Issue 11, 2016

One-step hydrothermal synthesis of Sc2Mo3O12:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Tb/Eu, Dy/Eu) nanosheets and their multicolor tunable luminescence

Abstract

Novel Sc2Mo3O12:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Tb/Eu, Dy/Eu) phosphors have been synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal route using glycine (Gly) as a surfactant. The phosphors were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), photoluminescence (PL), and luminescence decays. It was found that various surfactants had a profound influence on the crystal phase, morphology and emission intensity of the final products. Furthermore, the photoluminescence of Ln3+-doped Sc2Mo3O12 phosphors (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Tb/Eu, Dy/Eu) was studied in detail. The energy transfer of MoO42− → Tb3+ (Dy3+) → Eu3+ and multicolor tunable emission occurred by changing the ratio of Tb3+/Eu3+ or Dy3+/Eu3+ under single wavelength excitation. Moreover, the energy transfer mechanism from Tb3+ (Dy3+) to Eu3+ was ascribed to dipole–dipole interactions and the energy transfer efficiency from Tb3+ to Eu3+ (95.3%) was higher than that from Dy3+ to Eu3+ (87.5%). Their tunable multicolor luminescence properties make Sc2Mo3O12:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Tb/Eu, Dy/Eu) phosphors suitable for many potential applications in the fields of color displays and fluorescent lamps.

Graphical abstract: One-step hydrothermal synthesis of Sc2Mo3O12:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Tb/Eu, Dy/Eu) nanosheets and their multicolor tunable luminescence

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jun 2016
Accepted
08 Sep 2016
First published
09 Sep 2016

New J. Chem., 2016,40, 9211-9222

One-step hydrothermal synthesis of Sc2Mo3O12:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Tb/Eu, Dy/Eu) nanosheets and their multicolor tunable luminescence

B. Zhao, L. Yuan, S. Hu, X. Zhang, X. Zhou, J. Tang and J. Yang, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 9211 DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ02039A

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