OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2022
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Tingxia Wu,Ying Hong,Lingyu Song,Yongbao Zhu,Jinling Wang,Yuanyuan Zhu,Jing Fang,Guosong Chen
Smuggling has caused serious adverse effects on the global market and national security, among which drug smuggling is increasingly rampant. Thus, the development of high-tech security strategies has become an urgent challenge for customs supervision. Recently, lanthanide ions (Ln 3+ ) doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have opened up new ways for security and anti-fake applications due to their unique optical properties under near-infrared excitation. Here, we propose a novel upconversion microcrystal composed of hexagonal phase NaYF 4 :Ln 3+ capped by sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP), successfully used in customs supervision. The addition of SHMP can not only regulate the morphology of microcrystals, but also significantly improve the luminescence properties of UC. The absolute quantum yield is up to 7% at the low power density of 30 W∙cm −2 , above most currently reported levels. Without adding any organic additives, the precise control of particle phase and morphology (e.g., microrod, hexagonal prism and hollow sphere) would be achieved by adjusting the doping ratio of SHMP/Ln 3+ . As the reaction time extends, the morphology of NaYF 4 :Ln 3+ changes from ellipsoid to microrod, while cubic phase transforms into hexagonal phase. Under the excitation of 980 nm laser, the green upconversion emission of hexagonal NaYF 4 :Ln 3+ microrods is significantly strengthened, which is more powerful than other observed particles with other shapes. This strong upconversion emission that depends on morphology and phase has huge application potential in security anti-counterfeiting and photonic devices .
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2017
·Vol. 100
·期 7
·3061-3069
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IF 2.841
Shaohua Fan,Shikai Wang,Hongtao Sun,Shiyu Sun,Guojun Gao,Lili Hu
We report efficient dual-mode up-conversion (UC) and down-shifting (DS) emission in a single Yb 3+ /Er 3+ -co-doped β-NaYF 4 microcrystals with controlled morphology and size via a simple Na + ion-exchange modification (IEM) method. IEM well preserves the crystal structure and monodispersed morphology of hydrothermal-synthesized β-NaYF 4 . Meanwhile, IEM gives rise to the significant enhancement of UC emission intensity up to 3800 times and strongly enhanced DS emission intensity of Er 3+ and Yb 3+ by several times in β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ microcrystals. IEM also strongly prolongs the DS emission lifetimes of Er 3+ and Yb 3+ in visible and near-infrared region. The enhanced UC and DS emission intensities and prolonged lifetimes in β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ are mainly ascribed to the dispersing of localized Yb 3+ and Er 3+ clusters during IEM.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Yuzhen Wang,Chuandong Zuo,Chaoyang Ma,Wanggui Ye,Chong Zhao,Zhe Feng,Yanbin Li,Zicheng Wen,Chong Wang,Xiaofei Shen,Xuanyi Yuan,Yongge Cao
This work focused on influences of Sc 3+ dopants on local site symmetry and ligand field of Er 3+ activators as well as its up-conversion luminescence performances sensitized by Yb 3+ ions in NYTiO 4 (NYT). The structure analysis and Judd-Ofelt calculation confirmed that doping Sc 3+ ions could lower site symmetry as well changed the ligand field around Er 3+ ions. The introduction of Sc 3+ ions induced variations of crystal lattices , regulated distances between Er 3+ ions and Er 3+ or Yb 3+ ions, and thus influenced the up-conversion luminescence properties . Besides, time-resolved decay curves figured out the great enhancement of lifetime and luminescence quantum efficiency for both green and red emissions due to Sc 3+ dopants. For optical temperature sensitivity, thermally coupled levels (TCLs) for blue emission 4 F 5/2 / 4 F 7/2 → 4 I 15/2 was studied for the first time. Besides, TCLs for violet emission 4 G 11/2 / 2 H 9/2 → 4 I 15/2 as well as green emission 2 H 11/2 / 4 S 3/2 → 4 I 15/2 were also recorded. By tri-doping Sc 3+ ions into NYT: Yb/Er, both absolute sensitivity and relative sensitivity of above three TCLs were improved with temperature uncertainty decreasing.
