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Fuel combustion synthesis and upconversion properties of Yb3+ and Er3+ dual-doped ZrO2 nanocrystals

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Ytterbia and erbia dual-doped zirconia (ZrO2: Yb3+, Er3+) nanophosphors were successfully synthesized by high-temperature fuel combustion at 1000 °C for 2 h. The effects of dopant concentration on the structure and upconversion properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence, respectively. XRD patterns indicate that the main phase of products belongs to cubic ZrO2 fluorite-type structure. TEM results show that different fuels have great influence on the morphologies of dual-doped ZrO2 samples. Under 980 nm excitation, the glycine-calcined nanophosphors show high stimulated luminescence and doped-ion concentration-depended intensities. The intensely red upconversion emissions are attributed to the fact that the dual-doped Yb3+ and Er3+ ions result in the non-radiative relaxation, energy migration, and cross relaxation.

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    Xiao-lin Liu  (刘小林), Dan Li  (李丹), Wei-xiong You  (游维雄), Qian Zhang  (张骞), Li-bin Xia  (夏李斌) & Bin Yang  (杨斌)

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Ning Zhang  (张宁) & Zhi-cheng Li  (李志成)

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Foundation item: Projects(51062004, 11464017) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(GJJ150671) supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for Universities from Education Bureau of Jiangxi Province, China; Project(20161BAB216123) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China; Projects(NSFJ2014-G13, Jxxjbs12005) supported by the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China

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Liu, Xl., Zhang, N., Li, D. et al. Fuel combustion synthesis and upconversion properties of Yb3+ and Er3+ dual-doped ZrO2 nanocrystals. J. Cent. South Univ. 24, 2209–2214 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-017-3629-z

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