Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocomposite Scintillators
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Optical Properties of Perovskite Nanocrystals
2.2. Optimising Transmission through Nanocomposite Scintillators
2.3. Performance of Nanocomposite Scintillators
3. Conclusions
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials
4.2. Perovskite Nanocrystal Synthesis
4.3. Surface Modification with BMEP
4.4. Fabrication of EJ-290 Nanocomposites
4.5. Fabrication of PMMA Nanocomposites
4.6. Calculations
4.7. Characterisation Methods
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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: Component from EJ-290 | : Component from FAPbBr | : Component from FAPbBr | ||
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EJ-290 | 1.2 ns (100%) | - | - | (1.2 ± 0.1) ns |
FAPbBr/EJ-290, 0.4% Loading | 1.5 ns (44%) | 17.5 ns (36%) | 90.3 ns (20%) | (25.0 ± 0.1) ns |
FAPbBr/EJ-290, 0.9% Loading | 1.8 ns (38%) | 15.6 ns (43%) | 75.1 ns (19%) | (21.8 ± 0.1) ns |
FAPbBr/EJ-290, 1.8% Loading | 1.9 ns (36%) | 14.9 ns (46%) | 71.0 ns (18%) | (20.3 ± 0.1) ns |
FAPbBr/PMMA, 1.8% Loading | - | 16.9 ns (56%) | 119.7 ns (44%) | (62.0 ± 0.4) ns |
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Braddock, I.H.B.; Al Sid Cheikh, M.; Ghosh, J.; Mulholland, R.E.; O’Neill, J.G.; Stolojan, V.; Crean, C.; Sweeney, S.J.; Sellin, P.J. Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocomposite Scintillators. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12132141
Braddock IHB, Al Sid Cheikh M, Ghosh J, Mulholland RE, O’Neill JG, Stolojan V, Crean C, Sweeney SJ, Sellin PJ. Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocomposite Scintillators. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(13):2141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12132141
Chicago/Turabian StyleBraddock, Isabel H. B., Maya Al Sid Cheikh, Joydip Ghosh, Roma E. Mulholland, Joseph G. O’Neill, Vlad Stolojan, Carol Crean, Stephen J. Sweeney, and Paul J. Sellin. 2022. "Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocomposite Scintillators" Nanomaterials 12, no. 13: 2141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12132141