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Confinement and antenna effect for ultrasmall Y2O3:Eu3+ nanocrystals supported by MOF with enhanced near-UV light absorption thereby enhanced luminescence and excellently multifunctional applications

Hongyi Xu1, Wenjing Yu1, Kai Pan1, Guofeng Wang1 ( ), Peifen Zhu2( )
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
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A novel host-guest luminous system with enhanced near-UV light absorption thereby enhanced luminescence are designed based on the synergism of quantum confinement, spatial confinement, and antenna effect, where ultrasmall Y2O3:Eu3+ nanocrystals are fixed inside MOF (Eu/Y-BTC) as supporting structure. The Eu/Y-BTC not only limits the size and leads to lattice distortion of Y2O3:Eu3+ nanocrystals and controls the distance between nanocrystals, but also promotes the light absorption and emission. The significantly red-shifted and broadened charge transfer band of Y2O3:Eu3+/(Eu/Y-BTC) leads to the excellent applications of Y2O3:Eu3+ in white light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Our results show that white light with superior color quality (CRI>90) and extremely high luminous efficacy (an LER of 335 lm/W) could be achieved using Y2O3:Eu3+/(Eu/Y-BTC) as red phosphor. The Y2O3:Eu3+/ (Eu/Y-BTC) also improves the photoelectric performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), not only because Y2O3:Eu3+/(Eu/Y-BTC) has a large specific surface area and the adsorption amount of the dye is increased, but also because the valence band position of Y2O3:Eu3+/(Eu/Y-BTC) is 2.41 eV, which can provide an additional energy level between the TiO2 and dye, promoting electron transfer. For these advantageous features, the multifunctional Y2O3:Eu3+/(Eu/Y-BTC) composite product will open new avenues in white LEDs and DSSCs.

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confinement effectantenna effectenhanced luminescenceultrasmall Y2O3:Eu3+ nanocrystalsMOFsmultifunctional applications

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 3,
March 2021
Pages 720-729
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3104-2
Cite this article:
Xu H, Yu W, Pan K, et al. Confinement and antenna effect for ultrasmall Y2O3:Eu3+ nanocrystals supported by MOF with enhanced near-UV light absorption thereby enhanced luminescence and excellently multifunctional applications. Nano Research, 2021, 14(3): 720-729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3104-2
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Charge transferLightLight absoptionLight emitting diodes LuminescenceNanocrystalsOxide mineralsSensitized solar cellsTitanium Dioxide

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Received: 09 August 2020
Revised: 07 September 2020
Accepted: 08 September 2020
Published: 01 March 2021
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