Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 1037.

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Preparation and Characterization of NaGdF4∶Eu3+/AAO Thin Films

WANG Meng1, YANG Zhi1*, WANG Yu-Fei1, TAO Ye2   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,  Yunnan Normal University,  Kunming 650500,    China;
    2. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,  Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2010-08-31 Revised:2011-01-25 Online:2011-05-10 Published:2011-04-11
  • Contact: YANG Zhi E-mail:kmyangz@hotmail.com
  • Supported by:

    云南省自然科学基金(批准号: 2007B201M)资助.

Abstract: NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films were prepared on porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template surface via a hydrothermal process and the effects of some processing variables such as preparing method, the amount of NaGdF4:Eu3+, annealing temperature, were investigated. The crystal structure, morphology and luminescent properties of the as-prepared NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films were characterized by X–ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. XRD results show that the phase transition of NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films from the hexagonal phase to the cubic phase occurs at about 500℃ in air. SEM images indicate that the preparing method influences obviously the morphology of NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films, NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films with the rectangle morphology were prepared by a two-step hydrothermal process, and however the one-step hydrothermal process was employed to prepare NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films without any special morphology. The amount of NaGdF4:Eu3+ in the solution and the annealing temperature do not obviously affect the morphology of NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films. PL results show that the characteristic emission of NaGdF4:Eu3+/AAO thin films with hexagonal or cubic NaGdF4 structure is Eu3+ 5D0→7F2 transition.

Key words: NaGdF4:Eu3+, Thin film, AAO template, Phase transition, Luminescence

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