Thermoanalysis and Emission Properties of Eu3+/Eu2+ in Eu3+-Doped Xerogels
Thermoanalysis and Emission Properties of Eu3+/Eu2+ in Eu3+-Doped Xerogels
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DOI:
10.1021/jp991873m
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
M. Zaitoun;D. M. Goken;L. Bailey;A. T. Kim;C. T. Lin
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作者:
M. Zaitoun;D. M. Goken;L. Bailey;A. T. Kim;C. T. Lin
A series of Eu3+-doped silica sol−gels are prepared under various conditions: (1) pH values of the sols are controlled at 3.0, 5.5, and 7.5; (2) the counterions of dopants are selected from acetate, chloride, and nitrate of europium (III) compounds; (3) two chelating agents, namely ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and ethylenediaminetriacetic (HEDTA) are used for complexing the europium (III) dopants; (4) a sol−gel matrix containing low O−H functionality is synthesized by using deuterated solvents (D2O and C2D5OD) and under an extremely dry N2 environment; and (5) a mixture of 1% of aluminum or antimony alkoxide and 99% of silicon alkoxide is adopted as precursors. The conditions that these differences have on the network structures of a gel matrix are examined in order to determine the optimal conditions for the creation of structural defects in an SiO2 network, generation of electron−hole centers and utilization of them to reduce Eu3+ to Eu2+ during the sol−gel processing. Both differential scann...