Spherical SiO2 particles with different sizes (30, 80, 120, and 180 nm) have been coated with Gd2O3:Yb3+/Er3+ layers by a heterogeneous precipitation method, leading to the formation of core-shell structural Gd2O3:Yb3+/Er3+@SiO2 particles. The samples were characterized by using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, upconversion (UC) emission spectra, and fluorescent dynamical analysis. The obtained core-shell particles have perfect spherical shape with narrow size distribution. Under the excitation of 980 nm diode laser, the core-shell samples showed size-dependent upconversion luminescence (UCL) properties. The inner SiO2 cores in core-shell samples were proved to have limited effect on the total UCL intensities of Er3+ ions. The UCL intensities of core-shell particles were demonstrated much higher than the values obtained in pure Gd2O3:Yb3+/Er3+ with the same phosphor volume. The dependence of the specific area of a UCL shell on the size of its inner SiO2 particle was calculated and analyzed for the first time. It was confirmed that the surface effect came from the outer surfaces of emitting shells is dominant in influencing the UCL property in the core-shell samples. Three-photon UC processes for the green emissions were observed in the samples with small sizes of SiO2 cores. The results of dynamical analysis illustrated that more nonradiative relaxation occurred in the core-shell samples with smaller SiO2 core sizes.
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November 14 2013
Influence of core size on the upconversion luminescence properties of spherical Gd2O3:Yb3+/Er3+@SiO2 particles with core-shell structures
Kezhi Zheng;
Kezhi Zheng
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University
, Changchun 130012, China
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Zhenyu Liu;
Zhenyu Liu
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University
, Changchun 130012, China
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Ye Liu;
Ye Liu
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University
, Changchun 130012, China
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Weiye Song;
Weiye Song
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University
, Changchun 130012, China
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Weiping Qin
Weiping Qin
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State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University
, Changchun 130012, China
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J. Appl. Phys. 114, 183109 (2013)
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July 13 2013
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October 22 2013
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Kezhi Zheng, Zhenyu Liu, Ye Liu, Weiye Song, Weiping Qin; Influence of core size on the upconversion luminescence properties of spherical Gd2O3:Yb3+/Er3+@SiO2 particles with core-shell structures. J. Appl. Phys. 14 November 2013; 114 (18): 183109. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4830009
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