Photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy studies of Eu3+-doped rutile TiO2nanocrystals at high pressures

Autor: Y. Q. Sheng, Z. M. Zhang, Bingfu Lei, Zhiguo Ding, Q. G. Zeng
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: High Pressure Research. 32:412-418
ISSN: 1477-2299
0895-7959
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2012.710235
Popis: Nanocrystal samples (particle size about 90 nm) of Eu3+-doped rutile titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocrystals (rutile Eu3+/TiO2 nanocrystals) were synthesized by the sol–gel method with hydrothermal treatment. The pressure effect on photoluminescence (PL) and Raman spectra of the rutile Eu3+/TiO2 nanocrystals was investigated with a diamond anvil cell under hydrostatic pressure condition. Raman spectra of the samples at high pressures indicated that the critical pressure for the transition from the rutile phase to a new baddeleyite-type phase was between 10 and 14.2 GPa. The position of Raman bands shifted to high wavenumbers and the PL intensity of 5D 0→7F 2 transition of Eu3+ decreased down to zero with the increase of pressure before the phase transition occurred. After releasing the pressure, the rutile phase was not recovered and a α-PbO2-type phase was observed at ambient pressure.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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