Luminescent material and preparation method thereof
11203714 · 2021-12-21
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Abstract
The present application relates to a luminescent material and a preparation method thereof. The luminescent material having a chemical formula of M.sub.1-x-y-zNbO.sub.3:xPr,yEr, where M is alkali metal element, 0.001≤x≤0.05, 0.001≤y≤0.1, and −0.05≤z≤0.05. The luminescent material is a dual-lifetime (fluorescence and long-lasting luminescence) and colorful (red, orange, yellow, yellow green and green) renewable luminescent material that respond to multiple stimulation (heat, force and light), and has a characteristic of multidimensional identifiability such as excitation mode, luminescence lifetime and luminescence color.
Claims
1. A luminescent material having a chemical formula of M.sub.1-x-y-zNbO.sub.3:xPr,yEr, where M is one or two of alkali metal elements Li and Na, and 0.001≤x≤0.05, 0.001≤y≤0.1 and −0.05≤z≤0.05, wherein: emission lights of the luminescent material exhibit two kinds of lifetimes: fluorescence and long-lasting luminescence; the fluorescence disappears immediately once excitation is stopped, while the long-lasting luminescence will be lasting after the excitation is stopped; the luminescent material has long-lasting luminescence characteristic at room temperature; the long-lasting luminescence disappears by cooling, and reappears when the temperature rises again; the luminescent material is capable of emitting mechanoluminescence under mechanical stimulation, and an intensity of the mechanoluminescence is directly proportional to an intensity of applied stress; emission light of the luminescent material is color-tunable luminescence among red, orange, yellow, yellow green and green; under temperature stimulation and mechanical stimulation, the luminescence is red and has a wavelength of 580 nm to 650 nm; under irradiation of near-infrared light having a wavelength of 980 nm, the luminescence is green and has a wavelength of 520 nm to 570 nm; under irradiation of ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 360 nm to 379 nm, the luminescence has a continuously tunable color in red-orange-yellow-yellow green-green according to selectivity of irradiation wavelength; and a tunable wavelength of the luminescence ranges from 520 nm to 650 nm.
2. The luminescent material of claim 1, wherein, 0.003≤x≤0.03, 0.003≤y≤0.08, and −0.05≤z≤0.03.
3. The luminescent material of claim 1, wherein, the long-lasing luminescence of the luminescent material is capable of being repeatedly excited by irradiation of light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 500 nm.
4. A preparation method for the luminescent material of claim 1, wherein, the luminescent material is prepared by a solid phase synthesis method in an air environment and the preparation method comprises the following steps: a) separately weighing an alkali metal raw material, an Nb raw material, a Pr raw material and an Er raw material in a stoichiometric ratio of elements, adding deionized water or absolute ethyl alcohol, fully grinding and drying to obtain mixed powder; b) pre-sintering the mixed powder in the air, and cooling to obtain a cooled product; c) grinding and uniformly mixing the cooled product, and calcining the cooled product in the air to obtain a calcined product; and d) cooling the calcined product and grinding into powder to obtain the luminescent material.
5. The preparation method of claim 4, wherein, the alkaline metal raw material comprises one of or a combination of two or more of carbonates, oxides, sulfides, halides and peroxides of alkaline metal elements; the Nb raw material comprises one or two of oxides and chlorides of Nb; the Pr raw material comprises one of or a combination of two or more of oxides, nitrates and carbonates of Pr; and, the Er raw material comprises one of or a combination of two or more of oxides, nitrates and carbonates of Er.
6. The preparation method of claim 4, wherein, in the step b), a temperature for the pre-sintering is 700° C. to 950° C., and a time for the pre-sintering is 3 to 6 hours.
7. The preparation method of claim 4, wherein, in the step c), a temperature for the calcining is 950° C. to 1400° C., and a time for the calcining is 3 to 8 hours.
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(15) The present application will be described below in detail by particular embodiments with references to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the method steps mentioned in the present application do not exclude other method steps before and after the combination of steps, or other method steps can be inserted before the steps explicitly mentioned. It should also be understood that the embodiments are merely for describing the present application, rather than limiting the scope of the present application. Moreover, unless otherwise indicated, the serial numbers of the method steps are merely a convenient tool for identifying the method steps, and not intended to limit the order of the method steps or limit the implementable scope of the present application. Alterations or adjustments to the relative relationship between the method steps shall fall into the implementable scope of the present application without substantial alterations in the technical content.
