Abstract: Real-time monitoring of temperature changes in substation equipment is crucial for preventing failures and ensuring a stable power supply. Currently, temperature monitoring of substation equipment primarily relies on manual infrared thermometry, which has limitations such as strong operational dependence, susceptibility to interference, and difficulty in detecting internal faults. The luminous intensity ratio (LIR) is a stable optical parameter unaffected by factors such as spectral loss and environmental influences, making it suitable for temperature detection. The multi-emission characteristics of rare-earth-doped upconversion (UC) materials are highly compatible with LIR technology, demonstrating their potential in high-precision temperature monitoring. Here we introduces a non-contact temperature monitoring method for substation equipment based on NaErF₄@NaYF₄ core-shell UC materials and LIR technique. Experiments show that the method has high accuracy and sensitivity within temperature range of 25 ℃ to 225 ℃, with a sensitivity as high as 35×10^-3 ℃^-1, effectively monitoring temperature changes both inside and outside the equipment. This provides a new technical solution for temperature monitoring of substation equipment.

Key words: substation, temperature monitoring, upconversion luminescence, luminescence intensity ratio, core-shell structure, NaErF₄@NaYF₄