| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1493824 | Optical Materials | 2015 | 6 Pages |
•Li+ co-doped powders have larger crystallite size and smaller lattice parameters.•Ho3+/Yb3+-doped GdVO4 exhibits dominant green DC emission.•Ho3+/Yb3+-doped GdVO4 exhibits dominant red UC emission.•7.5 mol% Li+ co-doping results in more than double DC emission intensity.•10 mol% Li+ co-doped powder enhances UC emission intensity by 2.2 times.
We present the structural and luminescent properties of Ho3+/Yb3+-doped GdVO4 and Li+-co-doped GdVO4:Ho3+/Yb3+ powder phosphors. The materials were prepared by high-temperature solid state method with different concentrations (between 0.5 and 2 mol%) of dopant Ho3+ emitting ions and different concentrations (between 5 and 20 mol%) of sensitizer Yb3+ ions. The dopant ions provided the material with intense luminescence emission; green emissions (centered at 542 nm from 5F4,5S2 → 5I8 electronic transition of Ho3+ ions) resulted upon ultraviolet excitation, and red (centered at 659 nm from 5F5 → 5I8 electronic transition of Ho3+ ions) upon near-infrared excitation. The co-doped materials were obtained under identical experimental conditions by adding Li+ ions (5, 7.5, 10, and 15 mol%). The powders co-doped with 7.5 mol% Li+ ions showed a downconversion emission intensity more than twice as high as the samples without Li+ co-doping. In upconversion, an equal intensification of emission was achieved with co-doping with 10 mol% Li+. The influences of Ho3+/Yb3+ concentration ratio and Li+ co-doping level on emission color and emission branching was investigated and analyzed for both downconversion and upconversion emission. Increasing Yb3+ concentration was found to increase the share of dominant emission (green) in downconversion, but decreased the share of dominant emission (red) in upconversion.
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