Bingyuan Zhang

Enhancing blue luminescence from Ce-doped ZnO nanophosphor by Li doping

Undoped ZnO, Ce-doped ZnO, and (Li, Ce)-codoped ZnO nanophosphors were prepared by a sol-gel process. The effects of the additional doping with Li ions on the crystal structure, particle morphology, and luminescence properties of Ce-doped ZnO were investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The results indicate that the obtained samples are single phase, and a nanorod shaped morphology is observed for (Li, Ce)-codoping. Under excitation with 325 nm light, Ce-doped ZnO phosphors show an ultraviolet emission, a green emission, and a blue emission caused by Zn interstitials. The spectrum of the sample codoped with a proper Li concentration features two additional emissions that can be attributed to the Ce3+ ions. With the increase of the Li doping concentration, the Ce3+ blue luminescence of (Li, Ce)-codoped ZnO is obviously enhanced, which results not only from the increase of the Ce3+ ion concentration itself but also from the energy transfer from the ZnO host material to the Ce3+ ions. This enhancement reaches a maximum at a Li content of 0.02, and then decreases sharply due to the concentration quench. These nanophosphors may promise for application to the visible-light-emitting devices.PACS78.55.Et; 81.07.Wx; 81.20.Fw

Diode-pumped passively dual-wavelength Q-switched Nd:GYSGG laser using graphene oxide as the saturable absorber.

The performance of a diode end-pumped passively Q-switched dual-wavelength Nd:GYSGG laser operating at 1057.28 and 1060.65 nm with graphene oxide as the saturable absorber was demonstrated. The maximum dual-wavelength average output power of 521 mW was achieved under the absorbed pump power of 5.4 W, corresponding to the optical-to-optical conversion and slope efficiency of 9.8% and 21%, respectively. The minimum pulse width was 115 ns with a pulse repetition rate of 338 kHz.

Passively Q-switched Nd:GdTaO4 laser by graphene oxide saturable absorber

Abstract. We experimentally demonstrated a laser diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:GdTaO4 crystal laser at 1066 nm using a multilayer graphene oxide as the saturable absorber (GOSA). The GOSA is fabricated by transferring the liquid-phase-exfoliated GO nanosheets onto a K9 glass substrate. When the GOSA was inserted into the plano–plano laser cavity, a stable Q-switched laser operation is achieved with a maximum average output power of 0.382 W and repetition rate of 362 kHz. The shortest pulse duration is 194 ns and the single pulse energy is about 1.05 μJ.

Dual-wavelength self-Q-switched Nd:GYSGG laser

A dual-wavelength self-Q-switched operation of Nd:GYSGG laser with different output couplers is proposed and demonstrated. In self-Q-switched operation, two laser lines between 1056.86 nm and 1060.23 nm were found. Under the pump power of 4 W, the shortest pulse width of 2.02 μs was obtained with a maximum average output power of 565 mW and the optical conversion efficiency of 14.13%. The pulse repetition rate and single pulse energy were 50.2 kHz and 11.25 μJ, respectively. The system is very stable and suitable for generation of multi-wavelength pulses.

Cavity-dumped mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser at low repetition rate

We report a cavity-dumped mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors at low repetition rate. In this laser system, a single mode-locked laser pulse is generated, amplified and cavity-dumped by means of electro-optic modulator at 1 to 10 Hz repetition rate. The energy of the pulse is about 150 nJ and the pulse duration is determined to be 10 ps.

Improved electrical transport properties of an n-ZnO nanowire/p-diamond heterojunction

A heterojunction of n-ZnO nanowire (NW)/p-B-doped diamond (BDD) was fabricated. The rectifying behavior was observed with the turn on voltage of a low value (0.8 V). The forward current at 5 V is 12 times higher than that of a larger diameter n-ZnO nanorod (NR)/p-BDD heterojunction. The electrical transport behaviors for the comparison of n-ZnO NWs/p-BDD and n-ZnO NRs/p-BDD heterojunctions are investigated over various bias voltages. The carrier injection process mechanism for ZnO NWs/BDD is analyzed on the basis of the proposed equilibrium energy band diagrams. The ZnO NWs/BDD heterojunction displays improved I–V characteristics and relatively high performance for the electrical transport properties.

Ionic conduction in sodium azide under high pressure: Experimental and theoretical approaches

Alkali metal azides can be used as starting materials for the synthesis of polymeric nitrogen, a potential material of high energy density. In this letter, we report the ionic transport behavior in sodium azide under high pressure by in situ impedance spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. The ionic transportation consists of ion transfer and Warburg diffusion processes. The ionic migration channels and barrier energy were given for the high-pressure phases. The enhanced ionic conductivity of the γ phase with pressure is because of the formation of space charge regions in the grain boundaries. This ionic conduction and grain boundary effect in NaN3 under pressures could shed light on the better understanding of the conduction mechanism of alkali azides and open up an area of research for polymeric nitrogen in these compounds and other high-energy-density polynitrides.

Enhanced color purity of blue OLEDs based on well-design structure

We have fabricated blue organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) with higher color purity and stability by optimizing the structure of the Glass/ITO/NPB(50 nm)/ BCzVBi (30 nm)/ TPBi (x nm)/Alq3(20 nm)/LiF/Al. The results show that the introducing of hole blocking layer(HBL) TPBi greatly can improve not only the color purity but the color stability, which owe to its higher the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) energy levels of 6.2 eV. We expect our work will be useful to optimizing the blue OLEDs structure to enhancing the color property.