A high-efficiency dual-functional on-off-on fluorescence probe: 2'-4'-dihydroxydiphenyl-8-formyl-7-hydroxycoumarin hydrazine (L) based on photoelectron transfer mechanism (PET) was designed and synthesized, and its ion recognition characteristics were fully studied by spectroscopy. As expected, probe L shows highly sensitive to Cu 2 + in EtOH-HEPES (20 mM v/v, 80 : 20, pH = 7.40) solution, and its detection limit up to 6.14 × 10 À 7 M. The stoichiometric ratio of LÀ Cu 2 + complex was determined as 1 : 1 based on 1 H NMR titration and ESI-MS. Meanwhile, the resulted LÀ Cu 2 + complex shows good selectivity for the phosphoric acid family anion (H 2 PO 4 À , HPO 4 2À and PO 4 3À ), which denote probe L the dual-function in rapid detection of Cu 2 + and phosphate family's ions. Scheme 1. Synthesis of probe L. (a) NH 2 -NH 2 , MeOH, room temperature, 24 h. (b) Hexamethylenetetramine, HOAc, 90°C, 8 h. (c) MeOH, room temperature, 10 h.