Abstract
We have shown that tunable and highly efficient broadband near-IR (NIR) luminescence can be realized in erbium/bismuth codoped zeolites. The emission covers the ranges of and . The intensity ratio of the two bands can be tuned by adjusting the concentration of erbium and the excitation wavelength. Steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL), and PL excitation measurements indicate that two kinds of emitters coexist in the pores of zeolites, and that NIR active bismuth simultaneously acts as a sensitizer of erbium. The present results demonstrate an important rational strategy for the design of a tunable NIR-emitting zeolite-based nanosystem.
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