Temperature sensitive properties of Eu2+/Eu3+ dual-emitting LaAlO3 phosphors

In this study, Eu2+/Eu3+ coexisting perovskite LaAlO3 phosphors were synthesized by a traditional high-temperature solid-phase reaction method and investigated via X-ray diffraction data, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectra. The Eu2+/Eu3+ coexisting LaAlO3 phosphors exhibit excellent optical temperature sensing characteristics and are potential inorganic materials for temperature detection. The measured maximal absolute temperature sensitivity reaches 0.014 K-1, and the corresponding largest relative temperature sensitivity is 1.193% K−1, which are superior to most of previous reports of that. Meanwhile, the monitored signal peaks are well separated, providing a good signal discriminability. The energy level crossover relaxation of Eu2+ and Struck-Fonger crossover process involving O2–-Eu3+ charge transfer band were used to explain the different temperature-dependent responses of Eu2+ and Eu3+. This work may give new ideas for the future research of optical thermometric materials with high sensitivity and high discriminability.