Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials

• Published in: Chemical reviews Vol. 122; no. 6; pp. 5519 - 5603
• Main Authors: Zheng, Bingzhu, Fan, Jingyue, Chen, Bing, Qin, Xian, Wang, Juan, Wang, Feng, Deng, Renren, Liu, Xiaogang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 23.03.2022
• Subjects: catalytic activity; Crystal lattices; crystallization; Crystallography; Doping; Earth; Electrical properties; energy; Energy harvesting; Functional materials; Inorganic materials; Magnetic properties; magnetism; Metal ions; Metals, Rare Earth - chemistry; Nanomaterials; Nanostructures - chemistry; Nanotechnology; Optical properties; Rare earth elements

Impurity doping is a promising method to impart new properties to various materials. Due to their unique optical, magnetic, and electrical properties, rare-earth ions have been extensively explored as active dopants in inorganic crystal lattices since the 18th century. Rare-earth doping can alter th...