Eu³⁺, Li⁺ doped CaWO₄ nanorods: Synthesis, emission-decay curves and effective-refractive index

In the present paper, CaWO₄: Eu³⁺, Li⁺ nanorods have been successfully synthesized via an oleic acid (OA)-assisted solvethermal route. The transmission electron microscope (TEM) photograph shows that the CaWO₄: Eu³⁺, Li⁺ nanorods are monodisperse and uniform nanorods with average diameter of 26 nm. The optical properties of Eu³⁺ in CaWO₄ samples, including photoluminescence (PL) excitation spectra and luminescent decay curves, are investigated in detail. Due to the form of the nanorods, the relative contribution of CTB to the nanorods sample is greater than that to the bulk counterparts. The decay time of the ⁵D₀ level (ranging from 0.94 to 0.65 ms, depending on the filling factor of the nanorods) of the nanorods is longer than that of the bulk counterpart mainly due to the reduction in the size of the nanorods, which introduces an effective-refractive index smaller than the refractive index of CaWO₄.