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Title
Japanese: 
English:Effect of Molten Salts on Synthesis and Upconversion Luminescence of Ytterbium and Thulium-Doped Alkaline Yttrium Fluorides 
Author
Japanese: PornphatdetaudomThanataon, Serivalsatit Karn.  
English: Thanataon Pornphatdetaudom, Karn Serivalsatit.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
Japanese: 
English:Key Engineering Materials 
Volume, Number, Page Vol. 766        pp. 34-39
Published date Apr. 13, 2018 
Publisher
Japanese: 
English:Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 
Conference name
Japanese: 
English:International Conference on Traditional and Advanced Ceramics 2017 (ICTA2017) 
Conference site
Japanese:バンコク 
English:Bangkok 
Official URL https://www.scientific.net/KEM.766.34
 
DOI https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.766.34
Abstract Upconversion luminescence materials have recently received attentions because of their light conversion ability from infrared into visible and ultraviolet light. In this work, alkaline yttrium fluoride doped by ytterbium and thulium (AYF4: 20%Yb3+, 0.5%Tm3+) were synthesized by molten salt method at 400 °C for 2 hours with different eutectic molten salts, i.e. NaNO3-KNO3, NaNO3-LiNO3, KNO3-LiNO3, and NaNO3-KNO3-LiNO3. Pure hexagonal NaYF4 microrods were successfully synthesized using eutectic NaNO3-KNO3 molten salt. Under 980 nm laser diode excitation, upconversion luminescence in both visible and ultraviolet region was clearly observed. On the other hand, for the use of other eutectic molten salts containing LiNO3, the mixed phases of tetragonal LiYF4 and orthorhombic Y6O5F8 were obtained. These powders emitted only visible light with 10 times lower intensity than the hexagonal NaYF4 microrods synthesized using NaNO3-KNO3.

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