TY - JOUR
T1 - Strong broad green UV-excited photoluminescence in rare earth (RE = Ce, Eu, Dy, Er, Yb) doped barium zirconate
AU - Borja-Urby, R.
AU - Diaz-Torres, L. A.
AU - Salas, P.
AU - Angeles-Chavez, C.
AU - Meza, O.
N1 - Funding Information:
One of the authors, R. Borja-Urby, thanks to CONACyT for its support trough a scholarship grant 173046 for PhD studies at Centro de Investigaciones en Optica A.C .
PY - 2011/10/25
Y1 - 2011/10/25
N2 - The wet synthesis hydrothermal method at 100 °C was used to elaborate barium zirconate (BaZrO3) unpurified with 0.5 mol% of different rare earth ions (RE = Yb, Er, Dy, Eu, Ce). Morphological, structural and UV-photoluminescence properties depend on the substituted rare earth ionic radii. While the crystalline structure of RE doped BaZrO3 remains as a cubic perovskite for all substituted RE ions, its band gap changes between 4.65 and 4.93 eV. Under 267 nm excitation the intrinsic green photoluminescence of the as synthesized BaZrO3: RE samples is considerably improved by the substitution on RE ions. For 1000 °C annealed samples, under 267 nm, the photoluminescence is dominated by the intrinsic BZO emission. It is interesting to notice that Dy3+, Er3+ and Yb3+ doped samples present whitish emissions that might be useful for white light generation under 267 nm excitation. CIE color coordinates are reported for all samples.
AB - The wet synthesis hydrothermal method at 100 °C was used to elaborate barium zirconate (BaZrO3) unpurified with 0.5 mol% of different rare earth ions (RE = Yb, Er, Dy, Eu, Ce). Morphological, structural and UV-photoluminescence properties depend on the substituted rare earth ionic radii. While the crystalline structure of RE doped BaZrO3 remains as a cubic perovskite for all substituted RE ions, its band gap changes between 4.65 and 4.93 eV. Under 267 nm excitation the intrinsic green photoluminescence of the as synthesized BaZrO3: RE samples is considerably improved by the substitution on RE ions. For 1000 °C annealed samples, under 267 nm, the photoluminescence is dominated by the intrinsic BZO emission. It is interesting to notice that Dy3+, Er3+ and Yb3+ doped samples present whitish emissions that might be useful for white light generation under 267 nm excitation. CIE color coordinates are reported for all samples.
KW - Barium zirconate
KW - Nanocrystals
KW - Photoluminescence
KW - Rare earths
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mseb.2011.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.mseb.2011.03.008
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:80052819812
SN - 0921-5107
VL - 176
SP - 1388
EP - 1392
JO - Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
JF - Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
IS - 17
ER -