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Aspect-Ratio Controlled Synthesis and Tunable Luminescence of YF3:Yb3+/Er3+ Upconversion Nanocrystals
- Source :
- Crystal Growth & Design. 17:3055-3061
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2017.
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Abstract
- We report a facile synthetic method for high-aspect-ratio YF3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals by controlling the composition of the precursor and salts to manipulate the structures of YF3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals. A controlled aspect ratio is attained by tuning the molar ratio of NH4+/RE3+ (NH4+ is the counterion released from the fluoride precursor (NH4F) and RE3+ indicates the total amount of Y, Yb, and Er) and the presence of specific inorganic salts. A low molar ratio of NH4+/RE3+ induced the production of high-aspect-ratio YF3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals, while a high molar ratio of NH4+/RE3+ induced the formation of irregular nanoplates. The selection of the inorganic salt as an additive is critical in controlling the aspect ratio and crystallinity of YF3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals. The cation showed limited control over the aspect ratio, but the anions, Cl– and Br–, induced the production of the highest aspect ratio for YF3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals. We found that the aspect ratio affected the luminescence properties of ...
- Subjects :
- inorganic chemicals
chemistry.chemical_classification
Aspect ratio
Inorganic chemistry
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Photon upconversion
0104 chemical sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Crystallinity
chemistry
Nanocrystal
General Materials Science
Qualitative inorganic analysis
Counterion
0210 nano-technology
Luminescence
Fluoride
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15287505 and 15287483
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Crystal Growth & Design
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........749b0664ae9b98015f76844aab37d3f1