Supersensitive Ratiometric Thermometry and Manometry Based on Dual‐Emitting Centers in Eu<sup>2+</sup>/Sm<sup>2+</sup>‐Doped Strontium Tetraborate Phosphors
Teng Zheng, Małgorzata Sójka, Przemysław Woźny, Inocencio R. Martín, V. Lavı́n, Eugeniusz Zych, Stefan Lis, Peng Du, Laihui Luo, Marcin Runowski
Abstract
Abstract The concept of optical temperature sensing using band intensity ratio is considered as one of the most effective, self‐reference, non‐invasive, and rapid detection techniques for the local temperature in natural or engineered systems. In this work, for the first time a divalent lanthanide‐co‐doped dual‐center system, i.e., SrB 4 O 7 :Eu 2+ /Sm 2+ phosphors, working as a bifunctional ratiometric sensor of temperature and pressure is employed. With temperature alterations, the Eu 2+ /Sm 2+ luminescence intensity ratio and the emission lifetime of Sm 2+ are significantly changed, showing unprecedentedly high relative sensitivity of 45.6 and 3.17% K ‐1 , respectively. Moreover, in the pressure range from ≈10 to 40 GPa, the intensity ratio of the Eu 2+ /Sm 2+ emissions shows strong pressure dependence and can be utilized for pressure monitoring, with high pressure relative sensitivity of ≈13.8% GPa ‐1 . The superior performance indicates that the developed dual‐center Eu 2+ /Sm 2+ ‐co‐doped SrB 4 O 7 phosphors are promising candidates for supersensitive optical sensing applications. The findings open a new approach of designing optical temperature and pressure sensors.