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Molten salt synthesis, energy transfer, and temperature quenching fluorescence of green-emitting β-Ca2P2O7:Tb3+ phosphors

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Tb3+-doped β-Ca2P2O7 phosphors were successfully prepared via a simple surfactant-free molten salt method for the first time and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and photoluminescence. The results of XRD and SEM suggest that the products belong to pure β-Ca2P2O7 nanoparticles with average particle size of about 88.6 nm. Under the UV light excitation, the as-prepared β-Ca2P2O7:Tb3+ phosphors exhibit green emission, which corresponds to the characteristic emissions of Tb3+ ion. The optimal doping concentration of Tb3+ ions in β-Ca2P2O7 phosphors was confirmed to be abound 10 mol% and the exchange interaction is responsible for energy transfer between Tb3+ ions in β-Ca2P2O7 phosphors. The fluorescent lifetime of 5D4 level of Tb3+ in β-Ca2P2O7 phosphors decreases with the increase of Tb3+ ions concentration because of self-generated quenching process, which was confirmed by Auzel’s model. The thermal quenching behaviors of β-Ca2P2O7:Tb3+ nanophosphors were also studied and the activation energy was deduced to be 0.265 eV.

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This work was partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos. 11374044 and 51302182), The National High Technology Research and Development Program (“863” Program) of China (2015AA016901), The Qualified Personnel Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology (QPFT) (No: tyut-rc201361a), and The Program for the outstanding Innovative Teams of Higher Learning Institutions of Shanxi.

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  1. Key Lab of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, People’s Republic of China

    Yue Tian, Cai’e Cui, Ping Huang, Lei Wang & Huayu Jia

  2. Naval Petty Officer Academy, Bengbu, 233012, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Yanhong Fang

  3. Department of Physics, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China

    Bining Tian & Baojiu Chen

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Tian, Y., Fang, Y., Tian, B. et al. Molten salt synthesis, energy transfer, and temperature quenching fluorescence of green-emitting β-Ca2P2O7:Tb3+ phosphors. J Mater Sci 50, 6060–6065 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9155-1

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