Pressure-assisted sintering approaches for up-converting LiYF4:Er/Yb transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics

IF 2.9 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS

Open Ceramics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100713

N.M.P. Truong , M. Michálková , M. Sedano , M.J. Pascual , R. Klement

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Abstract

Glasses of compositions 40SiO₂-25Al₂O₃-18Li₂O-7LiF-(10-x-y)YF₃-xErF₃-yYbF₃ (mol.%, x = 0.1, 0.5; y = 0, 0.4, 2, 4) were prepared by melt-quenching technique and milled into powders. Glass powder pellets were treated by hot pressing at defined temperatures to obtain the corresponding glass-ceramics (GCs). High-resolution TEM and XRD analysis revealed the crystallization of LiYF₄ and LiAlSiO₄ phases with nano-crystal size below 50 nm, resulting in translucent GCs. The density of GCs was 98–99.5 % compared to parent glasses. GCs exhibited intense up-conversion emission when excited by near-infrared light at 980 nm. As Er³⁺ concentration increased from 0.1 to 0.5 mol.% in the samples, notable enhancement in green and red emission intensities was indicated. Yb³⁺ ions significantly facilitated up-conversion emission through energy transfer to Er³⁺ ions, resulting in a higher luminescence yield compared to Er³⁺ single-doped GCs. The tuning of the red to green emission intensity ratio can be achieved by varying Er³⁺ and Yb³⁺ concentrations and Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ ratio.

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