CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Ruonan Wang,Ruitong Song,Chenning Wang,Tian Luo,Junshan Hu,Hao Fu
Although upconversion luminescence (UCL) materials have attracted considerable attention in biomedical, lighting, anti-counterfeiting, and solar cells due to their excellent fluorescence properties, reports of the dibarium gadolinium aluminum oxide (Ba 2 GdAlO 5 ) are scarce. Herein, we synthesized the single-phase Ba 2 GdAlO 5 material with non-stoichiometric Ba 2 Gd 1.06 Al 0.94 O 5 (denoted as BGAO, hereafter). The X-ray Rietveld refinement reveals that the substitution of Gd for Al accounts for the non-stoichiometry. Notably, the UCL properties of BGAO are realized by doping with Yb 3+ and Er 3+ ion pair, and it can be further enhanced significantly by co-doping with appropriate Zn 2+ ions. The SEM images show that the particle size increases as the concentration of Zn 2+ ions increases. The X-ray Rietveld refinement results of the Zn-doped BGAO: 0.1 Yb 3+ , 0.03Er 3+ phosphor indicate the substitution of Zn 2+ for Ba 2+ and Al 3+ ions simultaneously. Grain growth and lattice distortion account for the improvement of UCL properties after Zn 2+ ions doping. In addition, the temperature sensing performance of the Zn 2+ -doped sample has been researched based on the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) technique, and the maximum absolute and relative sensitivities ( S A-max and S R-max ) are obtained to be 4.8 × 10 −3 K −1 at 498 K and 1.1% K −1 at 298 K, respectively. This work provides a candidate with high UCL intensity for potential applications in optical temperature sensors.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2017
·Vol. 53
·期 2
·1395-1403
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IF 2.599
Yi Mengji,Liu Yuefeng,Gao Huiping,Huang Zhangyu,Liang Jiwei,Mao Yanli
In this manuscript, Ni 2+ ions-doped NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ nanoparticles have been synthesized via a modified hydrothermal method. The upconversion luminescence intensities of the green (G) and red (R) emission of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ co-doped with 20 mol% Ni 2+ ions are the strongest which increase 32.84 and 20.99 times than that without doping Ni 2+ , respectively. In addition, the R/G ratio decreases with the concentration of Ni 2+ increasing from 0 to 40 mol%. The underlying reason for luminescence enhanced and the R/G ratio decreased by Ni 2+ doping is explored by a series of controlled experiments, and the mechanism based on the crystal field asymmetry, different substitution by Ni 2+ , the energy transition of Er 3+ is studied in detail. The study indicates that the misshapen crystal field plays an important role in enhancement fluorescence emission, and several factors affect the R/G ratio including the crystal field, the substitution site and the energy transition. Our result may play a certain function for study and design of high-performance upconversion materials.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2025
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IF 4.7
Xinyu Fu,Huwei Li,Hongxia Yue,Zheyu Li,Jing Feng,Hongjie Zhang
Near-infrared (NIR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are potential devices that could become the core components in biological imaging, security monitoring, etc., which are currently constrained by suboptimal luminous efficiency due to the absence of excellent luminescent materials. Here, we report a double perovskite Cs2NaInCl6 that is suitable for Cr3+ doping and exhibits broad NIR emission. Through direct absorption and energy transfer (ET) from the self-trapped excitons (STEs) induced in the Cs2NaInCl6 matrix, Cr3+ can be excited to 4T1(P), 4T1(F), and 4T2(F) levels. Then, the broad emission with a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of ∼150 nm, spanning 800 to 1300 nm, and a high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of up to 70% can be realized, resulting from the 4T2→4A2 transition of Cr3+. Subsequently, the introduction of Yb3+ endows Cs2NaInCl6:Cr3+,Yb3+ with a higher PLQY of 76% at the optimal doping ratio than Cs2NaInCl6:Cr3+. Ultimately, a miniaturized NIR LED device packaged based on Cs2NaInCl6:15%Cr3+,15%Yb3+ has been fabricated, which demonstrates superior performance for night vision, traceless perspective detection, and biological imaging. This work not only screens out a suitable Cs2NaInCl6 matrix for Cr3+ doping with high PLQY but also promotes its luminescence performance through Yb3+ doping for NIR LED applications.
