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An auto-combustion synthesis and luminescence properties of polyhedral YVO4: Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Sm, Yb/Er, Yb/Tm) microcrystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2019

Shanshan Yang ,
Linwen Jiang ,
Junli Feng ,
Jiangtao Li ,
Xin Chen ,
Mingyu He  and
Hongbing Chen
Shanshan Yang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory Base of Functional Materials and Its Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People’s Republic of China
Linwen Jiang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory Base of Functional Materials and Its Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People’s Republic of China; and State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
Junli Feng
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Customs, Industrial Products Inspection Technology Center, Shenzhen 518067, People’s Republic of China
Jiangtao Li
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory Base of Functional Materials and Its Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People’s Republic of China
Xin Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory Base of Functional Materials and Its Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People’s Republic of China
Mingyu He
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory Base of Functional Materials and Its Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People’s Republic of China
Hongbing Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory Base of Functional Materials and Its Preparation Science, Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jianglinwen@nbu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Polyhedral YVO4: Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Sm, Yb/Er, Yb/Tm) microcrystals were fabricated via a facile sol–gel auto-combustion method using NH4VO3 as vanadium source in the presence of glycine. The X-ray diffraction patterns were well matched with pure YVO4, and the doped lanthanide ions did not change the host structure. The YVO4 microcrystals annealed from 500 to 1000 °C for 3 h were polyhedral and ranged in particle size from 0.1 to 2 μm. The luminescence properties of YVO4: Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Sm, Yb/Er, Yb/Tm) samples indicated that all of the YVO4: Ln3+ samples exhibited typical emission spectra of Ln3+ cations, suggesting that the Ln3+ cations were well doped in YVO4 and could be excited efficiently through matrix absorption. In addition, the corresponding mechanisms of emission and energy transfer in the YVO4: Ln3+ are proposed.

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lanthanideluminescencesol–gel
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 21 , 14 November 2019 , pp. 3636 - 3644
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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