Abstract
We synthesized nano-sized Eu-doped Y2O3 (Y2O3:Eu) phosphor powder by an ion-exchange po-lymer/water/oil (W/O) emulsion method using carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as the ion-exchange polymer, in which the CMC-(Y, Eu) gel formed was calcined at 800°C in air to convert into Y2O3:Eu particles. The obtained phosphor powder consists of unagglomerated particles with sizes in the range of 30-80 nm and exhibits strong red emission at 612 nm. This CMC/W/O method for producing nano-sized oxide powder has significant advantages over conventional solid-phase and chemical solution-based methods because this method can provide unagglomerated nanoparticles of oxide phosphor without employing any mechanical pulverizing process for reducing the particles’ size into the nanometer range; mechanical grinding, such as ball milling, of phosphor powders has been well known to cause a significant degradation of their luminescent properties.
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