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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
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2024
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IF 3.3
En-Ting Wang,Junhan Yang,Weiping Guo,Qingyi Liu,Qi Zhang,Wei Zhang,Xinhan Chen,Lizhen Zhang,XiaoDong Yi,Guoqiang Wang,Yan Yu,Lingyun Li
Oxychloride phosphors that contain active ions coordinated with both oxygen and chloride ions have garnered significant attention, but the application of oxychloride phosphors is yet limited because of their demanding synthesis condition of vacuum or reducing atmosphere. Herein, we synthesize a new serial oxychlorides of La 9 W 6 O 30 Cl (LWOC) and Er 3+ /Yb 3+ , Ho 3+ /Yb 3+ , Tm 3+ /Yb 3+ doped LWOC through molten salt shielding method (MSS) in air, which is more efficient compared to the traditional method in vacuum. The compound of LWOC crystallizes in the tetragonal system space group P 4 2 / nmc (No. 137) with cell parameters a = b = 10.0445(1) Å, c = 12.6826(4) Å, V = 1279.57(5) Å 3 and Z = 11. The asymmetric unit of LWOC includes three La atoms, one unique W atom, two disordered W atoms with occupancy factors of 0.16(5) and 0.84(5), respectively, one Cl atom and six O atoms. Under the excitation of 980 nm laser, all the Er 3+ /Yb 3+ , Ho 3+ /Yb 3+ and Tm 3+ /Yb 3+ co-doped LWOC phosphors have excellent upconversion (UC) luminescence with bright visible light emission. A fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) type temperature sensor is developed by using LWOC: Er 3+ , Yb 3+ phosphor as sensing media, which has a maximum relative temperature sensitivity ( S r ) of 0.90 % K −1 at 300 K.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2016
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IF 7.145
Kun Ge,Cuimiao Zhang,Wentong Sun,Huifang Liu,Yi Jin,Zhenhua Li,Xing-Jie Liang,Guang Jia,Jinchao Zhang
The rare earth hollow spheres with up-conversion luminescence properties have shown potential applications in drug delivery and bioimaging fields. However, there have been few reports for the degradation properties of rare earth oxide drug carriers. Herein, uniform and well-dispersed Y2O3:Yb3+,Er3+ hollow spheres (YOHSs) have been fabricated by a general Pechini sol–gel process with melamine formaldehyde colloidal spheres as template. The novel YOHSs with up-conversion luminescence has good drug loading amount and drug-release efficiency; moreover, it exhibits pH-responsive release patterns. In particular, the YOHSs sample exhibits low cytotoxicity and excellent degradable properties in acid buffer. After the sample was loaded with anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX), the antitumor result in vitro indicates that YOHS-DOX might be effective in cancer treatment. The animal imaging test also reveals that the YOHSs drug carrier can be used as an outstanding luminescent probe for bioimaging in vivo application prospects. The results suggest that the degradable drug carrier with up-conversion luminescence may enhance the delivery efficiency of drugs and improve the cancer therapy in clinical applications.
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纳米医学
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药剂学
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2018
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IF 2.873
Zhangxu Chen,Ming-Lai Fu
To extend the activities of TiO 2 to the near infrared (NIR) region and to separate and recycle photocatalysts easily is vital for the high harvest of solar energy for sustainable society. The magnetic NIR activated Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 /β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Tm 3+ /TiO 2 (FS/UC/T) composites have been synthesized by using the solvothermal method by adding Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 and Degussa P25 into the mixed solution of NaOH, ethanol, oleic acid, Re(NO 3 ) 3 and NH 4 F. Moreover, the obtained composites were explored for photocatalytic applications. It was found that FS/UC/T emit UV–vis light under irradiation of 980 nm laser and efficient energy transfer from β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Tm 3+ to TiO 2 was verified. The photodegradation experiments for treating methylene blue (MB), rhodamine B (RhB), methyl orange (MO) and colorless phenol were carried out to evaluate the photocatalytic activities of the samples. The photodegradation rates reach 76.62%, 68.48%, 30.05% and 27.16% for MB, RhB, MO and phenol under irradiation of 980 nm laser, respectively, which suggested magnetic FS/UC/T composite is an advanced NIR-driven photocatalyst. Moreover, the magnetic photocatalyst showed easy separation and good stability in the recycled tests. It suggested a promising system to utilize the NIR energy for photocatalysis based on TiO 2 and to utilize the magnetic for separation of photocatalysts, which will contribute to practical environmental remediation in the future.
