Our previous work first reported the cooperative sensitized luminescence from Cu2＋ or Pb2＋ by three clustered Yb^3＋ ions, in which three NIR photons can be converted into a high energy photon. Could a reverse proce...Our previous work first reported the cooperative sensitized luminescence from Cu2＋ or Pb2＋ by three clustered Yb^3＋ ions, in which three NIR photons can be converted into a high energy photon. Could a reverse process happen that a high energy photon is cut into three NIR photons？ This work demonstrated an example of three-photon quantum cutting （QC） phosphor, CaF2：Ce^3＋,Yb^3＋, in which three clustered Yb^3＋ ions （Yb^3＋-trimer） cooperatively and indirectly received a 306 nm ultraviolet （UV） photon energy transferred from a Ce^3＋ ion in 5d excited state and emitted three 975 nm near-infrared （NIR） photons. The cluster destruction experiments were designed to verify the necessity of the presence of Yb^3＋-trimers for QC. The dynamical analysis on luminescence of Ce^3＋ ions confirmed the energy transfer from Ce^3＋ ions to Yb^3＋-trimers. The doping concentration effect on luminescence was investigated. Furthermore, the maximum energy transfer （ET） efficiency and the corresponding QC efficiency were estimated to be 61% and 222%, respectively. Therefore, the reported three-photon QC phosphor has an attractive prospect in efficiently harvesting solar energy for silicon solar cells.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11274139)
文摘Our previous work first reported the cooperative sensitized luminescence from Cu2＋ or Pb2＋ by three clustered Yb^3＋ ions, in which three NIR photons can be converted into a high energy photon. Could a reverse process happen that a high energy photon is cut into three NIR photons？ This work demonstrated an example of three-photon quantum cutting （QC） phosphor, CaF2：Ce^3＋,Yb^3＋, in which three clustered Yb^3＋ ions （Yb^3＋-trimer） cooperatively and indirectly received a 306 nm ultraviolet （UV） photon energy transferred from a Ce^3＋ ion in 5d excited state and emitted three 975 nm near-infrared （NIR） photons. The cluster destruction experiments were designed to verify the necessity of the presence of Yb^3＋-trimers for QC. The dynamical analysis on luminescence of Ce^3＋ ions confirmed the energy transfer from Ce^3＋ ions to Yb^3＋-trimers. The doping concentration effect on luminescence was investigated. Furthermore, the maximum energy transfer （ET） efficiency and the corresponding QC efficiency were estimated to be 61% and 222%, respectively. Therefore, the reported three-photon QC phosphor has an attractive prospect in efficiently harvesting solar energy for silicon solar cells.