(16) An embodiment of the present application provides a luminescent material having a chemical formula of M.sub.1-x-y-zNbO.sub.3:xPr,yEr, where M is one of or a combination of two or more of alkali metal elements Li, Na and K, 0.001≤x≤0.05, 0.001≤y≤0.1, and −0.05≤z≤0.05.
(17) The luminescent material can make luminescence response to multiple stimulation such as temperature, force and light, where the temperature refers to the stimulation of room temperature, cooling or heating. The force refers to any mechanical action, such as pulling, pressing, rubbing, etc. The light refers to ultraviolet light, visible light or near-infrared light. Moreover, the luminescent material can emit various lights of different colors and properties under different stimulation. That is to say, the luminescent material has multidimensional identifiability.
(18) The multidimensional identifiable luminescent material provided by this embodiment of the present application is realized by doping lanthanides Pr and Er into the inorganic main material M.sub.1-x-y-zNbO.sub.3. On one hand, ions Pr.sup.3+ and Er.sup.3+ can emit lights of different colors and properties during energy level transition. The luminescent material, after subjected to light irradiation, will emit red light with long afterglow characteristic through the ions Pr.sup.3+; and brightness of the emitted red light with the long afterglow characteristic will be enhanced after the luminescent material is subjected to external temperature and mechanical stimulation. The ions Er.sup.3+ will emit green light under the near-infrared irradiation so as to realize the upconversion luminescence characteristic. The ions Pr.sup.3+ and Er.sup.3+ have the photoluminescence characteristic under the ultraviolet irradiation, and multi-color variable luminescent can be realized by adjusting the irradiation wavelength. On the other hand, the inorganic main material M.sub.1-x-y-zNbO.sub.3 serving as a host has stable physicochemical properties and excellent environmental (including light, temperature and mechanical) tolerance, and the microscopic atomic structure of the inorganic main material M.sub.1-x-y-zNbO.sub.3 can interact with lanthanide atoms to generate a complex light emission mode, so as to realize multidimensional identifiable luminescence.
(19) Emission light of the luminescent material exhibits two kinds of lifetimes, i.e., fluorescence and long-lasting luminescence. The fluorescence disappears immediately once excitation is stopped, while the long-lasting luminescence will be lasting for a period of time after the excitation is stopped. The luminescence of the two kinds of lifetimes can be identified by naked eyes.
(20) The long-lasing luminescence of the luminescent material is capable of being repeatedly excited by irradiation of light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 500 nm. The wavelength range indicates that the luminescent material can not only be excited by ultraviolet light (e.g., 365 nm), but also be excited by blue light (400 nm to 450 nm).
(21) The luminescent material has the long-lasting luminescence characteristic at room temperature (20° C. to 25° C.). The long-lasting luminescence can disappear by cooling, and when the temperature rises, the long-lasting emission reappears until it disappears again. Specifically, at room temperature (20° C. to 25° C.), the luminescent material has the long-lasting luminescence characteristic that can be identified by naked eyes. When the temperature is cooled to 0° C., the intensity of the long-lasting luminescence is low since the energy is insufficient to maintain transition of a large amount of electrons, so that the long-lasting luminescence cannot be identified by naked eyes. However, when the energy can satisfy the transition of a large amount of electrons after the temperature rises, the intensity of the long-lasting luminescence is increased, and the long-lasting luminescence can be identified by naked eyes again. When the temperature exceeds 200° C., almost all of electrons in the traps are released, and the long-lasting luminescence disappears.
(22) After the luminescent material is irradiated by light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 500 nm, the luminescent material can emit mechanoluminescence under the mechanical stimulation. Within limit of elastic deformation of the luminescent material, an intensity of the mechanoluminescence is directly proportional to an intensity of applied stress. Moreover, the mechanoluminescence has light irradiation reproducibility, that is, the mechanoluminescence reappears after light irradiation and decays over time.
