Room-Temperature Synthesized Cd-Doped Cs3 Cu2 I5 : Stable and Excitation-Wavelength Dependent Dual-Color Emission for Advanced Anti-Counterfeiting

Chemistry. 2022 Aug 16;28(46):e202200877. doi: 10.1002/chem.202200877. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Abstract

With the development of intellectual properties, concern about advanced anti-counterfeiting is accumulating, which conventional single-modal luminescence can no longer satisfy. As one of rapidly developing 0D materials, copper-based perovskite shows great potential to realize multiple luminescent centers for complex emissions. In this work, Cd was doped into Cs3 Cu2 I5 and showed resultant emission at 560 nm which surprisingly showed a red-shifted excitation peak from that of intrinsic self-trapped emission, resulting in excitation-wavelength dependent emission. When the excitation wavelength increased from 290 nm to 330 nm, the emission of Cd-doped Cs3 Cu2 I5 changed from deep blue to cold white and finally yellow. Afterwards, Cd-doped Cs3 Cu2 I5 was mixed with polystyrene to prepare anti-counterfeiting ink for silk-screen printing. Meanwhile, Cd-doped Cs3 Cu2 I5 maintains outstanding stability after doping, no matter under ambient, continuous UV radiation or high-temperature environment. The intensity can be almost totally recovered after heating-and-cooling cycles. This study lays groundwork for future research into multiple luminescent center manipulation in 0D materials.

Keywords: Cd-doping; Cs3Cu2I5; anti-counterfeiting; dual-emission; room-temperature grinding.