Scintillation properties of ((CH3)4N)3BiCl6 as a novel lead-free perovskite halide crystal

Abstract Two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (2D-HOIPs) possess intriguing structural properties which makes them promising materials for diverse optical, electronic and scintillation applications. Recently, several classes of hybrid perovskites exhibit potential candidate for radiation detection. However, the scintillation properties of corrugated-type 2D-HOIPs have not been studied so far. In this work, we investigate the scintillation performance of bismuth chloride ((CH 3 ) 4 N) 3 BiCl 6 perovskites for the lead-free candidate. No strong RL intensity at room temperature is observed due to a strong thermal quenching. A small negative thermal quenching is also observed, which infer the presence of trap states characterized by two activation energies: E 1 = 25.71 meV and E 2 = 129.27 meV. In addition, low temperature afterglow of ((CH 3 ) 4 N) 3 BiCl 6 at 10 K is estimated to be 70 s (14.5%) and 1200 s (85.5%). In low temperature thermoluminescence ((CH 3 ) 4 N) 3 BiCl 6 exhibits a broad band, which is attributed to a quasi-continuous distribution of shallow traps. All these results shed some light on the fundamentals of scintillation properties of bismuth-based perovskites.