(23) The emission light of the luminescent material is color-tunable luminescence among red, orange, yellow, yellow green and green. Specifically, under temperature stimulation and mechanical stimulation, due to the contribution of ions Pr.sup.3+, the luminescence is red and has a wavelength of 580 nm to 650 nm; under irradiation of near-infrared light having a wavelength of 980 nm, due to the contribution of ions Er.sup.3+, the luminescence is green and has a wavelength of 520 nm to 570 nm; and, under irradiation of ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 360 nm to 379 nm, due to the combined action of ions Pr.sup.3+ and Er.sup.3+, the ultraviolet light having a shorter wavelength more effectively excites the ions Pr.sup.3+ to emit light, and the ultraviolet light having a longer wavelength more effectively excites the ions Er.sup.3+ to emit light. Therefore, luminescence color has different emission ratios of green light (having a peak of 530 nm and a peak of 550 nm, within a range of 520 nm to 570 nm) to red light (having a center of 612 nm, within a range of 580 nm to 650 nm) within the wavelength range of 520 nm to 650 nm according to the selectivity of the irradiation wavelength, so that a continuously tunable color in red-orange-yellow-yellow green-green is obtained.
(24) As a preferred implementation, 0.003≤x≤0.03, 0.003≤y≤0.08, and −0.05≤z≤0.03. The luminescent material within this range has multidimensional luminescence intensity that can be clearly identified by naked eyes.
(25) Further, in this embodiment of the present application, it is verified by tests that the multidimensional luminescence performances of the luminescent material are relatively balanced when x=0.003, y=0.003 and z=0. That is, most preferably, the chemical formula of the luminescent material is M.sub.0.94NbO.sub.3:0.003Pr,0.003Er.
(26) In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provided a preparation method for the above mentioned luminescent material, which uses a solid phase synthesis method in an air environment and comprises the following steps:
(27) a) separately weighing an alkali metal raw material, an Nb raw material, a Pr raw material and an Er raw material in a stoichiometric ratio of elements, adding deionized water or absolute ethyl alcohol, fully grinding and drying to obtain mixed powder;
(28) b) pre-sintering the mixed powder in the air, and cooling to obtain a cooled product;
(29) c) grinding and uniformly mixing the cooled product, and calcining the cooled product in the air to obtain a calcined product; and
(30) d) cooling the calcined product and grinding into powder to obtain the luminescent material.
(31) As a preferred implementation, the alkaline metal raw material comprises one of or a combination of two or more of carbonates, oxides, sulfides, halides and peroxides of alkaline metal elements, where the alkaline metal element specifically refers to any one of or a combination of two or more of Li, Na and K; the Nb raw material comprises one or two of oxides and chlorides of Nb; the Pr raw material comprises one of or a combination of two or more of oxides, nitrates and carbonates of Pr; and, the Er raw material comprises one of or a combination of two or more of oxides, nitrates and carbonates of Er.
(32) As a preferred implementation, in the step b), a temperature for the pre-sintering is 700° C. to 950° C., and a time for the pre-sintering is 3 to 6 hours. The temperature and the time for the pre-sintering can be rationally selected from the ranges. For example, the temperature for the pre-sintering may also be 750° C., 800° C., 850° C., 900° C., etc., and the time for the pre-sintering may also be 3.5 h, 4 h, 4.5 h, 5 h, 5.5 h, etc.
(33) As a preferred implementation, in the step c), a temperature for the calcining is 950° C. to 1400° C., and a time for the calcining is 3 to 8 hours. The temperature and the time for the calcining can be rationally selected from the ranges. For example, the temperature for the calcining may also be 1000° C., 1100° C., 1200° C., 1250° C., 1300° C., 1350° C., etc., and the time for the calcining may also be 4 h, 5 h, 6 h, 7 h, etc.
(34) To more clearly describe the luminescent material provided by the embodiments of the present invention in detail, the following description will be given in conjunction with the specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
(35) The samples in embodiments 1 to 8 of the present invention are prepared by the high-temperature solid phase synthesis method described above, and the specific material components, characteristic values and the parameter values in the preparation method are shown in Table 1 below.
