| Autor: |
M. Sedano, S. Babu, Rolindes Balda, Joaquin Fernández, Alicia Durán, maria j. pascual |
| Přispěvatelé: |
European Commission |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 948:169552 |
| ISSN: |
0925-8388 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.169552 |
| Popis: |
Tm3+ doped oxyfluoride glass-ceramics (GCs) containing NaLaF4 nanocrystals (NCs) have been obtained by spark plasma sintering (SPS). First, the precursor glasses were melted and then milled and sieved to a suitable particle size. Glass powder pellets were sintered by spark plasma sintering under vacuum conditions. The SPS processing parameters (temperature, pressure, and holding time) were optimized to obtain transparent glass-ceramics. The times of SPS processing are considerably shorter compared with those for the preparation of these GCs by conventional thermal treatment. All glass-ceramics contain nanocrystals of the β- NaLaF4 phase with an average crystal size of 20 nm, but the more highly doped samples (2Tm3+ and 0.5Tm3+/2Yb3+) show evidence of the presence of another phase corresponding with α-NaLaF4. The luminescence properties of the near infrared (NIR) emissions of Tm3+ for different concentrations reveal the presence of concentration quenching of the 3H4 and 3F4 levels. The analysis of the decay from the 3H4 level with increasing concentration is consistent with a dipole-dipole quenching process assisted by energy migration, whereas the self-quenching of the 3F4→3H6 emission can be attributed to fast diffusion. Energy transfer between Yb3+ and Tm3+ ions is confirmed by the NIR and upconverted (UC) emissions after Yb3+ excitation at 975 nm. No UC emission is observed under 791 nm excitation of Tm3+ ions. Funding from MICINN under project PID2020–115419 GB-C-21/C-22/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 is acknowledged. This paper is part of the dissemination activities of project FunGlass. This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 739566. |
| Databáze: |
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