Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Luminescence of Mesoporous REDoped YPO4 (RE = Eu, Ce, Tb, and Ce plus Tb) Nanophosphors with Lenticular Shape

Mesoporous tetragonal RE:YPO 4 nanophosphors (RE = Eu, Ce, Tb, and Ce + Tb) with a lenticular morphology, narrow size distribution, and high surface area have been prepared by an homogeneous precipitation procedure consisting of aging, at low temperature (80-120 °C) in a microwave oven, ethylene glycol solutions containing only yttrium acetylacetonate and phosphoric acid.…