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Up-Conversion Luminescence of Er3+/Pr3+/Yb3+ Co-doped LaNbO4 Phosphors

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Er3+–Pr3+–Yb3+ co-doped LaNbO4 (LNO) phosphors were obtained by solid-state reaction and their up-conversion properties have been studied. The x-ray diffraction and Rietveld’s refinement revealed no evidence of significant structural changes or secondary phases in the synthesized materials. According to the up-conversion measurements, the observed emissions are due to Er3+ ions which are present as unintentional contaminant in the Pr3+ doped and Pr3+–Yb3+ co-doped systems. The intensity of all the bands was enhanced with increasing Yb3+ concentration, and at 8%Yb3+ a significant decrease of the green and red emissions was found due to the presence of cross-relaxation process between Er3+ and Pr3+ ions, mainly for green emissions because of the back energy transfer mechanisms from Er3+ to Yb3+. The Commission Internationale de l’éclairage color coordinates of almost all samples were located in the green region, while for the LNO: Pr 0.1%–Yb8% phosphor they were located in the blue region. Red–Green–Blue phosphors were obtained from LaNbO4: Pr3+/Er3+/Yb3+ systems using the pair of activators Pr3+/Er3+ which is not commonly investigated in the literature.

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  1. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, PPGET, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    João P. C. do Nascimento & Daniel X. Gouveia

  2. Departamento de Química Orgânica e Inorgânica, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil

    Felipe F. do Carmo

  3. Faculdade de Educação de Crateús (FAEC), Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Marcello X. Façanha

  4. Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA), Campus da Cidao, Sobral, CE, CEP 62.040-370, Brazil

    Juscelino C. Sales

  5. Departamento de Física, Laboratório de Telecomunicações e Ciências dos Materiais e Engenharia (LOCEM), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

    João P. C. do Nascimento, Felipe F. do Carmo, Marcello X. Façanha, Juscelino C. Sales, Daniel X. Gouveia & Antonio S. B. Sombra

  6. Universidade Federal da Região do Semiárido (UFERSA), Mossoró, RN, CEP 59625-900, Brazil

    Humberto D. de Andrade, Idalmir S. Queiroz Júnior & Antonio S. B. Sombra

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do Nascimento, J.P.C., do Carmo, F.F., Façanha, M.X. et al. Up-Conversion Luminescence of Er3+/Pr3+/Yb3+ Co-doped LaNbO4 Phosphors. J. Electron. Mater. 49, 6009–6015 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-020-08329-x

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