New transparent flexible nanopaper as ultraviolet filter based on red emissive Eu(III) nanofibrillated cellulose

Zhao Zhang*, Hui Chang, Bailiang Xue, Qing Han, Xingqiang Lü, Sufeng Zhang, Xinping Li, Xunjin ZHU, Rick W K WONG, Kecheng Li

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Abstract

A new kind of highly red emissive and transparent nanopapers as ultraviolet filter are produced from lanthanide complex Eu(TTA)3(H2O)2 grafted nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) by a filtration process using a Buchner funnel. The nanopapers Eu-NFC 1–4 with different thickness (0.023 mm, 1; 0.04 mm, 2; 0.081 mm, 3 and 0.1 mm, 4) possess a fibres with dimensions of approximately 50 nm in diameter and several micrometres in length. Those nanopapers exhibit excellent ultraviolet A (UVA; 320–400 nm) filter property and high optical transmittance (>73% at wavelength of 600 nm). The presence of Eu(TTA)3(H2O)2 in Eu-NFC nanopapers can block 97% UVA (at 348 nm) light and convert it into pure red emission (CIE: x = 0.663, y = 0.333) through the efficient triplet-triplet energy transfer process. The efficient red emission can significantly improve the photo-stability of β-diketones type UVA filter. It can sustain for 10 h without decomposition under UV irradiation at 365 nm, which makes it possible to be applied in UVA filters. Moreover, its low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE: 6.39 ppm K−1 of nanocellulose), is superior to petroleum-based materials for red organic light-emitting devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)747-753
Number of pages7
JournalOptical Materials
Volume73
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • General Computer Science
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

User-Defined Keywords

  • Lanthanide
  • Photo-stability
  • Pure red emission
  • Transparent nanopapers
  • β-diketones type UVA filter

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