Issue 47, 2022

Enhancement of self-trapped excitons and near-infrared emission in Bi3+/Er3+ co-doped Cs2Ag0.4Na0.6InCl6 double perovskite

Abstract

Erbium (Er) complexes are used as optical gain materials for signal generation in the telecom C-band at 1540 nm, but they need a sensitizer to enhance absorption. Na+ substitution for Ag+ and Bi3+ doping at the In3+ site is a possible strategy to enhance the broadband emission of Cs2AgInCl6, which could be used as a sensitizer for energy transfer to rare-earth elements. Herein, self-trapped exciton (STE) energy transfer to Er3+ at 1540 nm in double perovskite is reported. An acid precipitation method was used to synthesize Cs2AgInCl6 and its derivatives with Er3+, Bi3+, and Na+. Bare Cs2AgInCl6:Er emission signals were found to be weak at 1540 nm, but Bi3+ doping increased them by 12 times, and Bi3+ and Na+ doping increased signal intensity by up to 25 times. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy characterized a decrease in axial symmetry over the Er3+ ions after the substitutions of Na+ and Bi3+ in Cs2AgInCl6 at low temperatures (<7 K) for the first time. Moreover, an increase in pressure compressed the structure, which tuned the STE transition for free exciton emission, and a further increase in pressure distorted the cubic phase above 70 kbar.

Graphical abstract: Enhancement of self-trapped excitons and near-infrared emission in Bi3+/Er3+ co-doped Cs2Ag0.4Na0.6InCl6 double perovskite

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Okt 2022
Accepted
17 Nov 2022
First published
21 Nov 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 17735-17742

Enhancement of self-trapped excitons and near-infrared emission in Bi3+/Er3+ co-doped Cs2Ag0.4Na0.6InCl6 double perovskite

K. Dave, W. Huang, T. Leśniewski, A. Lazarowska, M. Grzegorczyk, S. Mahlik, G. Leniec, S. M. Kaczmarek and R. Liu, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 17735 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05478G

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