Issue 2, 2010

Facile synthesis of Y4O(OH)9NO3:Eu3+/Y2O3:Eu3+nanotubes and nanobundles from nanolamellar precursors

Abstract

Y4O(OH)9NO3:Eu3+ nanotubes and nanobundles were successfully synthesized from nanolamellar precursors in large quantities with a direct hydrothermal method. Different choices of solvents led to different products with distinct morphologies. Nanosheet precursors were obtained using water as the solvent while Y4O(OH)9NO3:Eu3+ nanotubes and nanobundles were produced by introducing ethylene glycol into the solvent. The observations of scanning and transmission electron microscopy are in good agreement with the proposed “rolling mechanism” and the effects of solvents on the morphology changes were discussed. The Y2O3:Eu3+ nanotubes and nanobundles were obtained by subsequent calcinations of the corresponding Y4O(OH)9NO3:Eu3+ precursors. The photoluminescent properties of the phosphors have been discussed in detail.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of Y4O(OH)9NO3:Eu3+/Y2O3:Eu3+ nanotubes and nanobundles from nanolamellar precursors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Jun 2009
Accepted
22 Sep 2009
First published
07 Oct 2009

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 585-590

Facile synthesis of Y4O(OH)9NO3:Eu3+/Y2O3:Eu3+ nanotubes and nanobundles from nanolamellar precursors

Y. Zheng, H. You, G. Jia, K. Liu, Y. Song, M. Yang, Y. Huang and H. Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 585 DOI: 10.1039/B912665A

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