High-Performance Next-Generation Perovskite Nanocrystal Scintillator for Nondestructive X-Ray Imaging.

Heo, Jin Hyuck; Shin, Dong Hee; Park, Jin Kyoung; Kim, Do Hun; Lee, Sang Jin; Im, Sang Hyuk · Adv Mater · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Readily commercializable and cost-effective next-generation CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) based X-ray detectors are demonstrated. The PNCs-based X-ray detector exhibits higher spatial resolution (9.8 lp mm<sup>-1</sup> at modulation transfer function (MTF) = 0.2 and 12.5-8.9 lp mm<sup>-1</sup> for a linear line chart), faster response time (≈200 ns), and comparable stability (>40 Gy<sub>air</sub> s<sup>-1</sup> of X-ray exposure) compared with the commercialized terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulfide (GOS)-based detectors (spatial resolution = 6.2 lp mm<sup>-1</sup> at MTF = 0.2 and 6.3 lp mm<sup>-1</sup> for a linear line chart, response time = ≈1200 ns) because the PNCs-based scintillator has ≈5.6-fold faster average photoluminescence lifetime and stronger emission than the GOS-based one.