A new role of Yb<sup>3+</sup>—an energy reservoir for lanthanide upconversion luminescence
Li Xu, Yu Liu, Ziwen Zhou, Xianhao Sun, Isam Ud Din, Fahim Khan, Yanzeng Li, Hanyang Li, Jing Ren, Joan J. Carvajal, Jianzhong Zhang, Lu Liu
Abstract
We proposed a novel energy cycling mechanism by introducing Yb<sup>3+</sup> as an energy reservoir to improve the Ln<sup>3+</sup> upconversion intensity. The key of the energy cycling mechanism is suppressing the energy dissipation and/or facilitating the ESA population.
Topics & Concepts
Photon upconversionLanthanideDissipationEnergy (signal processing)LuminescencePopulationMaterials scienceIonAtomic physicsOptoelectronicsPhysicsThermodynamicsSociologyDemographyQuantum mechanicsLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesPerovskite Materials and Applications