A Versatile Tripodal Ligand for Sensitizing Lanthanide (LnIII) Ions and Color Tuning

Autor: Rodney A. Tigaa, Raul E. Ortega, Xinsong Lin, Geoffrey F. Strouse
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Chemistry, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 138-145 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2624-8549
DOI: 10.3390/chemistry3010011
Popis: Lanthanide (LnIII) ions were successfully chelated and sensitized with a tripodal ligand. The absolute LnIII-centered emission efficiencies were ~3% for both the europium(III) (EuIII) and terbium (TbIII) complexes and up to 54% for the cerium(III) (CeIII) complex. The differences in emission quantum yields for the early lanthanides (CeIII) and the mid lanthanides (EuIII and TbIII) were attributed to their d–f and f–f nature, respectively. Despite the low quantum yield of the EuIII complex, the combination of the residual ligand fluorescence and the red EuIII emission resulted in a bluish-white material with the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) coordinates (0.258, 0.242). Thus, metal complexes of the ligand could be used in the generation of single-component white-light-emitting materials.
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