Intervalence charge transfer of Cr<sup>3+</sup>-Cr<sup>3+</sup> aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence

Shengqiang Liu; Jingxuan Du; Zhen Song; Chonggeng Ma; Quanlin Liu

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01219-x

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Intervalence charge transfer of Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence

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- Intervalence charge transfer of Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 8, Pages: 1686-1695(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  2.School of Optoelectronic Engineering & CQUPT-BUL Innovation Institute, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
- Author bio：
  
  Zhen Song (zsong@ustb.edu.cn)
  Chonggeng Ma (cgma.ustc@gmail.com)
  Quanlin Liu (qlliu@ustb.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01219-x
  CLC：
- Published：31 August 2023，
  
  Published Online：25 July 2023，
  
  Received：24 April 2023，
  
  Revised：26 June 2023，
  
  Accepted：27 June 2023
- Accepted：
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Liu, S. Q. et al. Intervalence charge transfer of Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1686-1695 (2023).
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Liu, S. Q. et al. Intervalence charge transfer of Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1686-1695 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01219-x.

摘要

Abstract

The increasing demand for high-contrast biological imaging

non-destructive testing

and infrared night vision can be addressed by the development of high-performance NIR light-emitting materials. Unlike lanthanide (Ln

) with sharp-line multiplets and isolated Cr

with NIR-Ⅰ emission

this study reports the first-ever NIR-Ⅱ broadband luminescence based on the intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) of Cr

-Cr

aggregation in gallate magentoplumbite. In particular

LaMgGa

:0.7Cr

exhibits dual-emission (NIR-Ⅰ

890 nm and NIR-Ⅱ

1200 nm) with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 626 nm under 450 nm blue LED excitation. Moreover

this dual-emission exhibits anti-thermal quenching behavior (432% @ 290 K)

attributed to the energy transfer among multiple Cr

centers. Cryogen absorption spectra

lifetimes decay (2.3 ms)

and electron paramagnetic experiments reveal the NIR-Ⅱ luminescence of the Cr

-Cr

→ Cr

-Cr

IVCT transition. The application of LaMgGa

:0.7Cr

in NIR-Ⅱ biological imaging as an optical contrast agent

non-destructive testing

and night vision is demonstrated. This work provides new insights into broadband NIR-Ⅱ luminescence under UV-NIR excitation based on the IVCT of Cr

-Cr

aggregation.

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Intervalence charge transfer of Cr3+-Cr3+ aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence

DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01219-x

摘要

Abstract

关键词

Keywords

references

Intervalence charge transfer of Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ aggregation for NIR-Ⅱ luminescence