Photoluminescence tuning of terbium tris-1,1,1-trifluoro-5,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexanedione complexes: Synthesis, spectroscopic, thermal and electrochemical analyses

Abstract

The set of four ternary coordination compounds of terbium were prepared with diketone 1,1,1-trifluoro-5,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexanedione (TFDH) and four different neutral ligands (L) having formula [Tb(TFDH)3L]. Resulting compounds were characterized using different techniques including NUV absorption studies, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, electrochemical and thermal analyses. PL spectra confirmed the green luminescence of synthesized complexes by exhibiting characteristic dominant 5D4 → 7F5 peak around 545 nm. Electronic and optical energy gap values lying at ∼3.5 eV reveals their potential to use in semiconductor materials. All the spectral results are in good agreement with each other and highlight their utility in lighting, biomedical imaging and sensors etc.