Efficient Near-infrared Down-conversion Phosphor of Ce3+/Yb3+ Co-doped La3Ga5SiO14 and Its Spectral Structural Modulation
- Corresponding author: Hao-Ran QIN, qinhaoran@fjirsm.ac.cn
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Wan-Jun YU, Xing-Hong GONG, Hao-Ran QIN. Efficient Near-infrared Down-conversion Phosphor of Ce3+/Yb3+ Co-doped La3Ga5SiO14 and Its Spectral Structural Modulation[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry,
;2021, 40(9): 1194-1204.
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10.14102/j.cnki.0254–5861.2011–3111
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