Citation: He-Ming JI, Ming-Guang XU, Hai-Yan ZHANG, Xiao-Long LI, Yan-Nan QIAN. Enhanced Upconversion Emissions of TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺ Nanocrystals: Comparison with Different Effects of Li⁺, Mn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ Ions[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2021, 40(10): 1379-1384. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254–5861.2011–3185 shu

Enhanced Upconversion Emissions of TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺ Nanocrystals: Comparison with Different Effects of Li⁺, Mn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ Ions

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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China

Corresponding author: Xiao-Long LI, qianyannanhit@126.com Yan-Nan QIAN, 2015028@ynau.edu.cn
Received Date: 18 March 2021
Accepted Date: 14 April 2021

Fund Project: Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar 2015A030306041Tip-top Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong Special Support Program 2015TQ01N060Major Foundation of Guangzhou Science and Technology 201804020005

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Codoping with Mⁿ⁺ ions (Mⁿ⁺ = Li⁺, Mn²⁺ and Cu²⁺) enhanced the blue and red upconversion (UC) emissions in TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺ nanocrystals under 980 nm excitation. The different effects of Li⁺, Mn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions on the phase structures, morphologies and optical characteristics of TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺ were discussed. The minor shifting in the diffraction peaks at 25.2° was observed for TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺/Li⁺, and adding Mn²⁺ ions remained almost the same position of diffraction peaks, while the introduction of Cu²⁺ ions resulted in the shift of the diffraction peaks towards the larger angles. TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺/Li⁺ and TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺/Mn²⁺ nanosheets and the sphere-like TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺/Cu²⁺ were observed. The mechanisms for increased UC emissions caused by adding Li⁺, Mn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions were attributed to the tailored local environment around Tm³⁺ ions, efficient energy transition between Mn²⁺-Yb³⁺ dimer and Tm³⁺ ions, and the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Cu²⁺ ions, respectively.
- TiO₂: Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺,
- Li⁺,
- Mn²⁺ and Cu²⁺,
- optical characteristics
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