Photoluminescence and temperature sensing of lanthanide Eu3+ and transition metal Mn4+ dual-doped antimoniate phosphor through site-beneficial occupation

For a long time, rare-earth ion-doped phosphors have been widely used in temperature sensing because of their excellent light-emitting properties. However, most of the rare earth elements are relatively rare and expensive, so the transition group elements that are economical and easy to obtain have been favored by researchers. This paper presents a new type of phosphor doped with rare earth ion and transition metal for optical temperature measurement. In recent years, Mn4+-doped phosphors have attracted wide attention because of their strong deep red light-emitting properties. La2LiSbO6 provides a good host environment for Mn4+ and Eu3+ due to its unique crystal structure. In this paper, a series of La2LiSbO6 phosphors singly doped with Mn4+ and Eu3+, and co-doped with Eu3+/Mn4+ were synthesized. The crystal phases and optical properties of these materials were characterized and analyzed in detail. We specifically studied the temperature dependence of the fluorescence intensity of the optimized La2LiSbO6 : Eu3+, Mn4+ phosphors at 303K-523K. The experimental results prove that the thermal responses of Mn4+ and Eu3+ are different. With increasing temperature, the thermal quenching of the Mn4+ fluorescence intensity is much faster than that of Eu3+, so the temperature characteristics can be explored by the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) of Eu3+ to Mn4+. At 523 K, its maximum relative sensitivity and maximum absolute sensitivity can reach 0.891% K-1 and 0.000264 K-1, respectively. Our experimental analysis shows that La2LiSbO6:Eu3+/Mn4+ phosphors have relatively high temperature sensitivity and have potential application prospects in the field of high temperature sensing.