Prediction of Thermal-Coupled Thermometric Performance of Er3

J Phys Chem Lett. 2019 Oct 3;10(19):5786-5790. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02343. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Abstract

Predicting the thermometric performance of diverse materials will facilitate the selection and design of nanothermometers to suit complex environments and specific signal outputs while saving much time and expense. Herein we explore and unveil the thermal-coupled thermometric performance of Er3+/Yb3+ codoped in a set of host lattices via the chemical bond theory of complex crystals. The unknown B and ΔE values of the thermometry are accurately estimated by the chemical bond parameters, further deepening our cognition of the correlation between the luminescence properties of Er3+ ions and the microscopic crystal structure. This allows us to precisely forecast the thermal-coupled thermometric performance of Er3+ for varying host lattices in advance.