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Tb3+–Yb3+ co-doped NaY(WO4)2 phosphors with intense near-infrared emission and broad band near-ultraviolet absorption were synthesized by a traditional high‐temperature solid‐state method. The luminescence spectra and fluorescence decays of visible and near-infrared emissions were measured to investigate the luminescence mechanisms. It was found that the energy transfer from Tb3+ to Yb3+ cannot result in the quantum-cutting emission but downshifting emission. The luminescence mechanism of the singlet and triplet states (WO4)2− sensitizing Yb3+ were explored and ascribed to quantum-cutting. A two-photon process for the green upconversion emission was verified by analyzing the dependence of the upconversion emission intensity on 980 nm laser operating current. On the analyses of the temperature‐dependent emission spectra and temperature‐dependent fluorescence decay curves, it was revealed that the luminescence thermal quenching of Tb3+ in NaY(WO4)2: Tb3+/Yb3+ phosphor is attributed to crossover process within the temperature range of 303–483 K and can be ascribed to both crossover and nonradiative relaxation processes when the temperature is higher than 513 K.
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This work was partially supported by NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 11774042), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 3132019338), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2016M591420), and by the fund of the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis in DICP, under Grant No. N-20-05.
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Gao, D., Liu, S., Zhang, X. et al. Tb3+-sensitized Yb3+ downshifting emission, host-sensitized Yb3+ quantum-cutting emission, Yb3+ sensitized Tb3+ upconversion emissions, and special thermal quenching mechanism in Tb3+/Yb3+-doped NaY(WO4)2 phosphors. J. Korean Ceram. Soc. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43207-024-00404-x
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