Issue 68, 2016

Bright dual-mode green emission and temperature sensing properties in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped MgWO4 phosphor

Abstract

Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped MgWO4 phosphor was synthesized by a solid state reaction method and the phase, photoluminescence and temperature sensing properties were analyzed. The phosphor has shown intense visible green emission via up-conversion process on near-infrared (980 nm) excitation and down-conversion process on 379 nm excitation and thus behaves as a dual-mode phosphor. In the up-conversion and down-conversion emission, the 2H11/24I15/2 and 4S3/24I15/2 transitions of the Er3+ ion portray a temperature dependent behavior and have been used for optical temperature sensor by means of the fluorescence intensity ratio method. Moreover, we compared the curves of S in the continuous temperature range (83–583 K) and the two sectional temperature ranges in up-conversion process. It is found that the phosphor can be operated over a temperature range of 83–583 K with a maximum sensitivity of about 0.0093 K−1 at 583 K. The results indicate that the Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped MgWO4 phosphor is a potential candidate to be used in display devices and optical temperature sensors.

Graphical abstract: Bright dual-mode green emission and temperature sensing properties in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped MgWO4 phosphor

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Apr 2016
Accepted
28 Jun 2016
First published
30 Jun 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 64072-64078

Bright dual-mode green emission and temperature sensing properties in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped MgWO4 phosphor

X. Chai, J. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, Y. Li and X. Yao, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 64072 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA09656E

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