Facile chemical conversion synthesis and luminescence properties of uniform YF₃ nanowires

Abstract

Well-dispersed YF₃ nanowires were synthesized by a designed hydrothermal conversion method with Y(OH)₃ nanowires as precursor. Various equipments were used to characterize the samples. The results show that Y(OH)₃ nanowires precursor was prepared through a simple hydrothermal process, which then served as the precursor for the fabrication of YF₃ nanowires by a hydrothermal process. The whole process was carried out under aqueous conditions without any organic solvent, surfactant or catalyst. The conversion process from Y(OH)₃ precursor to YF₃ nanowires was investigated by time-dependent experiments. The possible formation mechanism of YF₃ nanowires was presented in detail. Under UV excitation, 5%(mass fraction) Eu³⁺ or 5%(mass fraction) Tb³⁺ doped YF₃ samples exhibit strong red or green emission, corresponding to the characteristic lines of Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺, respectively. Moreover, the luminescence colors of the Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺ codoped YF₃ samples can be tuned from red, yellow and green-yellow to green by simply adjusting the relative doping concentrations of the activator ions under a single wavelength excitation, which might find potential applications in the fields of, such as, light display systems and optoelectronic devices.

Keywords

Luminescence / Hydrothermal synthesis / Rare earth / Inorganic compound

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