Issue 101, 2016, Issue in Progress

Preparation and characterization of a luminescent carbon dots grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+ phosphor for ratiometric fluorescent oxygen sensing

Abstract

In this work, we present a rapid, selective and highly sensitive sensor for the detection of oxygen based on ratiometric fluorescent luminescent carbon dots (CDs) grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+. Highly monodispersed porous silica microspheres are obtained with particle sizes in the range between 120 and 180 nm, providing a key precursor to prepare the CaSiO3:Eu3+ phosphor. The fluorescence of CDs grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+ could be quenched by oxygen and the red emission of Eu3+ (613 nm and 703 nm) and the blue emission of the CDs (454 nm) were effectively reduced as the concentration of oxygen increased. The CaSiO3:Eu3+ phosphor shows little effect on oxygen, while CDs grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+ shows good oxygen sensing properties, the response time is determined to be about 4–7 s and the recovery time is 18–29 s. The obtained CDs grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+ sample appears to be a promising sensing material for environmental detection applications and would also find applications in catalysis, electrodes, or related fields.

Graphical abstract: Preparation and characterization of a luminescent carbon dots grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+ phosphor for ratiometric fluorescent oxygen sensing

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Aug 2016
Accepted
28 Sep 2016
First published
11 Oct 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 98554-98562

Preparation and characterization of a luminescent carbon dots grafted CaSiO3:Eu3+ phosphor for ratiometric fluorescent oxygen sensing

L. Wang, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, Y. Liu and B. Lei, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 98554 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA20380A

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