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材料科学
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发光材料
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固态化学
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JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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2021
·Vol. 50
·期 3
·1189-1195
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IF 1.938
Li Ke,Chen Tingting,Mao Huibing,Chen Ye,Wang Jiqing
YVO 4 :Yb 3+ :Er 3+ nanoparticles and their mixture with Au nanoparticles have been fabricated by a simple chemical method. With the excitation of a 975-nm laser, both samples had strong upconversion emissions at 2.18, 2.25, and 2.36 eV, which correspond to the transitions 4 F 9/2 → 4 I 15/2 , 4 S 3/2 → 4 I 15/2 and 2 H 11/2 → 4 I 15/2 of Er 3+ ions, while the emission at 2.36 eV has a large overlap with the resonant absorption energy, 2.34 eV, of the Au nanoparticles. With the coupling of the Au nanoparticles, the upconversion emission at 2.36 eV presents a strong quenching effect which is due to the energy transfer from the Er 3+ ions to the Au nanoparticles. This depends on the energy difference between the emission of the Er 3+ ions and the absorption of the Au nanoparticles. The upconversion power dependence shows that the slope factor of the power dependence is about 3 for a high pump power, which means that the upconversion process is a three-photon process for both samples.
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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2018
·Vol. 18
·期 12
·8258-8268
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IF 1.354
Tong Chao,Xie Shaowen,Zhou Hu,Li Na,Gong Liang,Jian Jian,Zhang Changfan,Xu Lijian,Xu Jianxiong
In this study, well-defined PAA-coated NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanophosphors were synthesized via a poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) mediated hydrothermal process. The rational control of initial reaction conditions, such as hydrothermal temperature, pH value of precursor-solution,
added amount of PAA, and molecular weight of PAA ligand, resulted in upconversion of NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ phosphors with varying crystal phases (α and β) and morphologies (e.g., nanosphere, submicrorod, microrod, microtube, and microprism).
By assessing the upconversion luminescent properties of the synthesized NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ phosphors upon excitation by 980 nm infrared light, it was demonstrated that the β-phase NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ phosphors generally
presented stronger upconversion luminescent than α-phase NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ phosphors and orthorhombic phase of YF3:Yb3+, Er3+ sample. Additionally, the β-phase NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+
phosphors with hollow microtube morphology presented higher upconversion luminescent intensity than phosphors of other morphologies. This may be due to microtubes having larger surface area (inner and outer surfaces), which promoted the absorption efficiency under similar excitation conditions,
therefore generating higher luminescent intensity. Findings form this study suggest for precisely controlled growth of other complex rare earth fluoride compounds and provide a reference for exploration of component-, phase- and morphology-dependent upconversion luminescence properties.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2015
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Pengpeng Lei,Peng Zhang,Qinghai Yuan,Zhuo Wang,Lile Dong,Shuyan Song,Xia Xu,Xiuling Liu,Jing Feng,Hongjie Zhang
In this work, water-soluble Yb3+/Er3+ codoped Bi2O3 upconversion (UC) nanospheres with uniform morphology have been successfully synthesized via a solid-state-chemistry thermal decomposition process. With 980 nm near-infrared irradiation, the Bi2O3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanospheres have bright UC luminescence (UCL). Moreover, multicolor UC emissions (from green to red) can be tuned by simply changing the Yb3+ ions doping concentration. After citric acid molecules were grafted on the surface of Bi2O3:20% Yb3+/2% Er3+ nanospheres, the MTT assay on HeLa cells and CCK-8 assay on osteoblasts show that the UC nanospheres exhibit excellent stability and biocompatibility. The possibility of using these nanoprobes with red UCL for optical imaging in vivo has been demonstrated. Furthermore, Bi3+ and Yb3+ containing nanospheres as binary contrast agent also exhibited significant enhancement of contrast efficacy than iodine-based contrast agent via X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging at different voltage setting (80–140 kVp), indicating they have potential as CT imaging contrast agent. Thus, Yb3+/Er3+ codoped Bi2O3 nanospheres could be used as dual modality probe for optical and CT imagings.
