NaYF4:Yb,Er/NaYF4 Core/Shell Nanocrystals with High Upconversion Luminescence Quantum Yield |
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Authors: | Christian Homann Lisa Krukewitt Florian Frenzel Bettina Grauel Dr Christian Würth Dr Ute Resch‐Genger Prof?Dr Markus Haase |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Chemie Neuer Materialien, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universit?t Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany;2. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Division Biophotonics, Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | Upconversion core/shell nanocrystals with different mean sizes ranging from 15 to 45 nm were prepared via a modified synthesis procedure based on anhydrous rare‐earth acetates. All particles consist of a core of NaYF4:Yb,Er, doped with 18 % Yb3+ and 2 % Er3+, and an inert shell of NaYF4, with the shell thickness being equal to the radius of the core particle. Absolute measurements of the photoluminescence quantum yield at a series of different excitation power densities show that the quantum yield of 45 nm core/shell particles is already very close to the quantum yield of microcrystalline upconversion phosphor powder. Smaller core/shell particles prepared by the same method show only a moderate decrease in quantum yield. The quantum yield of 15 nm core/shell particles, for instance, is reduced by a factor of three compared to the bulk upconversion phosphor at high power densities (100 W cm?2) and by approximately a factor of 10 at low power densities (1 W cm?2). |
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Keywords: | luminescence nanocrystals NaYF4 quantum yield upconversion |
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