Zero‐Dimensional Zn‐Based Halides with Ultra‐Long Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence for Time‐Resolved Anti‐Counterfeiting

Though fluorescence‐tag‐based anti‐counterfeiting technology has distinguished itself with cost‐effective features and huge information loading capacity, the clonable decryption process of spatial‐resolved anti‐counterfeiting cannot meet the requirements for high‐security‐level anti‐counterfeiting. Herein, we demonstrate a spatial‐time‐dual‐resolved anti‐counterfeiting system based on new organic–inorganic hybrid halides BAPPZn2(ClyBr1−y)8 (BAPP=1,4‐bis(3‐ammoniopropyl)piperazinium, y=0–1) with ultra‐long room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP). Remarkably, the afterglow lifetime can be facilely tuned by regulating the halide‐induced heavy‐atom effect and can be identified by the naked eyes or with the help of a simple machine vision system. Therefore, the short‐lived unicolor fluorescence and lasting‐time‐tunable RTP provide the prerequisites for unicolor‐time‐resolved anti‐counterfeiting, which lowers the decryption‐device requirements and further provides the design strategy of advanced portable anti‐counterfeiting technology. A new zero‐dimensional Zn‐based metal halide with ultra‐long room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) is reported. The RTP lifetimes can be facilely regulated via halide engineering, paving the way for designing spatial‐time‐dual‐resolved anti‐counterfeiting materials.