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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 772, Issue -, Pages 525-531Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.09.175
Keywords
Lu2TeO6:Yb3+,Er3+; Nanophosphors; Upconversion luminescence; Temperature sensing
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- Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology [cstc2016jcyjA0306]
- Chongqing Scientific Research and Innovation Program for Graduate Students [CYS18107]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Southwest University [XDJK2015B019]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51302228]
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Upconversion (UC) nanophosphors of Lu2TeO6:Yb3+/Er3+ as temperature sensing material have been successfully synthesized via hydrothermal method followed by a subsequent heat treatment process. The phase and micrographs of the as-prepared phosphors were characterized by XRD, SEM, and TEM. Results indicate that the phosphors of hexagonal Lu2TeO6:Yb3+/Er3+, formed after heat-treatment at 800 degrees C for 5 h, consist of rice-like nanoparticles with size mostly distributed less than 200 nm in length. Under the 980-nm NIR excitation, the tellurite nanophosphors exhibit strong green and red UC emissions. The optimum Yb3+ and Er3+ concentrations for UC luminescence are determined to be 10% and 1%, respectively. The possible energy transfer mechanism implicated in the nanophosphors is discussed based on the pump power dependence of UC emissions. Furthermore, temperature sensing ability of Lu2TeO6:Yb3+/Er3+ (10/1) is investigated by employing the temperature dependent fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) of two emission bands (H-2-(11/2)/S-4(3/2) -> I-4(15/2)) of Er3+ ion. The maximum sensitivity achieved in this developed material is as high as 0.0103 K-1 at 623 K. This work provides a new qualified UC nanomaterial for application in optical remote temperature sensing. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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