Strong red emission of pure Y2O3 nanoparticles from oxygen related defects

Hui Huang; Xuhui Sun; Suidong Wang; Yang Liu; Xiaorui Li; Jinglin Liu; Zhenhui Kang; Shuit-Tong Lee

doi:10.1039/c1dt11553g

Strong red emission of pure Y2O3 nanoparticles from oxygen related defects

Dalton Trans. 2011 Nov 21;40(43):11362-6. doi: 10.1039/c1dt11553g. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

Authors

Hui Huang¹, Xuhui Sun, Suidong Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaorui Li, Jinglin Liu, Zhenhui Kang, Shuit-Tong Lee

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

PMID: 21952196
DOI: 10.1039/c1dt11553g

Abstract

Y(2)O(3) nanoparticles with strong red luminescence (quantum yield about 25%) was synthesized via simple hydroxylation of yttrium nitrate using hexamethylenetetramine as an additive; the red luminescence is emitted from oxygen-related defects of pure Y(2)O(3) nanoparticles, and is tunable by altering the additive.