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Synthesis of Spherical Na(La, RE)(MoO $_{4})_{2}$ $_{4})_{2}$ (RE = Eu/Yb, Er), Up/Down Conversion Photoluminescence and Optical Thermometry

Changshuai Gong

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3301-3858

College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121007, P. R. China

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Bowen Wang

College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121007, P. R. China

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Meng Sun

College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121007, P. R. China

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Jiantong Wang

College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121007, P. R. China

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Xuyan Xue

College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121007, P. R. China

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Xuejiao Wang

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-2340

College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121007, P. R. China

E-mail Address: wangxuejiao@bhu.edu.cn

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292023500960Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this work, spherical Na(La,RE)(MoO $_{4})_{2}$ $_{4})_{2}$ (RE = Eu/Yb-Er) double molybdates were prepared using the rare earth hydroxide (La,RE)(OH)SO₄ as a self-sacrificing template. The composition, structure, morphology, up/down conversion luminescence and fluorescence lifetime (FL) of the samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fluorescence spectrophotometer, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrophotometer. The results indicate that highly pure spherical Na(La,RE)(MoO $_{4})_{2}$ $_{4})_{2}$ (RE = Eu/Yb-Er) samples can be obtained from the proposed route. The room temperature and temperature-dependent up/down conversion luminescence properties of the resulting Na(La,RE)(MoO $_{4})_{2}$ $_{4})_{2}$ (RE = Eu/Yb-Er) phosphors were analyzed in detail. The temperature-sensing performances for the two phosphors in both fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) and FL modes were evaluated. Classical down and up-conversion photoluminescence (PL) from Eu $^{3 +}$ $^{3 +}$ and Er $^{3 +}$ $^{3 +}$ were observed. The down conversion phosphors were proved to be capable of sensing temperature via FL mode, and the maximum absolute sensitivity (S_A) and maximum relative sensitivity (S_R) were found to be $59 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ $59 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ K $^{- 1}$ $^{- 1}$ (298K) and $52 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ $52 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ K $^{- 1}$ $^{- 1}$ (523K), respectively. The up conversion phosphors Na(La,Yb,Er)(MoO $_{4})_{2}$ $_{4})_{2}$ were well capable of sensing temperature via FIR mode through thermally coupled ²H $_{11 / 2}$ $_{11 / 2}$ , ⁴S $_{3 / 2}$ $_{3 / 2}$ levels (I $_{520}$ $_{520}$ /I $_{551})$ $_{551})$ , and the maximum absolute sensitivity (S_A) and maximum relative sensitivity (S_R) were found to be $35 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ $35 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ K $^{- 1}$ $^{- 1}$ (523K) and $115 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ $115 \times 1 0^{- 4}$ K $^{- 1}$ $^{- 1}$ (348K), respectively.

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