(36) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Material components, characteristic values and parameter values in the preparation method of the samples in Embodiments 1 to 8 Pre-sintering Calcining temperature temperature Values of Pre-sintering Calcining Embodiment Material component x, y and z Raw material (g) time time 1 Na.sub.0.994NbO.sub.3:0.003Pr, 0.003Er x = 0.003 Na.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 10.5365 900° C. 1300° C. y = 0.003 Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 = 26.5837 4 h 7 h z = 0 Pr.sub.6O.sub.11 = 0.1022 Er.sub.2O.sub.3 = 0.1148 2 Li.sub.0.985NbO.sub.3:0.006Pr, 0.009Er x = 0.006 Li.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 7.279 950° C. 1400° C. y = 0.009 NbCl.sub.5 = 54.0394 3 h 5 h z = 0 PrH.sub.12N.sub.3O.sub.15 = 0.5221 Er.sub.2O.sub.3 = 0.3443 3 K.sub.0.978NbO.sub.3:0.001Pr, 0.001Er x = 0.001 K.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 13.7947 700° C. 1250° C. y = 0.001 Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 = 26.5837 6 h 6 h z = 0.02 Pr.sub.2H.sub.16C.sub.3O.sub.17 = 0.0606 ErH.sub.12N.sub.3O.sub.15 = 0.0923 4 Na.sub.0.71K.sub.0.2NbO.sub.3:0.01Pr, 0.06Er x = 0.01 NaCl = 8.2993 800° C. 1200° C. y = 0.06 KCl = 2.9823 5 h 4 h z = 0.02 Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 = 26.5837 Pr.sub.6O.sub.11 = 0.3405 Er.sub.2(CO.sub.3).sub.3 = 3.0876 5 Na.sub.0.5Li.sub.0.4NbO.sub.3:0.05Pr, 0.1Er x = 0.05 Na.sub.2O.sub.2 = 3.8994 750° C. 1100° C. y = 0.1 LiCl = 3.3915 5 h 3 h z = −0.05 NbCl.sub.5 = 54.0394 Pr.sub.6O.sub.11 = 1.7026 Er.sub.2O.sub.3 = 3.8256 6 Li.sub.0.45K.sub.0.5NbO.sub.3:0.01Pr, 0.05Er x = 0.01 Li.sub.2O = 1.3459 850° C. 1050° C. y = 0.05 K.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 6.9112 3.5 h 5 h z = −0.01 Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 = 26.5837 Pr.sub.6O.sub.11 = 0.3405 Er.sub.2O.sub.3 = 1.9128 7 Li.sub.0.2Na.sub.0.54K.sub.0.1NbO.sub.3:0.03Pr, 0.08Er x = 0.03 Na.sub.2S = 4.2146 700° C. 950° C. y = 0.08 Li.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 1.4779 4 h 5 h z = 0.05 K.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 1.3822 Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 = 26.5837 Pr.sub.6O.sub.11 = 1.0215 Er.sub.2O.sub.3 = 3.0605 8 Li.sub.0.41Na.sub.0.3K.sub.0.2NbO.sub.3:0.02Pr, 0.04Er x = 0.02 Na.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 3.1800 900° C. 1100° C. y = 0.04 Li.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 3.0298 3 h 3 h z = 0.03 K.sub.2CO.sub.3 = 2.7645 Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 = 26.5837 Pr.sub.6O.sub.11 = 0.6810 Er.sub.2O.sub.3 = 1.5302
(37) The colors of the long-lasing luminescence, mechanoluminescence (including compression luminescence and frictional luminescence), upconversion luminescence and photoluminescence of the luminescent materials prepared in Embodiments 1 to 8 of the present application are shown in Table 2 below.
(38) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Multidimensional luminescence characteristic table of the samples in Embodiments 1 to 8 Mechanoluminescence Upconversion Photoluminescence Long-lasting Compression Frictional luminescence λ.sub.ex = λ.sub.ex = Embodiment luminescence luminescence luminescence λ.sub.ex = 980 nm 373 nm 374 nm λ.sub.ex = 375 nm λ.sub.ex = 376 nm λ.sub.ex = 377 nm 1 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 2 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 3 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 4 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 5 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 6 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 7 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green 8 Red Red Red Green Red Orange Yellow Yellow Green green
(39) The samples prepared in the embodiments 1 to 8 are white in appearance, and the results of the X-ray powder diffraction test show that the diffraction peaks of the materials have no impurity phase and the materials are all pure-phase materials.
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(52) The foregoing description merely shows the illustrative embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application in any form and in essence. It is to be pointed out that various improvements and supplements made by a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the method of the present application shall fall into the protection scope of the present application. Equivalent variations of some alterations, modifications and evolutions made to the disclosed technical content by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application are equivalent embodiments of the present application. Meanwhile, all alterations, modifications and evolutions made to the foregoing embodiments in accordance with the essential techniques of the present application shall still fall into the scope of the technical solutions of the present application.