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• TITLE: A Facile Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of SiO2:Tb3+ Spherical Nanoparticles

  AUTHORS: Murad M. A. Abualrejal, Haifeng Zou, Jie Chen, Yanhua Song, Ye Sheng

  KEYWORDS: Silica, Sol-Gel, Photoluminescence, Terbium Doped-Silica

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Nanoparticles, Vol.6 No.2, March 21, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Controlled synthesis of functional photoluminescent materials are of particular interest due to their fascinating optical properties. Herein, highly uniform SiO2:xTb3+spherical nanoparticles are fabricated by a facile sol-gel method. The structure, morphology, compositions, and luminescence properties of As-prepared samples were well investigated using TEM, SEM, EDX, XRD, XPS and luminescence spectroscopy. The PL intensity of SiO2:xTb3+spherical nanoparticles is Tb3+ ions concentration dependent achieved a maximum at 3 mol % of Tb3+. Particularly, SiO2:xTb3+spherical nanoparticles exhibit a green emission corresponding to 5D4→7Fj transition (541 nm) of Tb3+. These results show that As-prepared phosphors may find potential application in solid-state lighting fields.