MA Dan-yang, DING Ming-ye, DAI Jian-bin etc. Enhancment of Upconversion Luminescence of Lanthanide-doped Nanocrystals Through Non-lanthanide Ions Doping Core-shell Nanoarchitecture[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2016,37(3): 286-293
MA Dan-yang, DING Ming-ye, DAI Jian-bin etc. Enhancment of Upconversion Luminescence of Lanthanide-doped Nanocrystals Through Non-lanthanide Ions Doping Core-shell Nanoarchitecture[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2016,37(3): 286-293 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20163703.0286.
Enhancment of Upconversion Luminescence of Lanthanide-doped Nanocrystals Through Non-lanthanide Ions Doping Core-shell Nanoarchitecture
In order to improve the luminescence efficiency of upconversion nanocrystals
a new strategy to significantly enhance upconversion emission was proposed based on coupling of non-lanthanide ions doping with the growth of an inert shell. As a proof-of-concept experiment
hexagonal NaGdF
4
:Yb
3+
/Er
3+
NaGdF
4
and Li
+
ions were chosen as luminescent core
inert shell and non-lanthanide ions
respectively. The results demonstrate that significant enhancement of 39 times from -NaGdF
4
:Yb
3+
/Er
3+
nanocrystals is clearly observed under the synergistic effect
which is larger than the sum of separate enhancement from the Li
+
doping and growth of an inert shell. By means of a series of experimental studies
the optimal doping mole fraction of Li
+
ions in the core-shell nanocrystals is found to be about 4%. Moreover
the mechanism for the luminescent enhancement of upconversion nanocrystals has been discussed.
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