Electric-Tunable Photoluminescence of 2D ErOCl for High-Security Encryption of Programmable Information

High-security encryption has always been important in economic and military fields as well as in daily life. 2D van der Waals (vdW) rare-earth (RE) materials have advantages in photoluminescence (PL) modulation to achieve high-security encryption because of their multiple sharp emission peaks, which will facilitate the multimode regulation for high-security encryption of programmable information. Here, programmable information encryption has been achieved by applying 2D vdW ErOCl via the editable electric-tunable PL. The correct information encoded in PL outputs can be tactfully decrypted from the PL intensity ratio of 2 H 11/2 – 4 I 15/2 and 4 S 3/2 – 4 I 15/2 transitions. This strategy for ASCII codes and images encryption with high-security is demonstrated. This novel approach, PL modulation of 2D vdW RE material based on programmable electric inputs, will mark a new path to achieve high-security encryption.