Issue 11, 2020

New insights on the energy transfer mechanisms of Eu-doped CdS quantum dots

Abstract

Eu-doped CdS quantum dots (QDs) with the Eu dopant concentration in the range of 0.5–10% and zinc blende (ZB) structure were successfully synthesized by a wet chemical method. The fabricated Eu-doped CdS QDs exhibited emissions in the visible window approximately at 465, 590, 618 and 696 nm, which correspond to the excitonic emission of CdS QDs and the electronic transitions of the intra 4f6 configuration from the 5D0 level to 7F1, 7F2 and 7F4 levels of Eu3+ dopant ions, respectively. Judd–Ofelt theory was used to estimate the properties of ligand field and luminescence quantum efficiency of the material. The interaction mechanism and the efficiency of the energy transfer process from CdS QDs to Eu3+ ions were found by using Reisfeld's approximation formulas. The luminescence quenching of Eu3+-doped CdS QDs was studied through analysis of emission spectra and decay curves. The dominant interaction mechanism between Eu3+ ions and energy transfer parameters have been found by fitting the decay curves to the Inokuti–Hirayama model. The cross-relaxation channels leading to the luminescence quenching of Eu3+ have also been predicted.

Graphical abstract: New insights on the energy transfer mechanisms of Eu-doped CdS quantum dots

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Dec 2019
Accepted
17 Feb 2020
First published
17 Feb 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 6266-6274

New insights on the energy transfer mechanisms of Eu-doped CdS quantum dots

P. M. Tan, N. X. Ca, N. T. Hien, H. T. Van, P. V. Do, L. D. Thanh, V. H. Yen, V. P. Tuyen, Y. Peng and P. T. Tho, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 6266 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06778G

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