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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 2557-2565Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-012-7046-2
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 50972020, 51072026]
- Ph.D. Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China [20102216110002, 20112216120003]
- Science and Technology Development Planning Project of Jilin Province [20070402, 20060504]
- Key Research Project of Science and Technology of Ministry of Education of China [207026]
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Tb3+-doped LaOBr nanostructures including nanofibers, nanobelts, and hollow nanofibers were synthesized for the first time via calcinating the electrospun polyvinyl pyrrolidone/[La(NO3)(3) + Tb(NO3)(3) + NH4Br] composites. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that LaOBr:Tb3+ nanostructures are tetragonal in structure with space group of P4/nmm. The morphologies and sizes of LaOBr:Tb3+ nanostructures were investigated using scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. Under the excitation of 254-nm ultraviolet light, LaOBr:Tb3+ nanostructures exhibit the green emissions of predominant peak at 543 nm, which is ascribed to D-5(4) -> F-7(5) transition of Tb3+ ions. It is found that the optimum doping concentration of Tb3+ ions in the LaOBr:Tb3+ nanofibers is 3 %. Interestingly, we found that the luminescence intensity of hollow nanofibers is obviously greater than that of nanofibers and nanobelts for LaOBr:Tb3+ under the same measuring conditions. Moreover, the luminescence of LaOBr:Tb3+ nanostructures are located in the green region in Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage chromaticity coordinates diagram. The formation mechanisms of LaOBr:Tb3+ nanofibers, nanobelts, and hollow nanofibers were also proposed. LaOBr:Tb3+ nanostructures are promising nanomaterials for applications in the fields of light display systems and optoelectronic devices.
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