Data on Effects of the Incorporation of Luminescent Vanadate Nanoparticles in Lithium-borate Glass Matrices by Various Methods

The glass-ceramic materials studied in this work are designed using combinations of lithium-vanadate-borate glass matrices and lanthanum/rare earth (RE) vanadate nanoparticles. Three different techniques of sintering of the glass matrix and vanadate nanoparticles are investigated. Morphological characteristics and spectral properties of the glass-ceramic samples obtained by different techniques are investigated and analyzed in comparison with the properties of the original glass matrices. The luminescence spectra of all glass-ceramic samples consist of a wideband glass matrix emission and the characteristic line emission of the RE ions incorporated into the glass matrices as nanoparticles. The RE luminescence of these glass-ceramics is promising for various optoelectronic applications. Recommendations for the next development of new glass-ceramic techniques and materials are discussed.