Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder, and the preparation method and the application thereof, wherein the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder generates the emitted light with the wavelength of 600-1100 nm under the excitation of visible light, is highly sensitive to temperature, has the advantages of simple preparation method, high yield, low production cost, stable property, easy storage and wide application range, can meet the requirements of industrial mass production, and is expected to be used for temperature detection in severe and extreme environments such as ultra-small area region temperature measurement, inflammable and explosive, acid-base corrosion and the like.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention provides the technical scheme that the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder has the chemical formula of Gd 2.4-a-b-cLu0.6Ga4-aAlO12:aCr3+,bNd3+,cYb3+, wherein, b is not less than 0<a and not more than 2.00,0 and not more than 2.00,0 and not more than c is not more than 2.00,0< b+c, the crystal structure is garnet structure, the chemical formula of the garnet structure is A 3B5O12, and the chemical formula of the near infrared fluorescent powder is consistent with the chemical formula of the garnet structure, so that the crystal structure of the near infrared fluorescent powder disclosed by the invention is garnet structure.
Further, the excitation light wavelength range of the near infrared fluorescent powder is 350-1000nm.
Further, the wavelength range of the emitted light of the near infrared fluorescent powder is 600-1100nm.
The invention further provides a preparation method of the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Accurately weighing a Gd source compound, a Lu source compound, a Ga source compound, an Al source compound, a Cr source compound, a Yb source compound and an Nd source compound according to the element molar ratio of 2.4-a-b-c to 0.6:4-a to 1:a:b, wherein 0<a-2.00,0-2.00,0-2.00 and 0-b+c;
(2) Fully mixing and grinding the weighed raw materials in the step (1) with absolute ethyl alcohol to obtain a mixture;
(3) Calcining the mixture in the step (2) for 3-8 hours in a high-temperature environment of 1200-1600 ℃ to obtain a sintered body;
(4) And (3) naturally cooling the sintered body in the step (3), and then grinding the sintered body fully by using a mortar to obtain the fluorescent powder with the particle size of 1-5 um.
Further, the Gd source compound, lu source compound, ga source compound, al source compound, cr source compound, yb source compound and Nd source compound in step (1) are one of their corresponding oxides, halides and nitrates.
Further, the dosage of the absolute ethyl alcohol in the step (2) is 0-100% of the total weight of the raw materials.
Further, the temperature rising rate in the step (3) is 3 ℃ per minute.
Further, the reducing atmosphere in the step (3) is a mixed gas of hydrogen and nitrogen, the volume ratio of the hydrogen to the nitrogen is 5-10:95-90, and the flow rate of the reducing atmosphere is 10-100 mL/min.
The invention further provides a technical scheme that the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder is applied to temperature indication in the optical field.
Further, the temperature indication ranges from 300K to 500K.
The invention has the advantages that:
1. The fluorescent powder disclosed by the invention generates emitted light with the wavelength of 600-1100 nm under the excitation of visible light, is highly sensitive to temperature, and can obtain the high-sensitivity optical temperature sensing material in the wide range of 300K-500K by using the ratio of the luminous intensity of the thermal coupling energy level doped with Cr 3+,Yb3+,Nd3+ as a function of temperature.
2. The fluorescent powder disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simple preparation method, high yield, low production cost, stable property, easiness in storage and wide application range, can meet the requirements of industrial mass production, and is expected to be used for temperature detection in severe and extreme environments such as ultra-small area regional temperature measurement, inflammability, explosiveness, acid-base corrosion and the like.
Detailed Description
It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.
It is noted that all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs unless otherwise indicated.
In the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, the terms "upper" and "lower" are used generally in the directions shown in the drawings or in the vertical, vertical or gravitational directions, and similarly, for convenience of understanding and description, the terms "left" and "right" are used generally in the directions shown in the drawings, and the terms "inner" and "outer" are used to refer to the inner and outer sides with respect to the outline of each component itself, but the terms of orientation are not intended to limit the present invention.
Example 1. 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.1790g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0591g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were placed in an agate mortar, and 5ml of absolute ethanol was added to mix and grind for 30 minutes. Transferring the ground mixture into an alumina crucible, putting the alumina crucible into a tube furnace, directly introducing a reducing atmosphere (5%H 2+95%N2) at a flow rate of 10-100 mL/min, starting heating the tube furnace from room temperature to 1200-1600 ℃ at a rate of 3 ℃/min, sintering the mixture at the temperature for 3-8 hours, stopping heating, naturally cooling to room temperature, and finally fully grinding the obtained sintered body into fluorescent powder with a particle size of 1-5 mu m in an agate mortar, wherein the chemical formula of the fluorescent powder is Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12:1%Cr3+,15%Yb3 +. The optical performance test is carried out on the fluorescent powder prepared in the embodiment, the obtained near infrared spectrum is shown in figure 1, and the material of the embodiment has broadband emission at 650-1050nm under the excitation of 450nm visible light.
Example 2 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.1591g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0788g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 20%Yb3+.
Example 3 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.1990g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0394g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 10%Yb3+.
Example 4 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2109g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0276g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 7%Yb3+.
Example 5 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2189g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0197g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 5%Yb3+.
Example 6 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2268g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.01182g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 3%Yb3+.
Example 7 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2348g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0039g of ytterbium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 1%Yb3+.
