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Synthesis of green phosphors from highly active amorphous silica derived from rice husks

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In this work, high purity amorphous silica derived from rice husk (RH) biomass was used to prepare green phosphor (Zn2SiO4:Mn2+). Based on the solid phase reaction under high temperature, the optimum doping concentration and reaction temperature were identified. The overall performance in terms of photoluminescence intensity and quantum yield of the RH-derived phosphor was superior to the one derived from commercial silica and close to the one made from silicic acid. The results showed that the phosphor derived from RH silica could serve as an alternative to commercial phosphor because of its decent properties and inexpensive green resource.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the support from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Award #FA9550-12-1-0159) and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, HSI Collaboration: Integrating Food Science/Engineering and Education Network (IFSEEN, Award No. 2015-38422-24059). Z. Wang thanks the support from the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA

    Zichao Wei, William R. T. Tait & Luyi Sun

  2. Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA

    Zhaofeng Wang, Jingjing Liu & Luyi Sun

  3. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Zhaofeng Wang

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA

    Madhab Pokhrel & Yuanbing Mao

  5. Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA

    Lichun Zhang

  6. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, Guangdong, China

    Weixing Wang

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Wei, Z., Wang, Z., Tait, W.R.T. et al. Synthesis of green phosphors from highly active amorphous silica derived from rice husks. J Mater Sci 53, 1824–1832 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1637-x

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