Self-Calibrated Thermometer and Dynamic Anti-Counterfeiting Based on YNbO4:Pr3+ Luminescent Material

Phosphors with multifunctional applications have attracted extensive research, especially in thermometer and anti-counterfeiting fields. Herein, a series of Pr 3+ -doped YNbO 4 (YNO) phosphors with adjustable photoluminescence and red persistent luminescence (PersL) performances are developed. YNO host exhibits the blue self-activated luminescence, and the different Pr 3+ emission peaks possess various thermal stability properties due to the thermal quenching channel generated by the intervalence charge transfer state between Pr 3+ and Nb 5+ ions. Two kinds of fluorescence intensity ratio models with high absolute and relative sensitivities are realized to measure the temperature under dual-wavelength excitation. Moreover, YNO:Pr 3+ exhibits the red PersL with a duration of about 120 s upon ceasing the UV excitation light source. The fabricated YNO:Pr 3+ -polydimethylsiloxane films display different luminescence patterns with the passage of time after turning off UV light, which can cleverly achieve dynamic conversion. These results demonstrate that YNO:Pr 3+ phosphor has potential applications in dual-wavelength excited thermometry and dynamic anti-counterfeiting fields.