Hydrothermal synthesis of blue-emitting YPO<sub>4</sub>:Yb<sup>3+</sup> nanophosphor

doi:10.1007/s11706-016-0340-1

Front. Mater. Sci.

2016, Vol. 10

Issue (2) : 197-202 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-016-0340-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Hydrothermal synthesis of blue-emitting YPO₄:Yb³⁺ nanophosphor

Guangfa WANG,Linhui GAO(

),Hongliang ZHU,Weijie ZHOU

College of Materials and Textiles, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China

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Abstract

The blue-emitting YPO₄ phosphors doped with Yb³⁺ were prepared by a simple hydrothermal method. All the products were characterized by XRD and TEM, which revealed that they were zircon structure with leaf-like morphology. According to the analysis of photoluminescence spectra, upon ultraviolet (275 nm) excitation, the Yb³⁺ doped YPO₄ phosphor showed an intense blue emission composed of two main bands at 420 and 620 nm assigned to charge transfer state (CTS) → ²F_5/2 and CTS → ²F_7/2,respectively. Moreover, the optimum doping concentration of Yb³⁺ in YPO₄ phosphor was 1%, which exhibited the maximum emission intensity. The possible physical mechanism of concentration quenching was discussed, and the critical transfer distance determined to be 23.889 ?. In particular, the color purity of the as-synthesized Yb³⁺ doped YPO₄ phosphor was as high as 83%, which made it an excellent candidate for blue-emitting materials.

Keywords blue-emitting nanophosphors hydrothermal synthesis luminescence Yb³⁺ doped YPO₄

Corresponding Author(s): Linhui GAO

Online First Date: 29 April 2016 Issue Date: 11 May 2016

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Guangfa WANG,Linhui GAO,Hongliang ZHU, et al. Hydrothermal synthesis of blue-emitting YPO₄:Yb³⁺ nanophosphor[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2016, 10(2): 197-202.

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Fig.1 (a) XRD patterns of the Y_1-_xYb_xPO₄ (x = 0.01, 0.05, 0.10) nanocrystals. (b) Enlarged XRD patterns of some typical as-prepared samples. (c) The relationship between the cell volume and the concentration of Yb³⁺.

Fig.2 The TEM image of the YPO₄:1%Yb³⁺ nanophosphor (the SAED pattern is shown as an inset).

Fig.3 (a) Excitation and emission spectra (the inset is the schematic diagram of charge transfer transsion process) of the YPO₄:1%Yb³⁺nanophosphor. (b) The emission spectra and intensity (inset figure) of Y_1-_xPO₄:xYb³⁺. (c) The plot of lgx versus lg(I/x) for Y_1-_xPO₄:xYb³⁺ phosphors.

Fig.4 CIE chromaticity diagram of the YPO₄:1%Yb³⁺ phosphor.

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