journal article·2017-09Open access

Abnormal Pressure‐Induced Photoluminescence Enhancement and Phase Decomposition in Pyrochlore La2Sn2O7

Yongsheng Zhao, Nana Li, Cong Xu, Yan Li, Hongyu Zhu, Pinwen Zhu, Xin Wang, Wenge Yang

Advanced Materials· Volume 29· Issue 34

Abstract

La2Sn2O7 is a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) material and shows a strong near‐infrared fluorescent at ambient pressure and room temperature. By in situ high‐pressure research, pressure‐induced visible photoluminescence (PL) above 2 GPa near 2 eV is observed. The emergence of unusual visible PL behavior is associated with the seriously trigonal lattice distortion of the SnO6 octehedra, under which the Sn–O1–Sn exchange angle θ is decreased below 22.1 GPa, thus enhancing the PL quantum yield leading to Sn 3P1 → 1S0 photons transition. Besides, bandgap closing followed by bandgap opening and the visible PL appearing at the point of the gap reversal, which is consistent with high‐pressure phase decomposition, are discovered. The high‐pressure PL results demonstrate a well‐defined pressure window (7–17 GPa) with flat maximum PL yielding and sharp edges at both ends, which may provide a great calibration tool for pressure sensors for operation in the deep sea or at extreme conditions.
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OpenAlex topics: Nuclear materials and radiation effects · Advanced Condensed Matter Physics · Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials Department of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR) Shanghai 201203 China

High Pressure Synergetic Consortium (HPSynC) Geophysical Laboratory Carnegie Institution of Washington Argonne IL 60439 USA

Funding

Basic Energy Sciences

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