Si4+-doped BaZr(BO3)2:Eu3+ phosphors are prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction.The influence of Si4+ addition on the charge transfer state of Eu3+-O2- and photoluminescence(PL) properties of BaZr(BO3)2:Eu3+ are discussed.Room temperature PL spectra indicated that efficient emission is obtained by Si doping.Increased values for the peak-peak ratio(PPR) of BaZr(BO3)2:Eu3+ at higher Si doping concentrations implied that the Eu3+ ion is located in a more asymmetric environment in BaZr0.8Si0.2(BO3)2:Eu3+ than in the undoped samples.The Judd-Ofelt parameters Ωλ(λ=2,4) were calculated from the PL data,giving results that were consistent with those from the PPR.The maximum radiative quantum efficiency was achieved at a Si doping concentration of 20 mol%.
ZHANG ZhongPengLI GuangMinZHANG XiaoSongXU ShengYanJI TingLI Lan
ZnO:Cu/ZnO core/shell nanocrystals are synthesized by a two-step solution-phase process. The morphology, structure and optical properties of the samples are detected by scanning electron microscopy, Raman, absorption and luminescence spectroscopy. The increase of particle size confirms the growth of ZnO shell. The segregation of CuO phase observed in ZnO: Cu core is not detected in ZnO:Cu/ZnO core/shell nanocrystals from Raman spectra. It is suggested that some Cu ions can be segregated from ZnO nanocrystals, and the separated Cu ions can be incorporated inside ZnO shell after the growth of ZnO shell. The visible emission mechanism is discussed in detail, and the photoluminescence analysis indicates that the core/shell structure helps to eliminate the surface-related emission.
Er3+-doped 25BaO-(25-x)SiO2-xAl2O3-25B2O3 transparent glasses are prepared with x = 0,12.5 and 25 by a solid-state reaction.The Er-related NIR luminescence intensity,which corresponds to the transition of 4I15/2-4I13/2,is obviously altered with different silicon/aluminum ratios.The Judd-Ofelt parameters of the Er3+ ions are adopted to explain the intensity change in the NIR fluorescence,and the Raman scattering intensity versus the amount of Al and/or Si components are discussed.The spectra of the three samples are quite similar in the peak positions,but different in intensity.The maximal phonon density of state for the samples is calculated from the Raman spectra and is correlated to the NIR luminescence efficiency.
ZnS:Mn2+ nanocrystals(NCs) with particle size from 1.9 nm to 3.2 nm are synthesized via chemical precipitation method with different [S2-]/[Zn2+] ratios.The size-dependent decay for Mn emission exhibits a double exponential behavior.And two lifetime values,in millisecond time domain,can both be shortened with size increasing,which is attributed to enhanced interaction between host and Mn2+ impurity.A molecular structure model is proposed to interpret the tendency of two lifetime components,which is correlated to the number of S vacancy(Vs) defects around Mn2+.
Undoped ZnS nanocrystals(NCs) with different precursor molar ratios of [S2-]/[Zn2+] are prepared by the chemical precipitation method.The structural and optical properties of the samples are characterized by the X-ray diffraction(XRD) spectra,photoluminescence(PL) spectra and PL decay spectra.The XRD analysis shows that the crystal quality of ZnS NCs becomes better and the grain size is larger at higher [S2-]/[Zn2+] ratios.The PL peaked at 430 nm decreases with the [S2-]/[Zn2+] ratio increasing,which is ascribed to the structure defects of NCs.A multi-exponential decay time curve with hundreds of picoseconds,several nanoseconds and tens of nanoseconds is obtained,which also shows a distinct and regular change with [S2-]/[Zn2+] ratio.It is indicated that the PL and emission decay properties of ZnS NCs mainly depend on the change of the defects number from different particle sizes.
