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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages 575-578Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.05.074
Keywords
Downconversion; Nano-glass-ceramic; FAP; Cooperative energy transfer
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- Key Program of Society Development Foundation of Yunnan Province [2009CC009]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61265007]
- Society Development Foundation of Yunnan Province [2012FD010]
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Eu2+-Yb3+ co-doped transparent glass-ceramic containing nano-Cas(PO4)(3)F (FAP) was prepared in reducing atmosphere. XRD and TEM analysis indicated that nano-FAP about 40 nm precipitated homogeneously in glass matrix after heat treatment. Confirmed by spectroscopy measurements, the crystal-like absorption and emission of Eu2+ indicated the partition of Eu2+ into FAP nanocrystals in glass ceramic. NIR emission due to the transition F-2(5/2) -> E-2(7/2) of Yb3+ ions (about 980-1100 nm) was observed from glasses under ultraviolet excitation, ascribed to downconversion from Eu2+ to Yb3+, which can be enhanced by precipitating nano-FAP crystals. The results indicated that Eu2+-Yb3+ co-doped glass-ceramic embedding with nano-FAP is a promising candidate as downconversion materials for enhancing conversion efficiency of solar cells. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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