The invention provides a method for preparing an upconversion nanometer material taking NaLuF4 as a base material, which includes the following steps: Step I, adding rare-earth
chloride solution into
ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid solution, uniformly stirring, and adding the solution into
sodium fluoride water solution, stirring to obtain a solution A; Step II, adding the solution A to a reaction still for
hydrothermal reaction, and cooling to obtain a solution B; and Step III, heating the solution B, and obtaining the end product, the upconversion nanometer material taking the NaLuF4 as the base material, after
precipitation separation, washing and stoving. According to the invention,
hydrochloric acid serves as
solvent of
rare earth oxide,
ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid serves as surface appearance control agent, and the upconversion nanometer material taking the NaLuF4 as the base material can be prepared after the
hydrothermal reaction; the prepared upconversion nanometer material taking the NaLuF4 as the base material has the characteristics of controllable surface appearance, excellent
dispersity, excellent up-conversion
luminescence performance, and the like; and the method has simple equipment, is easy to operate, facilitates
mass production and popularization, and has better application prospects.