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Bright upconversion emission and enhanced piezoelectric properties in Er-modified bismuth layer-structured SrCaBi4Ti5O18 ceramics

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Bismuth layer-structured ferroelectric ceramics of SrCaBi4−x Er x Ti5O18 (SCBT-xEr, x = 0.00, 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06) were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method, and their ferroelectric, dielectric, piezoelectric and photoluminescence properties were investigated. The results indicated that all ceramics have a bismuth oxide layered with a dense structure. After Er3+ doping, samples show a bright up-conversion photoluminescence while simultaneously obtaining an enhanced ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties. A bright green (548 nm) and a weak red (681 nm) emission bands were obtained under excitation (980 nm) at room temperature, which correspond to the transitions from 4S3/2 to 4I15/2 and 4F9/2 to 4I15/2, respectively. Ferroelectric and piezoelectric measurements show that the Er3+-doped ceramics showed an increase in remnant polarization and piezoelectric constant. At x = 0.04, the piezoelectric constant d 33 reaches up to 13pC/N, together with a large remnant polarization (2P r = 16 μC/cm2) and high Curie temperature (T c = 573 °C). As a multifunctional material, Er3+-doped SCBT ferroelectric oxide showed great potential in optical electro integration and coupling device applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51402144, 51372110, 51502127 and 51302124), the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (Grant Nos. J14LA11 and J14LA10), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2013AA030801), Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (No. 2013B091000001), Independent innovation and achievement transformation in Shandong Province special, China (No. 2014CGZH0904), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (Grant No. ZR2014JL030), and the Research Foundation of Liaocheng University (No. 318011306).

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    Lei Yu, Jigong Hao, Ruiqing Chu, Zhijun Xu, Juan Du, Wei Li & Zhongran Yao

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Yu, L., Hao, J., Chu, R. et al. Bright upconversion emission and enhanced piezoelectric properties in Er-modified bismuth layer-structured SrCaBi4Ti5O18 ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 27, 5259–5263 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-4422-8

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