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Photoluminescence of rare-earth ion (Eu3+, Tm3+, and Er3+)-doped and co-doped ZnNb2O6 for solar cells |
Gao Sen-Pei (高森沛)a b, Qian Yan-Nan (钱艳楠)c, Wang Biao (王彪)a b |
a State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
b School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
c School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510275, China |
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Abstract Visible converted emissions produced at an excitation of 286 nm in ZnNb2O6 ceramics doped with rare-earth ions (RE = Eu3+, Tm3+, Er3+ or a combination of these ions) were investigated with the aim of increasing the photovoltaic efficiency of solar cells. The structure of RE:ZnNb2O6 ceramics was confirmed by x-ray diffraction patterns. The undoped ZnNb2O6 could emit a blue emission under 286-nm excitation, which is attributed to the self-trapped excitons' recombination of the efficient luminescence centers of edge-shared NbO6 groups. Upon 286-nm excitation, Eu:ZnNb2O6, Tm:ZnNb2O6, and Er:ZnNb2O6 ceramics showed blue, green, and red emissions, which correspond to the transitions of 5D0→7FJ (J = 1-4) (Eu3+), 1G4 → 3H6 (Tm3+), and 2H11/2/4S3/2 → 4I15/2 (Er3+), respectively. The calculated CIE chromaticity coordinates of Eu:ZnNb2O6, Tm:ZnNb2O6, and Er:ZnNb2O6 are (0.50, 0.31), (0.14, 0.19), and (0.29, 0.56), respectively. RE ionco- doped ZnNb2O6 showed a combination of characteristic emissions. The chromaticity coordinates of Eu/Tm:ZnNb2O6, Eu/Er:ZnNb2O6, and Tm/Er:ZnNb2O6 were calculated to be (0.29, 0.24), (0.45, 0.37), and (0.17, 0.25).
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Received: 21 January 2015
Revised: 17 March 2015
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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78.55.-m
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(Photoluminescence, properties and materials)
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81.05.Je
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(Ceramics and refractories (including borides, carbides, hydrides, nitrides, oxides, and silicides))
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42.70.-a
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(Optical materials)
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10572155 and 10732100) and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. 20130171130003). |
Corresponding Authors:
Wang Biao
E-mail: wangbiao@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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Gao Sen-Pei (高森沛), Qian Yan-Nan (钱艳楠), Wang Biao (王彪) Photoluminescence of rare-earth ion (Eu3+, Tm3+, and Er3+)-doped and co-doped ZnNb2O6 for solar cells 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 087803
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