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Y2O2S:Eu3+ nanobelts were successfully prepared via electrospinning method and sulfurization process using the as-prepared Y2O3:Eu3+ nanobelts and sulfur powders as sulfur source by a double-crucible method for the first time. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the Y2O2S:Eu3+ nanobelts were pure hexagonal in structure with space group P \( \bar{3} \) m1. Scanning electron microscope images showed that the width and thickness of the Y2O2S:Eu3+ nanobelts were ca. 6.7 μm and 125 nm, respectively. Under the excitation of 325-nm ultraviolet light, Y2O2S:Eu3+ nanobelts exhibited red emissions of predominant peaks at 628 and 618 nm, which are attributed to the 5D0 → 7F2 transition of the Eu3+ ions. It was found that the optimum doping concentration of Eu3+ ions in the Y2O2S: Eu3+ nanobelts was 3 %. Compared with bulk particle, Eu3+–O2−/S2− charge transfer bands (260 and 325 nm) of the Y2O2S:Eu3+ nanobelts showed a blue-shift significantly. The formation mechanism of the Y2O2S: Eu3+ nanobelts was also proposed. This new sulfurization technique is of great importance, not only to inherit the morphology of rare earth oxides but also to fabricate pure-phase rare earth oxysulfides at low temperature compared with conventional sulfurization method.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 50972020, 51072026), Ph.D. Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (20102216110002,20112216120003), the Science and Technology Development Planning Project of Jilin Province (Grant Nos. 20070402, 20060504), and Key Research Project of Science and Technology of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 207026).
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Yang, L., Wang, J., Dong, X. et al. Synthesis of Y2O2S:Eu3+ luminescent nanobelts via electrospinning combined with sulfurization technique. J Mater Sci 48, 644–650 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6768-5
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