Photovoltaics (PV) is the leading renewable energy harvesting technology. Thus, there is a
remarkable strive to enhance the light harvesting capability of the state-of-the-art solar cells …

The luminescent materials incorporated with rare earth (RE)/transition metal (TM) ions that
possess up/down conversion phenomena have found widespread applications in sensing …

Harvesting of near infrared (NIR) light in the abundant and environmentally friendly solar
spectrum is particularly significant to enhance the utilization rate of the cleanest energy on …

Abstract BiOBr: Yb 3+, Er 3+/AgBr (BYE/AgBr) heterojunction photocatalysts were
successfully synthesized by a deposition-precipitation method. The characteristic of the as …

Abstract The BiOBr: Yb 3+, Er 3+/gC 3 N 4 (BYE/CN) pn junction photocatalysts were
successfully fabricated by a stepwise method. Experimental results show that Er 3+/Yb 3+ …

A simple combustion method was reported to prepare a novel BiOBr: Yb3+, Er3+/AgBr
(BYE/AgBr) heterojunction photocatalyst. Phase composition, morphology and optical …

Fundamental understanding of the Stokes and anti-Stokes emissions in luminescence
materials and their mechanism is very important for different technological applications. In …

The hexagonal phase β-NaGdF4: x% Tb3+ (x= 0 to 5%) phosphor crystals with uniform
morphology and considerable monodispersity were synthesized via a tri-sodium citrate …

To avoid the defect of low energy transfer efficiency in core–shell UCNP-TiO2 NPs, doping
rare earth into TiO2 and improving the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 itself under Vis-NIR light …

Abstract The (0.98-x)(0.6 Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 1/3) O 3-0.4 PbTiO 3)-xPb (Yb 1/3 Nb 1/3) O 3-0.02
Pb (Er 1/2 Nb 1/2) O 3 ((0.98-x)(PMN-PT)-xPYN: Er 3+) ceramics were prepared through a …