Multi-responsive Deep-ultraviolet Emission in Praseodymium-doped Phosphors for Microbial Sterilization
Overview
Affiliations
Perusing multimode luminescent materials capable of being activated by diverse excitation sources and realizing multi-responsive emission in a single system remains a challenge. Herein, we utilize a heterovalent substituting strategy to realize multimode deep-ultraviolet (UV) emission in the defect-rich host LiCaGeO (LCGO). Specifically, the Pr substitution in LCGO is beneficial to activating defect site reconstruction including the generation of cation defects and the decrease of oxygen vacancies. Regulation of different traps in LCGO:Pr presents persistent luminescence and photo-stimulated luminescence in a synergetic fashion. Moreover, the up-conversion luminescence appears with the aid of the 4 discrete energy levels of Pr ions, wherein incident visible light is partially converted into germicidal deep-UV radiation. The multi-responsive character enables LCGO:Pr to response to convenient light sources including X-ray tube, standard UV lamps, blue and near-infrared lasers. Thus, a dual-mode optical conversion strategy for inactivating bacteria is fabricated, and this multi-responsive deep-UV emitter offers new insights into developing UV light sources for sterilization applications. Heterovalent substituting in trap-mediated host lattice also provides a methodological basis for the construction of multi-mode luminescent materials.
Shortwave Ultraviolet Persistent Luminescence of SrMgSiO: Pr.
Antuzevics A, Doke G, Krieke G, Rodionovs P, Nilova D, Cirulis J Materials (Basel). 2023; 16(5).
PMID: 36902892 PMC: 10003772. DOI: 10.3390/ma16051776.
UV-A,B,C Emitting Persistent Luminescent Materials.
Sharma S, James J, Gupta S, Hussain S Materials (Basel). 2023; 16(1).
PMID: 36614574 PMC: 9822405. DOI: 10.3390/ma16010236.
Interplay of defect levels and rare earth emission centers in multimode luminescent phosphors.
Zhou X, Ning L, Qiao J, Zhao Y, Xiong P, Xia Z Nat Commun. 2022; 13(1):7589.
PMID: 36481731 PMC: 9732309. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35366-3.
Bright UV-C Phosphors with Excellent Thermal Stability-YScPO Solid Solutions.
Spassky D, Vasilev A, Nagirnyi V, Kudryavtseva I, Deyneko D, Nikiforov I Materials (Basel). 2022; 15(19).
PMID: 36234185 PMC: 9571669. DOI: 10.3390/ma15196844.