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Low Power High Purity Red Upconversion Emission and Multiple Temperature Sensing Behaviors in Yb3+,Er3+ Codoped Gd2O3 Porous Nanorods
journal contribution
posted on 2020-06-12, 17:35 authored by Wei Zheng, Baoyu Sun, Yuemei Li, Tiyi Lei, Rui Wang, Jinzhu WuLanthanide
ion doped upconversion nanomaterials have attracted
great interest because of their extensive application, especially
in color display and temperature sensing. However, control synthesis
of lanthanide ion doped upconversion nanomaterials with high color
purity and excellent temperature sensing properties remain a great
challenge. Herein, the first preparation of Yb3+,Er3+ codoped Gd2O3 porous nanorods not
only achieve high purity red upconversion under low pump power but
also possess superior temperature sensing performance. By utilizing
a single NIR 980 nm laser, the high purity red and orange emission
with high color purity of 99.7%, 99.6% are simultaneously realized
under low power of 10 mW, respectively. Furthermore, excellent temperature
sensing performing, integrating ultrahigh absolute sensitivity (Sa), outstanding relative sensitivity (Sr), and good
signal discriminability (ΔE ≈ 1059 cm–1) is implemented in single Gd2O3:Yb3+,Er3+ nanorods based on the fluorescence
intensity ratio (FIR) technique from stark sublevels of Er3+ ions. Particularly, the maximum Sa and Sr of
the thermally coupled level (TCL) pair by (G1+G2)/G4 is 1.86% (at 558 K) and 1.51% (at 298 K), which is
superior to the sensitivity based on traditional TCL pair by stark
levels of 2H11/2/4S3/2. Additionally, experimental results demonstrate that the values
of Sa and Sr from the stark sublevels are proportional
to energy spacing (ΔE), overcoming the dilemma
between relative sensitivity and absolute sensitivity based on traditional
TCL pairs. This work opens a new avenue toward constructing high purity
emission and multiple temperature sensing performing materials.