Example 8 the whole is the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2268g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0101g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) are placed in an agate mortar, the chemical formula of the final phosphor is Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 3%Nd3+, and the optical performance test is performed on the phosphor prepared in this example, and the obtained near infrared spectrum is shown in FIG. 2, and the material of this example has broadband emission at 650-950nm under the excitation of 450nm visible light.
Example 9 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2348g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0034g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) were placed in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 1%Nd3+.
Example 10 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2308g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0067g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 2%Nd3+.
Example 11 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2228g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0135g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 4%Nd3+.
Example 12 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2189g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0168g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 5%Nd3+.
Example 13 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2149g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0202g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 6%Nd3+.
Example 14 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2109g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%), 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) and 0.0236g of neodymium oxide (99.99%) were put in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+, 7%Nd3+.
Comparative example 1 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.2388g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%) and 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99% were placed in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12.
Comparative example 2 the whole was the same as in example 1 except that 0.8700g of gadolinium oxide (99.999%), 0.3979g of lutetium oxide (99.999%), 0.7498g of gallium oxide (99.999%), 0.1020g of aluminum oxide (99.99%) and 0.0395g of chromium oxide (99.999%) were placed in an agate mortar, and the chemical formula of the finally prepared phosphor was Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: 1%Cr3+.
Experiment 1:
The optical temperature sensing type near infrared phosphor materials prepared in examples 1 to 14 and comparative example 2 were analyzed by an X-ray diffractometer, and the results are shown in fig. 3. From the graph, when the concentration of Nd 3+ was varied in the range of 0.00-0.07 and the concentration of Yb 3+ was varied in the range of 0.00-0.20, all diffraction peaks of the samples of examples were well indexed to the standard card, no other impurity peaks were observed, indicating that the samples of examples 1-14 were successfully synthesized and were pure phase, and furthermore, standard card 071-0701 corresponded to Gd 3Ga5O12 garnet structure, and the diffraction peaks of examples 1-14 of the present invention were consistent with it, indicating that the crystal structures of the phosphors prepared in examples 1-14 of the present invention were garnet structures.
Experiment 2:
The excitation spectra of the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder materials prepared in the embodiment 1, the embodiment 8 and the comparative examples 1-2 of the invention are tested under the detection wavelength of 750nm to obtain a graph of fig. 4, and the excitation wave band of the material is positioned in a purple light region, and can be well excited at about 400nm to 450 nm.
Experiment 3:
The optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder materials prepared in the embodiment 1 and the embodiment 8 are respectively placed on a heating table under the excitation of 450nm visible light, the temperature is uniformly increased to 500k from 300k, the spectra are collected by taking a plurality of temperature-changing nodes to obtain the graph 5 and the graph 6, as can be seen from the graph 5, the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder material prepared in the embodiment 1 changes with the temperature under the excitation of 450nm visible light, the fluorescence intensity changes with the temperature change, and the temperature sensing capability is reflected, as can be seen from the graph 6, the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder material prepared in the embodiment 8 also changes with the temperature change, and the temperature sensing capability is reflected.
Experiment 4:
Examples 1 to 7 used the emission intensity ratio of Cr 3+ and Yb 3+ ions as the temperature measurement parameters, and the calculation formula was as follows:
The absolute sensitivity (Sa) and the relative sensitivity (Sr) are calculated as follows:
as a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the S a value of all the synthesized phosphors was about 1% in the range of 303 to 483K. When Yb doped to 0.20, the maximum value of Sr occurring at 423K is 0.5%/K.
Examples 8 to 13 use the emission intensity ratio of Cr 3+ and Nd 3+ ions as a temperature measurement parameter
The absolute sensitivity (Sa) and the relative sensitivity (Sr) are calculated as follows:
As shown in fig. 8, S r increases with an increase in temperature, and the maximum value of Gd 2.4Lu0.6Ga4AlO12: Cr3+, 0.03Nd3+ is obtained at 483K (S r =0.2%/K). Notably, the LIR has high sensitivity in the high temperature range, and can achieve high-precision temperature readout.
Experiment 5:
15g of the optical temperature sensing near infrared fluorescent powder material prepared in example 1 and example 8 and Ba 2SiO4 material are respectively mixed with 480ml of epoxy resin glue, the equal amount of pure epoxy resin glue is respectively poured into a mould, and dried for 12 hours at room temperature and then dried for 2 hours at 180 ℃ to obtain 4 pieces of small Xiong Moxing (a: pure epoxy resin glue; b: ba 2SiO4 and epoxy resin glue mixture; C: example 1 fluorescent powder and epoxy resin glue mixture; d: example 8 fluorescent powder and epoxy resin glue mixture). The four models were photographed under different light sources (as shown in FIG. 9), wherein I is a visible light photograph under natural light, II is a near infrared photograph under natural light, III is a near infrared photograph under natural light +450nm laser, IV is a near infrared photograph under light excitation in the dark, V is a near infrared photograph under 450nm laser excitation in the dark, and VI is a near infrared photograph under 450nm laser + light excitation in the dark.
As can be seen from II, III, IV, V and VI in fig. 9, the bear models prepared in examples 1 and 8 have strong or weak emitted light under the irradiation of the near infrared camera, natural light, lamplight and the excitation of the 450nm laser, which indicates that the sample can be excited under the natural light.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and all technical solutions belonging to the concept of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and adaptations to the present invention may occur to one skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention and are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.