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Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Green-to-Red Color-Tunable Upconverting K2Gd(PO4)(WO4):Yb3+,Tb3+,Eu3+ Phosphors

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CRYSTALS
卷 13, 期 3, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13030479

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down-shifting; upconversion; thermal quenching; energy transfer; color coordinates

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Scientists are studying new inorganic luminescent materials that can be excited with near-infrared radiation. These materials have various applications such as luminescent thermometers, bio-imaging agents, and anti-counterfeiting pigments. The authors report the synthesis and investigation of two series of K2Gd(PO4)(WO4):20%Tb3+ with different doping concentrations of Eu3+ and Yb3+. The optical properties of these materials, including reflection, excitation and emission spectra, fluorescence lifetime, and quantum efficiency, were studied using steady-state and kinetic spectroscopy.
Scientists are increasingly interested in new inorganic luminescence materials that could be excited with near-infrared (NIR) radiation. These materials can be used as luminescent thermometers, bio-imaging agents, anti-counterfeiting pigments, etc. In this manuscript, we report the synthesis and investigation of optical properties of two series of K2Gd(PO4)(WO4):20%Tb3+ (KGPW): the first, KGPW:20%Tb3+ doped with 1-20% Eu3+, and the second, KGPW:10%Yb3+,20%Tb3+ doped with 1-20% Eu3+. The phase-pure specimens were prepared using a solid-state synthesis method. Down-shifting and upconversion luminescence studies have been performed using 340 and 980 nm excitation, respectively. For upconversion emission luminescence, Yb3+ ions were used as sensitizers in the KGPW phosphors. In these phosphors, Yb3+ ions absorb the 980 nm radiation and transfer the energy to Tb3+ ions. At his point, Tb3+ ions either emit themselves or transfer part or all of their energy to Eu3+ ions. It was observed that the emission color of the synthesized phosphors could be successfully tuned from the green to red by varying the Tb/Eu concentration ratio regardless of the 340 or 980 nm excitation. Such color change proves that one luminescent material (KGPW) can provide three colors (i.e., green, orange, and red). Herein, the optical properties, such as reflection, down-shifting excitation and emission spectra, upconversion emission spectra, fluorescence lifetime, thermal quenching, color coordinates, and quantum efficiency, were studied using steady-state and kinetic spectroscopy.

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