Mengqiu Guan,Wenhan Han,Kailei Lu,Yuhong Xie,Zijie Li,Yucheng Ye,Guixin Wang,Jianqi Qi,Tiecheng Lu
In response to the urgent demand for windows with multi-mode self-calibrated temperature feedback operating over a wide range in extreme environments, herein, Pr 3+ –Er 3+ co-doped Y 2 Zr 2 O 7 (YZO) transparent ceramics were developed. After annealing treatment to remove defects, these ceramics exhibit high transparency and temperature-dependent wide-range photoluminescence, in which the in-line transmittance is up to 77.8% at 760 nm (theoretical limit is 78%), and the luminescence band spans blue to red. Furthermore, based on the luminescence intensity ratio technology, a multi-mode temperature sensing window using highly transparent YZO:Pr/Er ceramics was designed. The developed photothermal window shows relatively high sensitivity, in which absolute sensitivity ( S a ) and relative sensitivity ( S r ) reached 0.0105 K −1 at 363 K and 1.295% K −1 at 301 K, respectively. The developed thermometer could provide a reference for self-calibrated thermometer window, and its wide spectral operating range ensures the reliability of temperature measurement, which has the potential to be used in some extreme conditions.
Attaining effective warm white light emitting in functionally advantageous transparent polycrystalline ceramics is vitally important to guarantee the development of both human and botanical systems. In response to this aim, a series of Dy 3+ -doped Y 2 Zr 2 O 7 (YZO) transparent ceramics were prepared via a solid-state reaction and vacuum sintering approach in this work. These fabricated ceramics show high transparency, where the in-line transmittance at 700 nm is about 76%, which is very close to the theoretical limit (78%). In addition, under the excitation of UV light sources (358 and 384 nm), strong warm white light emissions were observed in these YZO:Dy transparent ceramics. The corresponding photoluminescence characteristics and mechanisms of YZO:Dy ceramics are investigated carefully. The Dy-doped YZO ceramics integrate with high transparency and UV-excitable warm white light emission properties, making them promising light-emitting converter materials for light-emitting source applications.