Yttrium Oxide Upconverting Phosphors. Part 2: Temperature Dependent Upconversion Luminescence Properties of Erbium in Yttrium Oxide

The effect of lithium on structural and luminescence performance of tunable light-emitting nanophosphors for white LEDs

Li⁺ incorporated tunable Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ red-emitting nanophosphors were synthesized using a wet chemical method. The effect of Li⁺ on structural and luminescence properties of the nanophosphors were studied in detail. The structural results exhibited that nanophosphors have a body-centered cubic (I) phase with point group symmetry m3̄. No additional impurity peaks were observed within the range of the XRD pattern due to the Li⁺ ion. FTIR spectra reveal the formation of the pure and crystalline structure of the nanophosphors. TEM results show the prepared nanophosphors were highly crystalline and polycrystalline in nature. PL studies show the highly enhanced emission band due to the flux effect, greatly improved crystallinity caused by the Li⁺ ion, and the different excitation wavelengths. The most intense luminescence band was observed at 612 nm for red emission ascribed to the ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₂ transition of Eu³⁺ ion upon 254, 393, and 465 nm excitations in the C_3i and C₂ symmetry site of Y₂O₃ respectively. The highly enhanced emission band was observed under excitation at 254 nm and is 6.9 and 3.67 times higher than the emission band excited at 393 and 466 nm, respectively. The average lifetime also varies with different concentrations of Li⁺ ions. The chromaticity color coordinates, CCT values, were tuned in the red region of the color space. Hence, the results indicate that the prepared nanophosphor can be used as a red component to construct the white light for light-emitting diode applications.

Li⁺ incorporated tunable Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ red-emitting nanophosphors were synthesized using a wet chemical method.

Luminescence studies and infrared emission of erbium-doped calcium zirconate phosphor

The near-infrared-to-visible upconversion luminescence behaviour of Er(3+)-doped CaZrO3 phosphor is discussed in this manuscript. The phosphor was prepared by a combustion synthesis technique that is suitable for less-time-taking techniques for nanophosphors. The starting materials used for sample preparation were Ca(NO3)2.4H2O, Zr(NO3)4 and Er(NO3)2, and urea was used as a fuel. The prepared sample was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The surface morphology of prepared phosphor was determined by field emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEGSEM). The functional group analysis was determined by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. All prepared phosphors with variable Er(3+) concentrations (0.5-2.5 mol%) were studied by photoluminescence analysis. It was found that the excitation spectra of the prepared phosphor showed a sharp excitation peak centred at 980 nm. The emission spectra with variable Er(3+) concentrations showed strong peaks in the 555 nm and 567 nm range, with a dominant peak at 555 nm due to the ((2)H(11/2),(4)S(3/2)) transition and a weaker transition at 567 nm associated with 527 nm. Spectrophotometric determination of the peak was evaluated by the Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage (CIE) method These upconverted emissions were attributed to a two-photon process. The excitation wavelength dependence of the upconverted luminescence, together with its time evolution after infrared pulsed excitation, suggested that energy transfer upconversion processes were responsible for the upconversion luminescence. The upconversion mechanisms were studied in detail through laser power dependence. Excited state absorption and energy transfer processes were discussed as possible upconversion mechanisms. The cross-relaxation process in Er(3+) was also investigated.

Synthesis of strong red emitting Y2O3:Eu3+ phosphor by potential chemical routes: comparative investigations on the structural evolutions, photometric properties and Judd–Ofelt analysis

A comparative investigation on the structural and photoluminescence properties of Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ phosphor prepared by different routes such as sol-lyophilisation, combustion, hydrothermal and microwave assisted hydrothermal combustion, has been reported for the first time.