J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2000, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (03): 315-318.

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Intense photoluminescence and movement of optical absorption edge in alumina aerogels

Xianting SUN, Lianzeng YAO, Chimei MO, Gang SHI, Weili CAI, Yimin ZHANG, Lide ZHANG   

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China...
  • Received:1999-05-31 Revised:1999-07-15 Online:2000-05-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Xianting SUN

Abstract: Alumina aerogels with high porosity of nanometer size were prepared from Al, n-butanol and ethyl acetoacetate by the sol-gel route and the Na supercritical extraction drying technique. Optical experiment results showed that for alumina aerogels after annealing at 500 degrees C for 4 h one intense blue emission band appeared in the wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm, and the optical absorption edge moved from 8.0 eV of coarse grain Al2O3 to 3 similar to 5 eV and with increasing the annealing temperature, this luminescence band presented blue shifts. The reasons of these new optical properties are discussed in detail.

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