Issue 18, 2012

Highly luminescent Eu3+-exchanged zeolite L crystals resulting from modification with silylated β-diketone

Abstract

Herein we demonstrate an alternative route to make Eu3+-exchanged zeolite L crystals (Eu3+/ZL) highly luminescent by modification with silylated β-diketone. The modified crystals show strong red emission under UV-light irradiation due to the effective energy transfer from the grafted molecules to the Eu3+ ions. The obtained materials were characterized with FT-IR, SEM, XRD and elemental analysis. FTIR and elemental analysis confirm that the amount of grafted molecules decreases with increasing size of the ZL crystals. Luminescence spectroscopy was used to study the luminescence properties of the modified Eu3+/ZL crystals. The formation of europium(III) diketonate complexes and energy transfer from TTA to Eu3+ ions have been confirmed by luminescence spectroscopy. The Eu3+ 5D0 radiative (kr) probabilities and the 5D0 quantum efficiency were estimated based on the emission spectra and lifetimes. The studies showed that the luminescence performances of the modified ZL crystals can be significantly affected by the crystal size, e.g., photoluminescence emission intensity, 5D0 lifetime, 5D0 radiative (kr) probabilities and the 5D0 quantum efficiency (q) decreases as the size of the ZL crystals increases.

Graphical abstract: Highly luminescent Eu3+-exchanged zeolite L crystals resulting from modification with silylated β-diketone

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Nov 2011
Accepted
09 Mar 2012
First published
30 Mar 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 9338-9342

Highly luminescent Eu3+-exchanged zeolite L crystals resulting from modification with silylated β-diketone

H. Li, H. Zhang, L. Wang, D. Mu, S. Qi, X. Hu, L. Zhang and J. Yuan, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 9338 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16177J

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