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Journal article

Synthesis and luminescence properties of Eu3+ doped porous YVO4 nanowires by chemical precipitation in nanochannels

  • 1. Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory and Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun Beiyitiao 2, Haidianqu, Beijing 100190 (China)

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Highlights: ► YVO4 nanowire were synthesized by chemical precipitation in AAO. ► All of nanowires in uniform diameter are parallelly arranged. ► YVO4 nanowires mainly consist of polycrystalline materials. ► YVO4:Eu nanowires are luminescent under electron excitation. -- Abstract: Monodisperse nanowires and arrays of YVO4:Eu3+ were synthesized by chemical precipitation method using anodic aluminum oxide template. Scanning electron microscope images indicated that YVO4:Eu3+ nanowires are parallelly arranged, all of which are in uniform diameter of about 50 nm. High-magnification transmission electron microscopy images showed that the nanowires are composed of a lot of agglutinating particles. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed that YVO4:Eu3+ nanowires mainly consist of polycrystalline materials. Excitation and emission spectra of YVO4:Eu3+ composite films were measured. The characteristic red emission peak of Eu3+ ion attributed to the 5D0–7F2 transition in YVO4:Eu3+ nanowires broadened its half width.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.06.008

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DOI
10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.06.008;
PII
S0025-5408(11)00266-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Research Bulletin
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 491-496
ISSN
0025-5408
CODEN
MRBUAC

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