Surfactant-assisted synthesis of Tb(III)-doped cerium phosphate single-crystalline nanorods with enhanced green emission

  • Wenbo Bu
  • , Hangrong Chen
  • , Zile Hua
  • , Zhicheng Liu
  • , Weimin Huang
  • , Lingxia Zhang
  • , Jianlin Shi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Strong green emission has been obtained for Tb(III)-doped cerium phosphate single-crystalline nanorods synthesized via a facile, Pluronic P123 (EO 20PO70EO20 Mav=5800, Aldrich)-assisted, hydrothermal method. The surfactant Pluronic P123 was found to play a crucial role in the enhanced photoluminescence emission as compared with the same material but synthesized without the surfactant. The smooth surface, well-defined facets, single crystalline feature, uniform morphologies, and especially very narrow size distributions (10-12nm) of the Tb(III)-doped cerium phosphate single-crystalline nanorods are considered to be responsible for the strong photoluminescence emission.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4307-4309
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume85
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

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