Nearly Pure Red Color Upconversion Luminescence of Ln-Doped Sc₂O₃ with Unexpected RE-MOFs Molecular Alloys as Precursor

Abstract

Unexpected Sc/Ln codoped rare earth metal-organic frameworks (RE-MOFs) molecular alloys (MAs) based on an oxalic acid ligands were obtained. Calcination of the RE-MOFs MAs gave the corresponding codoped rare earth oxides a strong and nearly pure red color upconversion luminescence. It allows the resulting lanthanide ion (Ln³⁺) doped upconversion materials a wide range of applications from optical communications to disease diagnosis. Moreover, the pyrolysis RE-MOFs MAs precursor has demonstrated to be an effective preparation method for a uniform Ln-doped Sc₂O₃ system.