Quartz optical fibers are of great significance in many fields. For example,they can be used to fabricate strain sensors and temperature sensors.If the surface of optical fibers is metal-coated by the electroless plat...Quartz optical fibers are of great significance in many fields. For example,they can be used to fabricate strain sensors and temperature sensors.If the surface of optical fibers is metal-coated by the electroless plating method, the measuring precision and stability of the optical fiber sensors can be improved remarkably, additionally the life-span of sensors can be prolonged.In this work, an electroless nickel-phosphor plating process for optical fibers was presented.The influences of the content of NaH 2PO 2·H 2O, bath pH value and temperature and the plating deposition rate on the quality of the plating coatings were studied with orthogonal testing.The results indicated that the content of NaH 2PO 2·H 2O was the key factor, which influenced the adhesion force of the plating coatings.The nickel-phosphor plating bath presented in this work possessed excellent stability and the plating deposition rate could be accelerated.Using the process described in this work, nickel-phosphor coatings with great brightness and high adhesion force can be prepared successfully.Optimum conditions were: NiSO 4 30 g·L -1, NaH 2PO 2·H 2O 20 g·L -1, C 3H 6O 3 4 ml·L -1, Na 2CO 3 3 g·L -1, NH 4Cl 4 g·L -1, saccharin 1 mg·L -1, temperature 84 ℃, pH 4.6.展开更多
Broadband near-infrared(NIR)-emitting phosphors are key for next-generation smart NIR light sources based on blue LEDs.To achieve excellent NIR phosphors,we propose a strategy of enhancing the crystallinity,modifying ...Broadband near-infrared(NIR)-emitting phosphors are key for next-generation smart NIR light sources based on blue LEDs.To achieve excellent NIR phosphors,we propose a strategy of enhancing the crystallinity,modifying the micromorphology,and maintaining the valence state of Cr^(3+) in Ca_(3)Sc_(2)Si_(3)O_(12) garnet(CSSG).By adding fluxes and sintering in a reducing atmosphere,the internal quantum efficiency(IQE)is greatly enhanced to 92.3%.The optimized CSSG:6% Cr^(3+) exhibits excellent thermal stability.At 150℃,97.4% of the NIR emission at room temperature can be maintained.The fabricated NIR-LED device emits a high optical power of 109.9mW at 520 mA.The performances of both the achieved phosphor and the NIR-LED are almost the best results until now.The mechanism for the optimization is investigated.An application of the NIR-LED light source is demonstrated.展开更多
文摘Quartz optical fibers are of great significance in many fields. For example,they can be used to fabricate strain sensors and temperature sensors.If the surface of optical fibers is metal-coated by the electroless plating method, the measuring precision and stability of the optical fiber sensors can be improved remarkably, additionally the life-span of sensors can be prolonged.In this work, an electroless nickel-phosphor plating process for optical fibers was presented.The influences of the content of NaH 2PO 2·H 2O, bath pH value and temperature and the plating deposition rate on the quality of the plating coatings were studied with orthogonal testing.The results indicated that the content of NaH 2PO 2·H 2O was the key factor, which influenced the adhesion force of the plating coatings.The nickel-phosphor plating bath presented in this work possessed excellent stability and the plating deposition rate could be accelerated.Using the process described in this work, nickel-phosphor coatings with great brightness and high adhesion force can be prepared successfully.Optimum conditions were: NiSO 4 30 g·L -1, NaH 2PO 2·H 2O 20 g·L -1, C 3H 6O 3 4 ml·L -1, Na 2CO 3 3 g·L -1, NH 4Cl 4 g·L -1, saccharin 1 mg·L -1, temperature 84 ℃, pH 4.6.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0104502,2017YFC0111602)Fujian Institute of Innovation,Chinese Academy of Sciences(FJCXY18040203)+2 种基金Public Projects of Zhejiang Province(LGG18E020007)Science and Techology Major Project of Ningbo Municipality(2017C110028)Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province(201801D121020,201801D221132).
文摘Broadband near-infrared(NIR)-emitting phosphors are key for next-generation smart NIR light sources based on blue LEDs.To achieve excellent NIR phosphors,we propose a strategy of enhancing the crystallinity,modifying the micromorphology,and maintaining the valence state of Cr^(3+) in Ca_(3)Sc_(2)Si_(3)O_(12) garnet(CSSG).By adding fluxes and sintering in a reducing atmosphere,the internal quantum efficiency(IQE)is greatly enhanced to 92.3%.The optimized CSSG:6% Cr^(3+) exhibits excellent thermal stability.At 150℃,97.4% of the NIR emission at room temperature can be maintained.The fabricated NIR-LED device emits a high optical power of 109.9mW at 520 mA.The performances of both the achieved phosphor and the NIR-LED are almost the best results until now.The mechanism for the optimization is investigated.An application of the NIR-LED light source is demonstrated.