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2018
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IF 2.873
Song Ye,Ping Xiao,Huazhen Liao,Song Li,Deping Wang
We developed a facile approach for the fast synthesis of ultrasmall and monodisperse β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ nanocrystals down to 5.3 nm with the assistant of oleate ligands, based on which the highly bright sub-10 nm β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ @NaYF 4 core-shell nanocrystals with three order of magnitude increased upconversion emission were successfully obtained by a seed-mediated growth method. The reaction time and temperature dependent experimental results implied that the introduciton of extra oleate ligands can both promote the α-to-β phase transition and impeded the crystal growth of NaYF 4 , which is due to the oleate ligand induced orderly arrangement of Y 3+ and capping effect, respectively. It is expected that the oleate ligands mediated phase transition and size evaluation, demonstrated here in NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ NCs, is also applicable to other lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals.
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2024
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IF 8
Changhe Hu,Xiao Li,Wenfeng Xie,Jie Liu,Huhui Fu,Yaning Zhang,Jingbing Lu,Qi Xiong,Yuanqi Qian,M. Liu
Alkaline zirconium fluorides (A x Zr y F x+y , A = Li, Na, and K), featuring unique crystallographic structures, have recently emerged as a class of attractive hosts for fabricating lanthanide (Ln 3+ )-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) that exhibited distinct morphology, upconversion luminescence (UCL) performance, and physicochemical property. In this paper, for the first time the controlled preparation of Yb 3+ /Er 3+ -doped UCNCs is reported based on the trigonal Cs 2 ZrF 6 host, leading to tunable morphology and size of the resulting UCNCs by varying the reaction temperature and time. By further incorporating Na + ions into the Cs 2 ZrF 6 crystal lattice, sub-10 nm Yb 3+ /Er 3+ /Na + tridoped UCNCs with highly improved crystallinity and thus greatly enhanced UCL intensity are obtained. Moreover, these resulting UCNCs display abnormal thermal enhancement of UCL over a temperature range from 333 to 493 K, enabling the fabrication of supersensitive luminescent nanothermometers for temperature sensing. Based on the luminescence intensity ratio of two nonthermally coupled levels (i.e., 4 F 9/2 and 2 H 11/2 ) of Er 3+ , the as-prepared Cs 2 ZrF 6 :Yb/Er/Na UCNCs exhibit an extremely large absolute sensitivity of 177.3% K −1 and a considerably high relative sensitivity of 1.52% K −1 at 333 K. These results unambiguously demonstrate that Cs 2 ZrF 6 is a suitable host material for preparing small-sized Ln 3+ -doped UCNCs as nanothermometer for high-performance ratiometric temperature sensing.
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2024
·Vol. 26
·期 24
·3194-3205
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IF 2.6
Huimin Du,Yanyang Li,Mengran Ouyang,Meifang Liu,Shanshan Hu,Jun Yang
Yb3+/Er3+-doped Bi2(MoO4)3−z(WO4)z phosphors were synthesized via a hydrothermal method combined with subsequent calcination. Under the excitation of a light source of 980 nm, Bi2(MoO4)3:Yb3+/Er3+ phosphors exhibited strong upconversion green light and weak red light emissions. By doping WO42− in Bi2(MoO4)3:Yb3+/Er3+ phosphors, the upconversion luminescence intensity of the phosphors significantly enhanced, which is 42 times higher than that of the undoped WO42− phosphor. With an increase in WO42− doping content, the final color coordinates of Bi2(MoO4)3−z(WO4)z:Yb3+/Er3+ phosphors were (0.2352, 0.7274), which is closer to the standard green CIE coordinates. The maximum CP of WO42−-doped phosphors is as high as 116.68%, which is 74.44% higher than that of the undoped WO42− phosphor. Based on the thermally coupled energy levels (TCLs) of Er3+ (2H11/2/4S3/2 → 4I15/2) in Bi2(MoO4)2.7(WO4)0.3:14%Yb3+,3%Er3+ phosphor, the SR value reached a maximum of 0.0081 K−1 at 323 K and the SA value reached a maximum of 0.0099 K−1 at 398 K. The obtained Bi2(MoO4)3−z(WO4)z:Yb3+/Er3+ phosphors are suitable for upconversion luminescent materials for green displays and have potential advantages in optical temperature measurement.