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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHINESE UNIVERSITIES
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2025
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IF 3
Yan Shaohan,Wang Lijing,Shan Pengnian,Lin Xue,Shi Weilong
Against the backdrop of increasing energy shortages, hydrogen energy has garnered significant attention as a green and clean alternative energy source. To fully exploit a broader portion of the solar spectrum, we designed a Y 2 O 3 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ /ZnIn 2 S 4 (denoted as YYE/ZIS) composite photocatalyst with a well-defined loaded structure of coating Y 2 O 3 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ nanoparticles on the ZnIn2S4 micro-flowers, capable of efficiently utilizing near-infrared (NIR) light through an up-conversion mechanism. The introduction of Yb 3+ and Er 3+ ions endows the Y 2 O 3 with excellent up-conversion luminescence properties, enabling the effective conversion of lowenergy NIR photons into high-energy visible light over YYE/ZIS composite, which subsequently activates the ZIS component for NIR-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production. Photoelectrochemical characterizations reveal that the loaded structure significantly facilitates efficient charge separation and migration at the interface, while markedly suppressing the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, thereby enhancing the overall photocatalytic performance. Remarkably, the catalyst demonstrates excellent NIR-response hydrogen evolution performance (16.3 μmol·g -1 ·h -1 ) even in the absence of noble metal co-catalysts, such as Pt, achieving a hydrogen production rate approximately 10.9 times higher than that of pristine ZIS. This work proposes a novel approach for constructing up-conversion-enabled composite photocatalysts with rationally engineered interfacial architectures.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2019
·Vol. 103
·期 4
·2674-2685
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IF 3.094
Panpan Du,Jing Ma,Qi Zhu,Ji-Guang Li
Garnet-type Li 6 Ca(La 0.97 Yb 0.02 RE 0.01 ) 2 Nb 2 O 12 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm) new phosphors were successfully synthesized via solid reaction at 900°C for 5 hours, whose course of phase evolution, macroscopic/local crystal structure and up-/down-conversion (UC/DC) photoluminescence were clarified. Mechanistic study and materials characterization were attained via XRD, Rietveld refinement, DTA/TG, electron microscopy (FE-SEM/TEM), and Raman/reflectance/fluorescence spectroscopies. The phosphors were shown to exhibit UC luminescence dominated by a ~ 553 nm green band ( 5 F 4 / 5 S 2 → 5 I 8 transition) for Ho 3+ , a ~ 568 nm green band ( 4 S 3/2 → 4 I 15/2 transition) for Er 3+ and a ~ 806 nm near-infrared band ( 3 H 4 → 3 H 6 transition) for Tm 3+ under 978 nm laser excitation, with CIE chromaticity coordinates of around (0.31, 0.68), (0.38, 0.60) and (0.17, 0.24), respectively. Analysis of the pump-power dependence of UC intensity indicated that all the emissions involve a two-photon mechanism except for the ~ 486 nm blue emission of Tm 3+ ( 1 G 4 → 3 H 6 ), which requires a three-photon process. The DC luminescence of these phosphors is featured by dominant bands at ~ 553 nm for Ho 3+ (green, 5 F 4 / 5 S 2 → 5 I 8 transition), ~568 nm for Er 3+ (green, 4 S 3/2 → 4 I 15/2 transition) and ~ 464 nm for Tm 3+ (blue, 1 D 2 → 3 F 4 transition). The UC and DC properties were also comparatively discussed.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 5.436
Huocheng Lv,Laihui Luo,Weiping Li,Peng Du
To ameliorate the inherent thermal quenching behaviors of upconverting materials, a series of Ho3+/Yb3+-codoped Al2Mo3O12 (i.e., Al2Mo3O12:Ho3+/2xYb3+) microparticles were developed. Upon excitation at 980 nm, intense upconversion (i.e., UC) emissions arising from Ho3+ are observed, and their optimal states occur at x = 0.09. Besides, the UC mechanisms of these generated emissions from 5F4/5S2 and 5F5 levels all pertain to a two-photon absorption process. Furthermore, modified thermal quenching performances are realized in the resultant microparticles, in which the intensities of the UC emissions arising from 5F4/5S2 levels decrease as the temperature increases, while that of the UC emission from the 5F5 level increases and then decreases with the increase of temperature. The coexistence of nonradiative transition promoted crossrelaxation, and energy transfer routes can be responsible for the above phenomenon. By studying the diverse UC emission characteristics at high temperatures, we revealed the thermometric properties of Al2Mo3O12:Ho3+/2xYb3+ microparticles, where their sensitivities can be regulated by selecting the spectral mode and dopant contents. According to the intensity ratio of the UC emissions originating from 5F5 → 5I8 to (5F4,5S2) → 5I7 transitions at different temperatures, one obtains that the relative and absolute sensitivities of the developed compounds reach up to 0.464% and 0.1739 K–1, respectively. Additionally, by the analysis of the thermochromic performances of final products, their thermometric characteristics were also investigated. Note that the environmental temperature is able to be facilely read out by distinguishing the emitting color. These results verify that the Al2Mo3O12:Ho3+/2xYb3+ microparticles are promising luminescent materials for multimode visual optical thermometry.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2025
