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Significant Increment of Photoluminescence Quantum Yield by Efficiently Prohibiting Fluorescence Quenching in Erbium(III) Organic Complexes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Yigang Li ,
Hong Yang ,
Zian He ,
Liying Liu ,
Wencheng Wang ,
Fuyou Li  and
Lei Xu
Yigang Li
Affiliation:
The State Key Laboratory for Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Hong Yang
Affiliation:
The Institute for Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Zian He
Affiliation:
The State Key Laboratory for Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Liying Liu
Affiliation:
The State Key Laboratory for Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Wencheng Wang
Affiliation:
The State Key Laboratory for Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Fuyou Li
Affiliation:
The Institute for Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Lei Xu
Affiliation:
The State Key Laboratory for Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract

A systematic investigation and comparison of the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields of six erbium(III) organic complexes are reported. We demonstrated that the PL quantum yield could be significantly improved by getting rid of OH and CH groups in the complexes. Moreover, perfluooctanoic acid with neither OH nor CH groups was used as a ligand to form complex with Er3+. The quantum yield of the newly synthesized erbium(III) complex was found to be as high as 2%, 100 times higher than ever reported.

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LaserOptical propertiesPolymer
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 2005 , pp. 2940 - 2946
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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