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Hydrothermal Synthesis and Properties of Yb3+/Tm3+ Doped Sr2LaF7 Upconversion Nanoparticles.
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| Author | Milićević, Bojana Periša, Jovana Ristić, Zoran Milenković, Katarina Antić, Željka Smits, Krisjanis Kemere, Meldra Vitols, Kaspars Sarakovskis, Anatolijs Dramićanin, Miroslav D. |
| Editor | Back, Michele |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | We report the procedure for hydrothermal synthesis of ultrasmall Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped Sr2LaF7 (SLF) upconversion phosphors. These phosphors were synthesized by varying the concentrations of Yb3+ (x = 10, 15, 20, and 25 mol%) and Tm3+ (y = 0.75, 1, 2, and 3 mol%) with the aim to analyze their emissions in the near IR spectral range. According to the detailed structural analysis, Yb3+ and Tm3+ occupy the La3+ sites in the SLF host. The addition of Yb3+/Tm3+ ions has a huge impact on the lattice constant, particle size, and PL emission properties of the synthesized SLF nanophosphor. The results show that the optimal dopant concentrations for upconversion luminescence of Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped SLF are 20 mol% Yb3+ and 1 mol% Tm3+ with EDTA as the chelating agent. Under 980 nm light excitation, a strong upconversion emission of Tm3+ ions around 800 nm was achieved. In addition, the experimental photoluminescence lifetime of Tm3+ emission in the SLF host is reported. This study discovered that efficient near IR emission from ultrasmall Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped SLF phosphors may have potential applications in the fields of fluorescent labels in bioimaging and security applications. |
| Journal | Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC9823976 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 36615940 |
| e-ISSN | 20794991 |
| DOI | 10.3390/nano13010030 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-12-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2022 by the authors. |
| Subject Keyword | nanophosphor fluoride morphology upconversion Tm3+ emission NIR emission |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Chemical Engineering Materials Science |