Near-unity NIR phosphorescent quantum yield from a room-temperature solvated metal nanocluster

Metal nanoclusters have emerged as promising near-infrared (NIR)-emissive materials, but their room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), especially in solution, is often low (<10%). We studied the photophysics of Au22(tBuPhC≡C)18 (Au22) and its alloy counterpart Au16Cu6(tBuPhC≡C)18 (Au16Cu6) (where tBu is tert-butyl and Ph is phenyl) and found that copper (Cu) doping suppressed the nonradiative decay (~60-fold less) and promoted intersystem crossing rate (~300-fold higher). The Au16Cu6 nanocluster exhibited >99% PLQY in deaerated solution at room temperature with an emission maximum at 720 nanometers tailing to 950 nanometers and 61% PLQY in the oxygen-saturated solution. The approach to achieve near-unity PLQY could enable the development of highly emissive metal cluster materials.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:383

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Science (New York, N.Y.) - 383(2024), 6680 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 326-330

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Englisch

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Shi, Wan-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Linlin [VerfasserIn]
He, Rui-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Han, Xu-Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Zong-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Quan-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1126/science.adk6628

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NLM36727468X