Synthesis and luminescent properties of CaTiO3: Pr3+ microfibers prepared by electrospinning method

Opt Express. 2010 Mar 29;18(7):7543-53. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.007543.

Abstract

One-dimensional Pr(3+)-doped CaTiO(3) microfibers were fabricated by a simple and cost-effective electronspinning process. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric and differential analysis (TG-DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), photoluminescence (PL), quantum efficiency (QE), and cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra as well as kinetic decays were used to characterize the samples. Under ultraviolet excitation and low-voltage electron beams (1-3 kV) excitation, the CaTiO(3):x Pr(3+) samples show the red emission at 612 nm, corresponding to (1)D(2)-(3)H(4) transition of Pr(3+). The luminescence intensity, quantum efficiency, and the lifetime have been studied as a function of the doping concentration of Pr(3+) in the CaTiO(3) samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Calcium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry / methods
  • Electron Probe Microanalysis / methods
  • Kinetics
  • Luminescence
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / methods
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Praseodymium / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / methods
  • Temperature
  • Thermogravimetry / methods
  • Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Calcium Compounds
  • Oxides
  • perovskite
  • Titanium
  • Praseodymium