·Vol. 36
·期 15
·1-12
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IF 2.8
Li Meiling,Cao Yongze,Cheng Lihong,Fan Yuhan,Wang Yichao,Li Xiangping,Zhang Xizhen,Chen Baojiu
A series of Er 3+ /Yb 3+ co-doped NaY(WO 4 ) 2 (NYWO) phosphors are prepared by molten salt synthesis (MSS) with Na 2 SO 4 as solvent. The holding temperature, holding time, and solvent-to-solute mass ratio parameters are regulated. The structure, morphology, and luminescence properties of the samples were tested by XRD, SEM, and fluorescence spectrometers, respectively. The lamellar sample is prepared at 900℃ for 5 h when solvent-to-solute is 3, which has the highest pure green upconversion luminescence (UCL) intensity under 980 nm laser excitation. It is demonstrated that the UCL intensity of the samples prepared by MSS is higher than that of solid sintered samples. The maximum absolute sensitivity (S A ) and relative sensitivity (S R ) are 0.012184 K⁻ 1 at 507 K and 0.01102 K⁻ 1 at 303 K, respectively. These materials can be used for pure green luminescence displays and temperature sensing.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2020
·Vol. 8
·期 35
·12164-12172
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IF 7.059
Xinxin Han,Enhai Song,Shuai Zhang,Shi Ye,Xiao-Bao Yang,Qinyuan Zhang
Mn2+ ions-activated phosphors play a crucial role in modern lighting and display due to their typical tunable single-band visible (VIS) emission characteristics. Herein, besides the conventional VIS emission, a near-infrared (NIR) emission centered at ∼780 nm is presented in heavy Mn2+-doped fluoride RbZnF3:Yb3+,Mn2+ designed by the dopant-distribution prediction simulation. On varying the dopant (Mn2+) concentration, the single-band VIS emission to VIS/NIR dual emission and then to pure NIR photon upconversion (UC) emission was achieved in RbZnF3:Yb3+,Mn2+. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations, static and dynamic luminescence analysis, as well as the extended-X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) characterization strongly confirmed that the NIR emission of the Mn2+ was from the Mn2+–Mn2+ dimer induced by Mn2+ ions aggregation in RbZnF3. Further, a ground-state absorption (GSA)/excited state absorption (ESA) NIR UC luminescence mechanism based on the Yb3+–Mn2+–Mn2+ trimer model is proposed. This work provides a new strategy for realizing single-band NIR photon UC emission, and also provides new insights into the rational design of the Mn2+ VIS/NIR emission via dopant-distribution prediction.
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ENERGY & FUELS
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2020
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IF 3.421
Min Zhou,Jiang Wu,Huaning Wang,Dayong Guan,Xinfeng Dong,Jianmin Wang,Tao Jia,Qizhen Liu
Constructing a heterojunction and designing a band gap are effective methods to promote the efficiency of a photocatalyst and solar energy utilization. In this work, g-C3N4/Yb3+-Bi5O7I nanostructured photocatalysts were successfully prepared using a hydrothermal method with glycol as a solvent and a calcination method, and the performance of the photocatalysts containing different amounts of g-C3N4 was studied. A series of characterizations confirmed the successful complexation of g-C3N4 nanosheets with Bi5O7I, and Yb3+ was successfully doped into the lattice of Bi5O7I. g-C3N4 and Yb3+ have a synergistic effect on expanding the photoresponse range of CYB(g-C3N4/Yb3+-Bi5O7I) composite photocatalysts. As expected, CYB samples have wonderful photocatalytic performance and stability in the removal of Hg0, among which CYB-20 has the highest removal efficiency, reaching 79%. Yb3+ with upconversion characteristics can convert infrared light into visible light and form new energy levels in Bi5O7I. g-C3N4 and Bi5O7I form a Z-scheme heterojunction to improve the photocatalytic performance of Bi5O7I. Besides, the electron and hole transmission paths and the catalytic mechanism of the photocatalysts are also proposed. This work offers a new approach to construct a photocatalyst system for pollutant emission control with a wide wavelength range of sunlight, which may be helpful to develop environmentally benign functional materials.
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