Issue 36, 2015

Tunable luminescent Eu2+-doped dicalcium silicate polymorphs regulated by crystal engineering

Abstract

In this work, tunable luminescence of dicalcium silicate doped with Eu2+ ions is demonstrated based on crystal engineering. Five types of dicalcium silicate polymorphs (γ-, β-, αL′-, αH′-, α-Ca2SiO4) are synthesized by incorporating a crystal-phase stabilizer (CPS), in order to afford variable accommodation frameworks for the Eu2+ activator. Tunable luminescence is observed as the polymorph transforms from one crystal form into another. In addition, the luminescence of Eu2+ in peculiar crystal-phase Ca2SiO4 hosts is further customized by crystal-site engineering, which regulates the coordination environment of Eu2+ in multiple types of Ca2+ sites. The luminescence properties of our Eu2+-doped dicalcium silicate polymorphs show promising prospects for LED lighting applications.

Graphical abstract: Tunable luminescent Eu2+-doped dicalcium silicate polymorphs regulated by crystal engineering

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jul 2015
Accepted
19 Aug 2015
First published
19 Aug 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 9454-9460

Tunable luminescent Eu2+-doped dicalcium silicate polymorphs regulated by crystal engineering

Z. Mao, Z. Lu, J. Chen, B. D. Fahlman and D. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 9454 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC02049B

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