Heat-treatment-induced luminescence degradation in Tb3+-doped CePO4 nanorods

Weihua Di, Xiaoxia Zhao, Zhaogang Nie, Xiaojun Wang, Shaozhe Lu, Haifeng Zhao, Xinguang Ren

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Abstract

CePO4:Tb nanorods were synthesized via a simple wet-chemical route. The as-synthesized CePO4:Tb nanorods present high photoluminescence efficiency due to an efficient energy transfer form Ce3+ to Tb3+. However, heat treatment at 150 °C in air leads to a significant decrease of photoluminescence. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and excitation spectra revealed the oxidation of Ce3+ to Ce4+ in the heat-treatment process, which should be responsible for significant photoluminescence degradation due to the breakage of Ce3+→Tb3+ energy transfer. This conclusion is further supported by atmosphere and size effects of photoluminescence of CePO4:Tb under the heat treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)728-732
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Luminescence
Volume130
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2010

Keywords

  • Ce
  • Ce
  • Photoluminescence
  • Tb
  • Thermal degradation

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