Internal OH<sup>−</sup> induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF<sub>4</sub>: Yb/Er nanocrystals

Yansong Feng; Zhi Li; Qiqing Li; Jun Yuan; Langping Tu; Lixin Ning; Hong Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00550-5

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Internal OH⁻ induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF₄: Yb/Er nanocrystals

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- Internal OH⁻ induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF₄: Yb/Er nanocrystals
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 10, Issue 6, Pages: 1078-1087(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2.State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  3.Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Anhui Normal University, 241000 Wuhu, China
  4.State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033 Jilin, China
- Author bio：
  
  Langping Tu (tulangping@163.com)
  Lixin Ning (ninglx@mail.ahnu.edu.cn)
  Hong Zhang (h.zhang@uva.nl)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00550-5
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- Published：30 June 2021，
  
  Published Online：19 May 2021，
  
  Received：18 October 2020，
  
  Revised：13 April 2021，
  
  Accepted：02 May 2021
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Feng, Y. S. et al. Internal OH⁻ induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF₄: Yb/Er nanocrystals. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 1078-1087 (2021).
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Feng, Y. S. et al. Internal OH⁻ induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF₄: Yb/Er nanocrystals. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 1078-1087 (2021). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00550-5.

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Internal hydroxyl impurity is known as one of the main detrimental factors affecting the upconversion (UC) efficiency of upconversion luminescence (UCL) nanomaterials. Different from surface/ligand-related emission quenching which can be effectively diminished by

e.g.

core/shell structure

internal hydroxyl is easy to be introduced in synthesis but difficult to be quantified and controlled. Therefore

it becomes an obstacle to fully understand the relevant UC mechanism and improve UC efficiency of nanomaterials. Here we report a progress in quantifying and large-range adjustment of the internal hydroxyl impurity in NaYF

nanocrystals. By combining the spectroscopy study and model simulation

we have quantitatively unraveled the microscopic interactions underlying UCL quenching between internal hydroxyl and the sensitizers and activators

respectively. Furthermore

the internal hydroxyl-involved UC dynamical process is interpreted with a vivid concept of "Survivor effect

" i.e.

the shorter the migration path of an excited state

the larger the possibility of its surviving from hydroxyl-induced quenching. Apart from the consistent experimental results

this concept can be further evidenced by Monte Carlo simulation

which monitors the variation of energy migration step distribution before and after the hydroxyl introduction. The new quantitative insights shall promote the construction of highly efficient UC materials.

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Internal OH− induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF4: Yb/Er nanocrystals

DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00550-5

摘要

Abstract

关键词

Keywords

references

Internal OH⁻ induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF₄: Yb/Er nanocrystals