Despite rapid progress, little is currently known about the scintillation properties and stability of LHP-NCs prepared by the ligand assisted reprecipitation (LARP) method, which allows mass scalability at room temperature unmatched by any other type of nanostructure, and the implications of incorporating LHP-NCs into polyacrylate hosts are still largely debated. Here, we show that LARP-synthesized CsPbBr3 NCs are comparable to particles from hot-injection routes and unravel the dual effect of polyacrylate incorporation, where the partial degradation of LHP-NCs luminescence is counterbalanced by the passivation of electron-poor defects by the host acrylic groups. Experiments on NCs with tailored surface defects show that the balance between such antithetical effects of polymer embedding is determined by the surface defect density of the NCs and provide guidelines for further material optimization.

Cova, F., Erroi, A., Zaffalon, M., Cemmi, A., Di Sarcina, I., Perego, J., et al. (2024). Scintillation Properties of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals: the Dual Effect of Polyacrylate Encapsulation toward Scalable Ultrafast Radiation Detectors. Intervento presentato a: European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) - Spring meeting 2024, Strasburgo, Francia.

Scintillation Properties of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals: the Dual Effect of Polyacrylate Encapsulation toward Scalable Ultrafast Radiation Detectors

Cova, Francesca;Erroi, Andrea;Zaffalon, Matteo L
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Perego, Jacopo;Monguzzi, Angelo;Comotti, Angiolina;Carulli, Francesco;Brovelli, Sergio
2024

Abstract

Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (LHP-NCs) embedded in polymeric hosts are gaining attention as scalable and low-cost scintillation detectors for technologically relevant applications. Despite rapid progress, little is currently known about the scintillation properties and stability of LHP-NCs prepared by the ligand assisted reprecipitation (LARP) method, which allows mass scalability at room temperature unmatched by any other type of nanostructure, and the implications of incorporating LHP-NCs into polyacrylate hosts are still largely debated. Here, we show that LARP-synthesized CsPbBr3 NCs are comparable to particles from hot-injection routes and unravel the dual effect of polyacrylate incorporation, where the partial degradation of LHP-NCs luminescence is counterbalanced by the passivation of electron-poor defects by the host acrylic groups. Experiments on NCs with tailored surface defects show that the balance between such antithetical effects of polymer embedding is determined by the surface defect density of the NCs and provide guidelines for further material optimization.
relazione (orale)
defects; ionizing radiation detection; Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals; polymer composites; radiation hardness; scintillation;
English
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) - Spring meeting 2024
2024
2024
https://www.european-mrs.com/meetings/2024-spring-meeting
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Cova, F., Erroi, A., Zaffalon, M., Cemmi, A., Di Sarcina, I., Perego, J., et al. (2024). Scintillation Properties of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals: the Dual Effect of Polyacrylate Encapsulation toward Scalable Ultrafast Radiation Detectors. Intervento presentato a: European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) - Spring meeting 2024, Strasburgo, Francia.
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