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Huge enhancement of upconversion photoluminescence in In3+ doped Ba0.85−xCa0.15TiO3:0.75%Er3+/xIn3+ lead-free ferroelectric ceramics

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Enhanced green and red upconversion emissions under 980 nm excitation are observed in Ba0.85−xCa0.15TiO3:0.75%Er3+/xIn3+ lead-free ferroelectric ceramics which were synthesized by solid state reaction method. With increasing In3+ ions doping level from x = 0% mol the green and red emission intensities increase and reach the maximum at x = 1.75% mol. The maximum intensity of green emission at 550 nm is 20 times larger than In3+ ions undoped samples, which is unprecedented for Er3+-doped perovskite ferroelectric materials. Based on the ultraviolet-visible-near infrared absorption spectra, the enhancement of the luminescence intensity of the A-site In3+ doped Ba0.85−xCa0.15TiO3:0.75%Er/xIn ceramics is attributed to In3+-doping-induced relative increase in isolate Er3+ and decrease in the clustered-Er3+. The effects of In3+ doping on the crystal structure, dielectric, ferroelectric, piezoelectric properties of the ceramics were also studied and discussed.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51572278).

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    Ting-Wei Chen & Ren-Kui Zheng

  2. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 200050, China

    Ting-Wei Chen, Zhi-Xue Xu, Meng Xu, Fang-Yuan Fan, Jian-Min Yan, Lei Guo & Ren-Kui Zheng

  3. Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China

    Yuan-Yuan Zhang & Lai-Hui Luo

  4. School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China

    Lei Guo

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Chen, TW., Xu, ZX., Zhang, YY. et al. Huge enhancement of upconversion photoluminescence in In3+ doped Ba0.85−xCa0.15TiO3:0.75%Er3+/xIn3+ lead-free ferroelectric ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 4455–4461 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-00734-1

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