YbF（2.357, YbF3, Ba2 YbF7, and Ba 2 upconversion nanocrystals doped with emitter Er^3＋ ion were synthesized in the same solvent system just with changing the molar ratio of Ba^2＋ to Yb^3＋ in the precursor, which c...YbF（2.357, YbF3, Ba2 YbF7, and Ba 2 upconversion nanocrystals doped with emitter Er^3＋ ion were synthesized in the same solvent system just with changing the molar ratio of Ba^2＋ to Yb^3＋ in the precursor, which corresponed to the crystal phases of rhombohedral, orthorhombic, tetragonal, and cubic, respectively. All the samples emitted both 660 nm red light and 543/523 nm green light which originated from Er^3＋-4f^n electronic transitions ~4F（9/2-~4I（15/2 and ~4S（3/2/~2H（11/2-~4I（15/2, respectively. It was worth mentioning that YbF 3：Er^3＋, Ba2 YbF7：Er^3＋, and BaF2：Er^3＋ could emit dazzlingly bright light even under the excitation of a 980 nm CW laser with output power of 0.1 W. Upconversion emission mechanism analysis indicated that the intensity ratio of red to green light highly depended on the synergistic effect of crystal structure, concentration quenching, and particle size, but were not sensitive to crystallinity as previously reported for NaL nF4（Ln=lanthanide.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11274263,21301058,11274263)
文摘YbF（2.357, YbF3, Ba2 YbF7, and Ba 2 upconversion nanocrystals doped with emitter Er^3＋ ion were synthesized in the same solvent system just with changing the molar ratio of Ba^2＋ to Yb^3＋ in the precursor, which corresponed to the crystal phases of rhombohedral, orthorhombic, tetragonal, and cubic, respectively. All the samples emitted both 660 nm red light and 543/523 nm green light which originated from Er^3＋-4f^n electronic transitions ~4F（9/2-~4I（15/2 and ~4S（3/2/~2H（11/2-~4I（15/2, respectively. It was worth mentioning that YbF 3：Er^3＋, Ba2 YbF7：Er^3＋, and BaF2：Er^3＋ could emit dazzlingly bright light even under the excitation of a 980 nm CW laser with output power of 0.1 W. Upconversion emission mechanism analysis indicated that the intensity ratio of red to green light highly depended on the synergistic effect of crystal structure, concentration quenching, and particle size, but were not sensitive to crystallinity as previously reported for NaL nF4（Ln=lanthanide.
