Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film

Optics has increasingly been playing a crucial role in solid state physics in recent times. The inclusion of Rare Earth ions has vastly improved the versatility of optical instrument’s applications. For example, creating highly sensitive photos, white light diodes and many other devices. This projec...

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Main Author: Harvind s/o Sekhar
Other Authors: Kantisara Pita
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176999
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description Optics has increasingly been playing a crucial role in solid state physics in recent times. The inclusion of Rare Earth ions has vastly improved the versatility of optical instrument’s applications. For example, creating highly sensitive photos, white light diodes and many other devices. This project is a continuation of a previous study published by Kantisara Pita and Vivek Mangalam titled – White light emission from thin-film samples of ZnO nanocrystals, Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions embedded in an SiO2 film. In this study, emissions at 614nm and 545nm from Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions, respectively, is due to the energy transfer from the excited ZnO nanocrystal to the Rare Earth ions. This only requires the single excitation wavelength in the sample to produce a desired colour. Through the works, based on a 4th degree polynomial equation, the concentration of Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions for a white light emitting sample were found to be at 0.012 and 0.024 molar fractions, respectively. The purpose of the previous study was to develop an energy efficient solid state lighting device. This is important because the aim was to fabricate a device that uses low-cost-sol-gel process. To do this, the two general methods used for displays, general lighting and automobile headlights being, phosphor conversion ion in which a UV blue light emitting diode is used along a yellow phosphor and a combination of red, blue, and green LEDs were combined to produce white light.
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spelling ntu-10356/1769992024-05-24T15:45:53Z Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film Harvind s/o Sekhar Kantisara Pita School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering ekpita@ntu.edu.sg Engineering Physics Optics has increasingly been playing a crucial role in solid state physics in recent times. The inclusion of Rare Earth ions has vastly improved the versatility of optical instrument’s applications. For example, creating highly sensitive photos, white light diodes and many other devices. This project is a continuation of a previous study published by Kantisara Pita and Vivek Mangalam titled – White light emission from thin-film samples of ZnO nanocrystals, Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions embedded in an SiO2 film. In this study, emissions at 614nm and 545nm from Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions, respectively, is due to the energy transfer from the excited ZnO nanocrystal to the Rare Earth ions. This only requires the single excitation wavelength in the sample to produce a desired colour. Through the works, based on a 4th degree polynomial equation, the concentration of Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions for a white light emitting sample were found to be at 0.012 and 0.024 molar fractions, respectively. The purpose of the previous study was to develop an energy efficient solid state lighting device. This is important because the aim was to fabricate a device that uses low-cost-sol-gel process. To do this, the two general methods used for displays, general lighting and automobile headlights being, phosphor conversion ion in which a UV blue light emitting diode is used along a yellow phosphor and a combination of red, blue, and green LEDs were combined to produce white light. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-24T06:28:33Z 2024-05-24T06:28:33Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Harvind s/o Sekhar (2024). Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176999 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176999 en A2112-231 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Physics
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Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film
title Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film
title_full Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film
title_fullStr Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film
title_short Investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 film
title_sort investigation of emissions of rare earth ions and zno nanocrystals embedded in sio2 film
topic Engineering
Physics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176999
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