Hydrothermal synthesis and investigation of optical properties of Nb5+-doped lithium silicate nanostructures
Abstract
Abstract
The hydrothermal synthesis and optical properties of Nb
5+
-doped lithium metasilicate and lithium disilicate nanomaterials were investigated. The microstructures and morphologies of the synthesized Li
2 -2
x
Nb
2
x
SiO
3
+ δ
and Li
2 -2
x
Nb
2
x
Si
2
O
5
+ δ
nanomaterials were studied by powder X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy techniques, respectively. The synthesized niobium-doped lithium metasilicate and lithium disilicate nanomaterials, respectively, are isostructural with the standard bulk Li
2
SiO
3
(space group Cmc2
1
) and Li
2
Si
2
O
5
(space group Ccc2) materials. The photoluminescence spectra of the synthesized materials are studied. The measured optical properties show dependence of the dopant amounts in the structure.
Keywords
- Nanomaterials,
- Lithium silicates,
- Doping,
- Niobium,
- Hydrothermal method
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