Phase control in the synthesis of cesium copper iodide compounds for their photoluminescence and radioluminescence study

Abstract

Lead-free metal halide perovskites have attracted much attention owing to their non-toxicity and excellent optical properties. Especially, cesium copper iodide compounds exhibit advantages of good environmental stability and low cost, rendering promising potential applications in optoelectronic devices field. Here, we use an anti-solvent assisted crystallization method to realize phase control syntheses of CsCu2I3 and Cs3Cu2I5 by varying the concentrations of precursor solution. Using high precursor solution concentrations, Cs3Cu2I5 with strong blue emission peak at 440 nm is prepared. While the CsCu2I3 is fabricated at low precursor solution concentrations, with the yellow emission peak of 580 nm. Furthermore, the UV-pumped light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) are realized by adopting CsCu2I3 and Cs3Cu2I5 powders as phosphors, and we also obverse the scintillation characteristic of the cesium copper iodide powders, showing potential applications for lighting and X-ray detection devices.