Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 215(2025)

Yb:Sc2O3 Transparent Ceramics Fabricated from Co-precipitated Nano-powders: Microstructure and Optical Property

Junhao YE1,2, Zhenzhen ZHOU1,2, Chen HU1,2, Yanbin WANG1,2, Yanqiu JING1,2, Tingsong LI1,2, Ziqiu CHENG1,2, Junlin WU1,2, Maxim IVANOV3,4, Dariusz HRENIAK5, and Jiang LI1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Transparent Ceramics Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 22. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 33. Center of Excellence for Photoconversion, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
  • 44. Institute of Electrophysics Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg 620016, Russia
  • 55. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw 326109, Poland
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    TG-DTG curves of the precursor
    XRD patterns of the precursor and the powders calcined at 1100 ℃ for 4 h
    FESEM micrographs of (a) the precursor and (b) the powders
    FESEM micrographs of thermally etched surfaces of the 5%Yb:Sc2O3 ceramics pre-sintered at different temperatures(a) 1500 ℃; (b) 1550 ℃; (c) 1600 ℃; (d) 1650 ℃; (e) 1700 ℃
    Average grain sizes and relative densities of 5%Yb:Sc2O3 ceramics with different pre-sintering temperatures
    FESEM micrographs of thermally etched surfaces of the synthesized 5%Yb:Sc2O3 ceramicsCeramics pre-sintered at (a) 1500, (b) 1550, (c) 1600, (d) 1650, and (e) 1700 ℃ before HIP post-treatment at 1700 ℃
    Average grain sizes and relative densities of 5%Yb:Sc2O3 ceramics sintered by vacuum pre-sintering and HIP post-treatment
    Photograph (a) and in-line transmittance (b) of the 5%Yb:Sc2O3 ceramics
    Absorption and emission cross-sections of the 5%Yb:Sc2O3 transparent ceramics pre-sintered at 1550 ℃ with HIP post-treatmentColorful figure is available on website
    Gain cross-section of the 5%Yb:Sc2O3 transparent ceramics pre-sintered at 1550 ℃ with HIP post-treatment
    Room temperature 2F5/2 luminescence decay of 5%Yb:Sc2O3 transparent ceramics excited by 980 nm laser and detected at 1041 nm wavelength
    • Table 1.

      Analysis of particle size and agglomeration degree of 5%Yb:Sc2O3 nano-powders

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      Table 1.

      Analysis of particle size and agglomeration degree of 5%Yb:Sc2O3 nano-powders

      SampleSBET/(m2·g-1) DBET/nm DSEM/nm DXRD/nm N1
      5%Yb:Sc2O3 nano-powders255843296
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    Junhao YE, Zhenzhen ZHOU, Chen HU, Yanbin WANG, Yanqiu JING, Tingsong LI, Ziqiu CHENG, Junlin WU, Maxim IVANOV, Dariusz HRENIAK, Jiang LI. Yb:Sc2O3 Transparent Ceramics Fabricated from Co-precipitated Nano-powders: Microstructure and Optical Property [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2025, 40(2): 215

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    Received: Jul. 8, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 24, 2025

    The Author Email: Jiang LI (lijiang@mail.sic.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20240322

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