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Neeti Tripathi1, Kenji Kamada1, Hitomi Nakamura1
1Nanomaterials Research Institute (NMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Ikeda Osaka 563-8577 Japan n-tripathi@aist.go.jp.
Abstract:
The CaTiO3:Er3+/Yb3+ upconversion phosphor was synthesized using a simplified co-precipitation method and the effect of Mg2+ ion co-doping was investigated on the structural and optical properties focusing on the near-infrared (NIR)-to-visible upconversion. The introduction of Mg2+ ions into the host lattice produced substantial changes in the crystal structure, grain size, and absorption, thus leading to the enhancement in upconversion emission intensities. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicated the formation of polycrystalline CaTiO3-Ca4Ti3O10 composite crystals and an increase in the crystallite size was observed upon increasing the Mg2+ ion concentration in the samples. Elemental analysis by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) suggested the substitution of Ca2+ ions by Mg2+ ions in the CaTiO3 host lattice. Moreover, a change in the Yb3+/Er3+ ratio from 0.25 to 1.1 indicated the redistribution of the Er3+ or Yb3+ ions caused by the Mg2+ ions. These lattice deformations further resulted in an improved absorption of Er3+ ions, exhibiting a ∼3-fold enhancement in the upconversion emission intensity (at the excitation intensity of ∼1 W cm-2).
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