Temperature sensitive properties of Eu2+/Eu3+ dual-emitting LaAlO3 phosphors

Abstract In this study, Eu 2+ /Eu 3+ coexisting perovskite LaAlO 3 phosphors were synthesized by a traditional high-temperature solid-phase reaction method and investigated via X-ray diffraction data, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectra. The Eu 2+ /Eu 3+ coexisting LaAlO 3 phosphors exhibit excellent optical temperature sensing characteristics and are potential inorganic materials for temperature detection. The measured maximal absolute temperature sensitivity reaches 0.014 K -1 , and the corresponding largest relative temperature sensitivity is 1.193% K −1 , which are superior to most of previous reports of that. Meanwhile, the monitored signal peaks are well separated, providing a good signal discriminability. The energy level crossover relaxation of Eu 2+ and Struck-Fonger crossover process involving O 2– -Eu 3+ charge transfer band were used to explain the different temperature-dependent responses of Eu 2+ and Eu 3+ . This work may give new ideas for the future research of optical thermometric materials with high sensitivity and high discriminability.