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Journal of Advanced Ceramics

, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp 177–186 | Cite as

Recent progress in layered rare-earth hydroxide (LRH) and its application in luminescence

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Abstract

This review article compiles the recent achievements made in layered rare-earth (RE) hydroxide (LRH), including controlled crystallization, structural and morphological features, anion exchange, nanosheet exfoliation, and application in the field of luminescence for both the Ln2(OH)5(Ax−)1/x·nH2O (251-LRH) and Ln2(OH)4(Ax−)2/x·nH2O (241-LRH) phases. The luminescent properties of the LRHs themselves, the oxide, oxysulfate, and oxysulfide phosphors derived from the LRHs via controlled calcination, and the highly oriented transparent phosphor films of enhanced luminescence and/or novel emission features are summarized.

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layered rare-earth hydroxide (LRH) anion exchange exfoliation assembly luminescence 
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This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51672039 and 51702020), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. N160204008).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education)Northeastern UniversityShenyangChina
  2. 2.Institute of Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy, School of Materials Science and EngineeringNortheastern UniversityShenyangChina
  3. 3.Research Center for Functional MaterialsNational Institute for Materials ScienceIbarakiJapan
  4. 4.College of New EnergyBohai UniversityJinzhouChina

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