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In this paper, YVO4:Bi3+, Eu3+ phosphors have been synthesized by high-temperature solid-state method. The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, photoluminescence spectra, luminescence lifetime, and GSAS structure refinement. The excitation spectrum of YVO4:Bi3+, Eu3+ monitoring at 622 nm was a broad band with major peak located at 280 nm. It contained the charge transfer from 2p orbit of O2− to 4f orbit of Eu3+ (257 nm) and the absorbing from energy level transition of Bi3+ (1S0→3P1, 346 nm) and VO4 3− (lA1→1T2, 286 nm and lA1→1T1, 320 nm) through gauss fitting. Upon excitation at a wavelength of 280 nm, the major emission peak of YVO4:Bi3+, Eu3+ located at 622 nm (red) was attributed to the electric dipole transition 5D0→7F2 of Eu3+. The energy transfer mechanism of Bi3+→Eu3+ was also studied to be dipole–quadrupole mechanism of electric multipole interaction, and the critical distance between Eu3+ and Bi3+ was calculated by concentration quenching method. The emission color of YVO4:Bi3+, Eu3+ can be tuned by the energy transfer of ions and the concentration of activator. In a word, the material has a good application prospects in the field of light-emitting diode under ultraviolet excitation.
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This research was financially supported by the Scientific and Technologi cal Department of Jilin Province (Grant Nos. 20130522176JH and 20130102016JC), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51602027 and 61307118), and the Changchun Science and Technology Bureau (Grant No. 2013045).
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Author Liping Lu and Xiaoyun Mi have received research grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Xiaoyun Mi and Zhaohui Bai have received research grants from the Scientific and Technological Department of Jilin Province. Quansheng Liu is a member of the Changchun Science and Technology Bureau. The authors declare that we have no conflict of interest.
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Su, J., Mi, X., Sun, J. et al. Tunable luminescence and energy transfer properties in YVO4:Bi3+, Eu3+ phosphors. J Mater Sci 52, 782–792 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0375-9
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