Hydrothermal synthesis of micrometer doping CaWO4 phosphors assisted by polymerization
CaWO4 crystals were prepared by hydrothermal method assisting with phenol-formaldehyde polymer. The morphology can be controlled by polymer, and X-ray diffraction patterns results present a scheelite-type tetragonal structure, characteristic infrared active modes for O–W–O in the range from 500 cm[Formula: see text] to 4000 cm[Formula: see text] by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic techniques. Raman results indicate that the crystals possess seven Raman active modes in the range from 100 cm[Formula: see text] to 1000 cm[Formula: see text]. A scanning electron microscopy study reveals that the particles exhibit uniform morphology. Luminescent properties were investigated by photoluminescence measurements, multicolor phosphors were obtained when Ca[Formula: see text] was substituted partly by lanthanide ions.