Simultaneous morphology manipulation and upconversion luminescence enhancement of β-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ microcrystals by simply tuning the KF dosage.

ABSTRACT: A strategy has been adopted for simultaneous morphology manipulation and upconversion luminescence enhancement of β-NaYF4:Yb(3+)/Er(3+) microcrystals by simply tuning the KF dosage. X-ray power diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence spectra (PL) were used to characterize the samples. The influence of molar ratio of KF to Y(3+) on the crystal phase and morphology has been systematically investigated and discussed. It is found that the molar ratio of KF to Y(3+) can strongly control the morphology of the as-synthesized β-NaYF4 samples because of the different capping effect of F(-) ions on the different crystal faces. The possible formation mechanism has been

SUBMITTER: Ding M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522666 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature