Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Mn2+ induced significant improvement and robust stability of radioluminescence in Cs3Cu2I5 for high-performance nuclear battery

  • Xiaoming Li,
  • Jiaxin Chen,
  • Dandan Yang,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Dongling Geng,
  • Lianfu Jiang,
  • Ye Wu,
  • Cuifang Meng,
  • Haibo Zeng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24185-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Fluorescent-type nuclear batteries are a promising semi-permanent power source, but performance is hindered by scintillator development. Here the authors report a scintillator with high light yield and stability, which leads to improved performance.