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INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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Ping Wang,Bin Duan,Yuanyuan Fan,Min Luo,Liming Tang,Changchun Ding,Tong Liu,Wei Jin,Junshan Hu
A novel upconversion phosphor, Ca 3 (VO 4 ) 2 co-doped with Yb 3+ and Er 3+ , was successfully synthesized via a high-temperature solid-state method. Under 980 nm near-infrared excitation, this material exhibits remarkable upconversion luminescence, with intense green emissions at 527 nm and 550 nm, and a weaker red emission at 657 nm. The optimal doping concentrations were determined to be 0.03 for Yb 3+ and 0.005 for Er 3+ , enabling maximum luminescent efficiency. Spectroscopic investigations including upconversion photoluminescence, excitation, and emission spectra confirmed that the upconversion follows a distinct energy transfer mechanism: Yb 3+ ( 2 F 5/2 ) + Er 3+ ( 4 I 11/2 ) → Yb 3+ ( 2 F 7/2 ) + Er 3+ ( 4 F 7/2 ). In addition to its excellent luminescent properties, the Ca 3 (VO 4 ) 2 : 0.03Yb 3+ /0.005Er 3+ phosphor exhibits reliable optical thermal sensitivity over a wide temperature range (298–673 K), with a peak relative sensitivity of 1.11 % K −1 at 298 K. These outstanding optical characteristics make Ca 3 (VO 4 ) 2 : 0.03Yb 3+ /0.005Er 3+ a promising candidate for display and lighting technologies.
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Nanoscale
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2017
·Vol. 9
·期 22
·7666-7673
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IF 7.367
Xin Su,Xiaoqian Sun,Suli Wu,Shufen Zhang
Photonic crystals (PCs) have long been considered effective for tuning upconversion luminescence due to their photonic band gap (PBG) and the redistribution of density of optical states (DOS). Although the emission intensity can be changed obviously by the PC effect, rarely an obvious lifetime change consistent with theory is observed due to the low refractive index of PS or SiO2 spheres in the commonly used PCs. Herein, CdS/NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ composite PCs with a high refractive index contrast are fabricated in one step with upconversion nanoparticles filled inside CdS PCs. When the upconversion emission peak lies at the edge of the PBGs of the composite PCs, a dramatic decrease in lifetime by 28% and 41% is observed for the green and red emissions, respectively. At the same time, obvious emission intensity enhancements are also observed. In contrast, PS PCs with a low refractive index contrast show a slight effect on the lifetime of upconversion luminescence with their emission peak at the edge of the PBGs. Our results agree well with theory and prove that a sufficiently large refractive index contrast is necessary for PCs to dramatically tune the luminescence lifetime and intensity simultaneously.
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 3.08
Rangwei Meng,Zhiyuan He,Xuanhui Luo,Chi Zhang,Mengwei Chen,Halfei Lu,Yingping Yang
In this study, NaGdF 4 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ @NaGdF 4 :Eu 3+ (NGEY@NGE) core-shell rare earth nanoparticles are prepared by a simple hydrothermal method . After testing, the emission peaks are observed at 415, 525, 540 and 660 nm with an excitation light of 980 nm due to the up-conversion luminescence from rare-earth nanoparticles . Under light excitation at 395 nm, the rare-earth nanoparticles undergo down-conversion luminescence with emission peaks at 590, 610 and 695 nm. The resulting nanoparticles are introduced into the TiO 2 mesoporous layer of hole-conductor-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on carbon counter electrodes to broaden the spectral response of the cells from the visible range to the near-infrared and near-ultraviolet regions, which can guarantee a high light absorption efficiency and corresponding accelerated generation of electron-hole pairs. The results suggest that the mixing of NGEY@NGE nanoparticles into mesoporous TiO 2 layer improves the power conversion efficiency of PSCs to 14.21%, which is 10.6% higher than that of the control cells, which can pave an effective way to improve the performance of PSCs with a broadened response range.
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