Rare earth (La, Nd and Tb) oxides with one-dimensional micro/nanostmcatres were synthesized hydrothermally under facile and mild conditions with two surfactants, and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), therm...Rare earth (La, Nd and Tb) oxides with one-dimensional micro/nanostmcatres were synthesized hydrothermally under facile and mild conditions with two surfactants, and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetry (TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and photoluminescence. The results showed that the synthesized rare earth oxides behaved regular nano- and micro-scale structures. And the morphologies of samples depended on the radii of rare earth ions, with the help of two sur- factants of sodium dodecyl sulfonic and PEG 600. Nanocrystalline La2O3:Eu^3+ possessed good photoluminescence (PL) property and might be used as a nanosized phosphor, its PL intensity was akered by the doping Eu^3+ concentration and the optimum concentration of Eu^3+ was 3 mol.%. In comparison with bulk Eu^3+/La2O3, Eu^3+/nano-La2O3 showed better photoluminescence property, nearly equal to that of nanocrtstalline La2O3:Eu^3+. Tb4O7 microwires showed interesting photoluminescence properties.展开更多
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB732300)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2011AA03A406)the "ShuGuang" Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation (10GG23)
文摘Rare earth (La, Nd and Tb) oxides with one-dimensional micro/nanostmcatres were synthesized hydrothermally under facile and mild conditions with two surfactants, and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetry (TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and photoluminescence. The results showed that the synthesized rare earth oxides behaved regular nano- and micro-scale structures. And the morphologies of samples depended on the radii of rare earth ions, with the help of two sur- factants of sodium dodecyl sulfonic and PEG 600. Nanocrystalline La2O3:Eu^3+ possessed good photoluminescence (PL) property and might be used as a nanosized phosphor, its PL intensity was akered by the doping Eu^3+ concentration and the optimum concentration of Eu^3+ was 3 mol.%. In comparison with bulk Eu^3+/La2O3, Eu^3+/nano-La2O3 showed better photoluminescence property, nearly equal to that of nanocrtstalline La2O3:Eu^3+. Tb4O7 microwires showed interesting photoluminescence properties.