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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    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

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    Published Online: Apr. 24, 2025

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

    DOI:10.15541/jim20240322

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