Issue 35, 2021

Efficient upconversion emission and high-sensitivity thermometry of BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/RE3+ (RE = Er3+, Ho3+) phosphor

Abstract

BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/RE3+ (RE = Er3+, Ho3+) upconversion (UC) phosphors were synthesized via the sol–gel method. Rietveld refinement based on XRD data proved that In3+ ions were replaced by rare earth (RE) ions. Under 980 nm excitation, UC and optical temperature-sensing properties were investigated, and the results indicated that the samples demonstrated high UC emission efficiencies and bright emission visible to the naked eye. The luminescence intensity ratio (LIR) technology based on thermally and non-thermally coupled levels was applied to study the optical temperature-sensing properties of the RE-doped BaIn2O4 phosphors. For the BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/Er3+ phosphor, the absolute sensitivity reached a maximum value of 0.1433 K−1 at 473 K, which was based on the non-thermally coupled levels (non-TCLs) of 1G4 (blue luminescence at 480 nm of Tm3+ ion) and 2H11/2 (green luminescence at 525 nm of Er3+ ion). For the BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/Ho3+ phosphor, the maximum absolute sensitivity was 0.2545 K−1, which came from the non-TCLs of 3H4 (infrared luminescence at 795 nm of Tm3+ ion) and 1G4 (blue luminescence at 480 nm of Tm3+ ion). BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/RE3+ (RE = Er3+, Ho3+) samples were proven to have excellent optical temperature-sensing properties and could be applied to design optical thermometry.

Graphical abstract: Efficient upconversion emission and high-sensitivity thermometry of BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/RE3+ (RE = Er3+, Ho3+) phosphor

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jun 2021
Accepted
02 Jul 2021
First published
03 Jul 2021

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 12107-12117

Efficient upconversion emission and high-sensitivity thermometry of BaIn2O4:Yb3+/Tm3+/RE3+ (RE = Er3+, Ho3+) phosphor

H. Liu, M. Liu, K. Wang, B. Wang, X. Jian, G. Bai and Y. Zhang, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 12107 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01854J

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