Fluorinated Eu‐Doped SnO2 Nanostructures with Simultaneous Phase and Shape Control and Improved Photoluminescence |
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Authors: | Hongkang Wang Yu Wang Stephen V. Kershaw Tak Fu Hung Jun Xu Andrey L. Rogach |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, , Hong Kong SAR |
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Abstract: | Fluorinated Eu‐doped SnO2 nanostructures with tunable morphology (shuttle‐like and ring‐like) are prepared by a hydrothermal method, using NaF as the morphology controlling agent. X‐ray diffraction, field‐emission scanning electron microscopy, high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy are used to characterize their phase, shape, lattice structure, composition, and element distribution. The data suggest that Eu3+ ions are uniformly embedded into SnO2 nanocrystallites either through substitution of Sn4+ ions or through formation of Eu‐F bonds, allowing for high‐level Eu3+ doping. Photoluminescence features such as transition intensity ratios and Stark splitting indicate diverse localization of Eu3+ ions in the SnO2 nanoparticles, either in the crystalline lattice or in the grain boundaries. Due to formation of Eu‐F and Sn‐F bonds, the fluorinated surface of SnO2 nanocrystallites efficiently inhibits the hydroxyl quenching effect, which accounts for their improved photoluminescence intensity. |
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Keywords: | fluorinated materials Eu‐doped SnO2 nanostructures phase control shape control photoluminescence |
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