Volume 36, Issue 1 pp. 282-286
Article

Fine-Tuning the Emission Color of a Transparent Suspension of SrMoO4:Eu3+,Tb3+ Nanophosphors

Young-Sik Cho

Young-Sik Cho

Department of Chemistry, Center for Photofunctional Energy Materials, Dankook University, Gyeonggi-Do, 448-701 Korea

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Young-Duk Huh

Corresponding Author

Young-Duk Huh

Department of Chemistry, Center for Photofunctional Energy Materials, Dankook University, Gyeonggi-Do, 448-701 Korea

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First published: 05 January 2015
Citations: 7

Abstract

The emission colors of transparent suspensions of SrMoO4 :Eu3+,Tb3+ nanophosphors in hexane could be finely tuned for use in multicolor transparent displays. The emission color in the green–red spectral region was tuned by changing the concentrations of the Eu3+ and Tb3+ activator ions. SrMoO4 :Eu3+,Tb3+ nanophosphors with diameters of 5 nm were synthesized via solvothermal reactions in a hexane–water bilayer system consisting of Sr-oleate, Eu-oleate, and Tb-oleate complexes in hexane and an aqueous (NH4 )6 Mo7O24 solution. A simple phase-transfer method was used to prepare the Sr-oleate, Eu-oleate, and Tb-oleate complexes in hexane from aqueous Sr(NO3 )2, Eu(NO3 )3, and Tb(NO3 )3 solutions with the assistance of sodium oleate, oleic acid, and oleylamine.

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