Intense red upconversion emission and temperature sensing in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped Ba5Gd8Zn4O21 phosphor

Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-246

  Tian, Bining ^a,b   Chen, Baojiu ^a   Tian, Yue ^a,b   Li, Xiangping ^a   Zhang, Jinsu ^a   Sun, Jiashi ^a   Fu, Shaobo ^a   Zhong, Hua ^a   Zhang, Xiangqing ^a   Yu, Hongquan ^c   Hua, Ruinian ^b  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ba5Gd8Zn4O21:Er3+ Yb3+ phosphors; Luminescence; Solid state reaction; Temperature sensing; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883314461     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2013.1121     Document Type: Article

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