Cerium Doping Double Perovskite Scintillator for Sensitive X-ray Detection and Imaging |
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| Authors: | Zhilin Wang Xieming Xu Dr Shuaihua Wang Hui Xu Weiwei Xu Qingyou Zeng Guoping Deng Yongzheng Jiang Dr Shaofan Wu |
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| Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Science, Fuzhou, 350002 P. R. China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039 P. R. China;2. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Science, Fuzhou, 350002 P. R. China;3. Fujian Luhai Engineering Investigation & Designing Company, Fuzhou, 350004 P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | Scintillators are widely used for nondestructive testing, nuclear medicine imaging, space exploration and security inspection. Recently, lead halide perovskite scintillation crystals have been brought into focus due to their effective atomic number, fast scintillation decay time, strong luminous efficiency, and tunable band gap. However, their application is limited by lead toxicity. Here we report that Ce-doping can increase sensitivity in lead-free double perovskite crystals (Cs2NaTbCl6) for X-ray detection and imaging. The introduction of Ce ions as sensitizer can be used to improve the radioluminescence of the crystals. The light output of Ce : Cs2NaTbCl6 crystals is about 52153 ph/MeV, which is 25 % higher than that of un-doped crystal. The X-ray sensitivity is significantly enhanced. Based on our scintillation film X-ray detector the detection limit is 30 nGy ⋅ s−1, which is about 1/183 of the typical medical imaging dose. Our scintillating film has excellent imaging ability with spatial resolution of up to 10 lp/mm. This research shows that Ce : Cs2NaTbCl6 perovskite crystal scintillators are promising materials for X-ray imaging application. |
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| Keywords: | double perovskite hypotoxicity rare earth scintillation X-ray imaging |
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