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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 241, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118499
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Luminescence; Temperature; Multiphonon relaxation; Nano-thermometry; YPO4; Pr3+ nanopowders
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The temperature-dependence of red emission from YPO4:0.1% Pr3+ nanopowders was investigated to compare the spectroscopic properties between nanosized and single crystal forms. The differences were observed in emission intensity, phonon-assisted non-radiative transitions, and multiphonon relaxation processes between 3P0 and 1D2 levels. Furthermore, the potential application of YPO4:0.1% Pr3+ in nano-thermometry in the temperature range of 10-300 K was explored.
In order to compare spectroscopic properties between nanosized and that in single crystal form of YPO4:Pr3+, temperature-dependence of the red emission from 3P0 -> 3H4 and 1D2 -> 3H4 transitions of YPO4:0.1 at. % Pr3+ nanopowders has been investigated in details. The emission spectra of the sample in size of 20 nm, under selective excitation at 3P2, measured at different temperatures, T = 10, 100, 200 and 300 K have been recorded. The variation of emission intensity of each 3P0 -> 3H4 and 1D2 -> 3H4 against temperature has been investigated. Several spectral lines constitute 1D2 -> 3H4 emission, assigned to transitions between 1D2 and 3H4 Stark levels are observed with no noticeable shifts between them and those observed at the single crystal. It is found that 1D2 -> 3H4 emission intensity dominates that of 3P0 -> 3H4 transition, pointing out the high efficiency of the multiphonon relaxation (MPR) process from 3P0 to 1D2. Fitting the temperature dependence of 3P0 -> 3H4 emission intensity permits to estimate the phonons and their energies involved in non-radiatively transition between 3P0 and 1D2 levels, which are found different from single crystal. Also, fitting the multiphonon relaxation (MPR) rates against temperature, extracted from the measured 1D2 lifetime gives information that seven phonons can be involved to bridge the gap between 1D2 and 1G4. Furthermore, the possibility to use the YPO4: 0.1 at. % Pr3+ in the nano-thermometry application in temperature range T = 10-300 K was investigated.
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