Utilization of visible to NIR light energy by Yb+ 3, Er+ 3 and Tm+ 3 doped BiVO4 for the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

C Regmi, YK Kshetri, SK Ray, RP Pandey… - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Lanthanide-doped BiVO 4 semiconductors with efficient photocatalytic activities over a
broad range of the solar light spectrum have been synthesized by the microwave …

Tuning the Bi 3+-photoemission color over the entire visible region by manipulating secondary cations modulation in the ScV x P 1− x O 4: Bi 3+(0≤ x≤ 1) solid …

F Kang, G Sun, P Boutinaud, F Gao, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Unlike rare earth (RE)(eg, Eu2+) and non-RE (eg, Mn2+) doped tunable solid solutions that
frequently suffer from the visible re-absorption issue, the Bi3+ ion features the remarkable …

Er3+, Yb3+ do** induced core–shell structured BiVO4 and near-infrared photocatalytic properties

L Shan, Y Liu - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2016 - Elsevier
It is commonly considered that the upconversion (UC) photocatalytic material is prepared by
at least two steps which the first step is the synthesis of up-conversion fluorescent material …

Down-shifting and upconversion photoluminescence in Ho 3+/Yb 3+ codoped GdNbO 4: effect of the Bi 3+ ion and the magnetic field

A Dwivedi, AK Singh, SB Rai - Dalton Transactions, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A green emitting Gd (0.95− x) HoxYb0. 05NbO4 phosphor (x= 0.001, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03
and 0.035) has been synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. The phosphor samples …

Near-infrared photocatalysts of BiVO 4/CaF 2: Er 3+, Tm 3+, Yb 3+ with enhanced upconversion properties

S Huang, N Zhu, Z Lou, L Gu, C Miao, H Yuan, A Shan - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Upconversion photocatalysts have the potential to absorb the near-infrared (NIR) light in
solar energy and improve the photocatalytic performance. A hierarchical upconversion …

Pure near-infrared to near-infrared upconversion of multifunctional Tm 3+ and Yb 3+ co-doped NaGd (WO 4) 2 nanoparticles

Z Wang, Y Li, Q Jiang, H Zeng, Z Ci… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, Tm3+ and Yb3+ co-doped NaGd (WO4) 2 nanoparticles were synthesized via
surfactant-assisted hydrothermal reactions. The structural analysis indicates that Tm3+ and …

Synthesis and luminescent properties of GdNbO4: Bi3+ phosphors via high temperature high pressure

M Yang, X Liu, T Hou, L Du, Q Wang, B Chang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work reports the high-pressure and high-temperature (HP-HT) synthesis of pure
monoclinic phase of GdNbO 4: Bi 3+ phosphors. X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning …

Energy transfer from Bi 3+ to Ho 3+ triggers brilliant single green light emission in LaNbTiO 6: Ho 3+, Bi 3+ phosphors

X Zhang, G Zhou, J Zhou, H Zhou, P Kong, Z Yu… - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Excitation of Ho3+ and Bi3+ co-doped LaNbTiO6 particles with 453 nm blue light gave an
intense single green glow. All the phosphors were synthesized via a facile sol–gel and …

Enhanced upconversion emission in Er3+: BaWO4 through Gd3+ incorporation and optical thermometry

Y Zhang, K Wang, M Liu, G Bai, X Jian, H Liu - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a series of Er 3+/Gd 3+ co-doped BaWO 4 phosphors have been synthesized
through solid state reaction method. The corresponding upconversion (UC) luminescence …

Strong Single‐Band Blue Emission from Colloidal Ce3+/Tm3+‐Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals for Light‐Emitting Applications

VNKB Adusumalli, S Sarkar, V Mahalingam - chemphyschem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
An intense single‐band blue emission at λ= 450 nm is observed from Tm3+ ions through
Ce3+ sensitization, for the first time, in colloidal Ce3+/Tm3+‐doped NaYF4 nanocrystals …