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Growth of SnO nanocrystals co-doped with Eu for highly enhanced photoluminescence in mesoporous silica glasses

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, ISSN: 2050-7526, Vol: 7, Issue: 6, Page: 1568-1574
2019
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Article Description

This study reports the growth of SnO nanocrystals (NCs) in mesoporous silica glasses and its great enhancement of Eu photoluminescence at around 590 nm wavelength-band. Significantly different energy level character of Eu was observed using photoluminescence (PL) spectra, which was attributed to the effect of the SnO crystal field. Remarkably, enhancement of Eu as much as 116 times was achieved in the orange emission region by optimal SnO NCs addition. PL excitation spectra and decay curves verify the efficient energy transfer from SnO NCs to Eu . It is well understood that the highly enhanced emission originates from Eu embedded in SnO NCs and the strong energy transfer between them. Our study has not only demonstrated an effective way to enhance down-conversion PL of rare earth ions in silica glasses, but also widened the applications of semiconductor oxides such as SnO NCs.

Bibliographic Details

Ping Chen; Shaodong Hou; Yang Chen; Xiaofen Liu; Yang Lou; Aichen Chen; Luyun Yang; Jinyan Li; Nengli Dai; Yiwei Mao

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Chemistry; Materials Science

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