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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2022, 11(6): 974-983 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0595-1
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Sunlight activated ultra-stable long persistent luminescence glass ceramic for outdoor information display

Show Author's Information Jingtao ZHAOa,b,  Lei LEIa( ),  Renguang YEa,  Junjie ZHANGa,  Xianghua ZHANGb,  Shiqing XUa( )
Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Optoelectronic Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Laboratory of Glasses and Ceramics, Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institute des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) UMR CNRS 6226, University of Rennes 1, Rennes 35042, France
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stability, solar energy, persistent luminescence (PeL), glass ceramic, optical information display
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ZHAO J, LEI L, YE R, et al. Sunlight activated ultra-stable long persistent luminescence glass ceramic for outdoor information display. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022, 11(6): 974-983. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0595-1
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Natural sunlight activated persistent luminescence (PeL) is ideal candidate for optical information display in outdoors without the requirement of electric supply. Except the brightness and duration, the stability especially water resistance of the PeL materials is of significant importance for practical application, which remains a great obstacle up to date. Herein, we report a new sunlight activated PeL glass ceramic containing hexagonal Sr13Al22Si10O66:Eu2+ crystals, which exhibits strong blue PeL and can last more than 200 h. The PeL can be charged by the full wavelengths located in AM 1.5G due to the broad distribution of traps in the crystal structure. The PeL is clearly observed by the naked eye even after 24 h upon sunlight irradiation irrespective of the weather, and the photoluminescence intensity only decreased ~3.3% after storing in water for 365 d. We demonstrate its potential application for thermal and stress responsive display as well as long-term continuous security indication upon sunlight irradiation, which not only save vast energy and reduce environment pollution, but also are appropriate for outdoor usage.


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Sunlight activated ultra-stable long persistent luminescence glass ceramic for outdoor information display

Show Author's information Jingtao ZHAOa,b, Lei LEIa( ), Renguang YEa, Junjie ZHANGa, Xianghua ZHANGb, Shiqing XUa( )
Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Optoelectronic Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Laboratory of Glasses and Ceramics, Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institute des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) UMR CNRS 6226, University of Rennes 1, Rennes 35042, France

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Natural sunlight activated persistent luminescence (PeL) is ideal candidate for optical information display in outdoors without the requirement of electric supply. Except the brightness and duration, the stability especially water resistance of the PeL materials is of significant importance for practical application, which remains a great obstacle up to date. Herein, we report a new sunlight activated PeL glass ceramic containing hexagonal Sr13Al22Si10O66:Eu2+ crystals, which exhibits strong blue PeL and can last more than 200 h. The PeL can be charged by the full wavelengths located in AM 1.5G due to the broad distribution of traps in the crystal structure. The PeL is clearly observed by the naked eye even after 24 h upon sunlight irradiation irrespective of the weather, and the photoluminescence intensity only decreased ~3.3% after storing in water for 365 d. We demonstrate its potential application for thermal and stress responsive display as well as long-term continuous security indication upon sunlight irradiation, which not only save vast energy and reduce environment pollution, but also are appropriate for outdoor usage.

Keywords: stability, solar energy, persistent luminescence (PeL), glass ceramic, optical information display

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Received: 30 January 2022
Revised: 26 March 2022
Accepted: 03 April 2022
Published: 04 May 2022
Issue date: June 2022

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The authors thank National Natural Science Foundation of China (52172164, 51872270), National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFE0207700), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LZ21A040002), and National Natural Science Foundation of China Joint Fund Project (U190920054).

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