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Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) scintillators hold promising potential for applications in medical radiography and security detection, but the poor X-ray absorption ability and inferior radioluminescence (RL) hampered their progression. Herein, the study has pioneered the development of high-performance TADF Ag(I)-based scintillators from M2X2(dppb)2 (M = Ag, Cu; X = Cl, Br, I) complexes with 1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppb) ligand. In comparison with Cu(I) complexes, the Ag(I) series generally exhibited superior scintillation performance. Notably, Ag2Cl2(dppb)2 (Ag1) stands out with exceptionally high RL intensity (≈125% higher than that of CsI:Tl) and a low detection limit of 59.8 nGy s−1. The outstanding scintillation performance of Ag1 is primarily attributed to the synergistic effect of the high exciton utilization efficiency origin from a small singlet-triplet energy gap, enhanced X-ray absorption capacity by heavy atoms, and the high photoluminescence quantum yield (76.47% in ambient atmosphere). By fabricating a flexible film constructed with Ag1 submicron crystalline powders, a high spatial resolution of 25.0 lp mm−1 for X-ray imaging is obtained. It offers new opportunities for utilizing TADF metal–organic complexes for highly efficient X-ray scintillation and imaging. © 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
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Advanced Functional Materials
ISSN: 1616-301X
Year: 2024
Issue: 33
Volume: 34
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JCR@2023
CAS Journal Grade:1
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