Low temperature scintillation performance of a Br-doped CHNHPbCl single-crystalline perovskite

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 22 - 224
• Main Authors: Liu, Jun, Hei, Dongwei, Xu, Qiang, Tan, Xinjian, Ruan, Jinlu, Ouyang, Xiaoping, Nie, Jing, Wei, Kun, Xu, Qing, Sun, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Published: 07.01.2021
• ISSN: 2046-2069
• DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06860h

Time response and light yield are two of the most important features of a scintillation detector, and are mostly determined by the luminescence properties of the scintillator. Here we have investigated the radioluminescence (RL) characteristics of a single-crystalline hybrid lead halide perovskite at both room temperature and low temperature. A dual-channel single photon correlation (DCSPC) system with a vacuum chamber is employed for the measurement. A rise time faster than 100 ps and several times enhancement of the crystal scintillation performances at low temperature have been observed. These behaviors demonstrated that bulk solution-grown single crystals of hybrid lead halide perovskites (MAPbCl 3 and Br-doped MAPbBr 0.08 Cl 2.92 , where MA = CH 3 NH 3 ) can serve as stable scintillating materials for pulsed gamma detectors. In addition, this work provides a pathway for perovskite application and also attracts attention to investigating low-temperature scintillators. Time response and light yield are two of the most important features of a scintillation detector, and are mostly determined by the luminescence properties of the scintillator.