Effects of different organic additives on the formation of YPO 4:Eu3+ nano-/microstructures under hydrothermal conditions with enhanced photoluminescence

Hua Lai, Ying Du, Min Zhao, Kening Sun, Lei Yang*

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a simple and convenient method toward fabrication of YPO4:Eu3+ with controlled crystal structures, morphologies and enhanced luminescent intensity. By simply adding different organic additives during the hydrothermal process, tetragonal YPO 4:Eu3+ and hexagonal YPO4·0.8H 2O:Eu3+ with nano-/microstructures can be obtained. Meanwhile, the possible formation mechanisms for products with different structures and morphologies have been presented. Furthermore, the luminescent properties of YPO4:Eu with different structures and morphologies were also studied and compared. We believe the method reported here could open a novel approach to rare earth phosphates with multiple structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1885-1891
Number of pages7
JournalCeramics International
Volume40
Issue number1 PART B
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Controlled
  • Luminescent properties
  • Organic additives

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