Persistent luminescence of CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Dy(3+) and CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Ce(3+) phosphors prepared using the...

CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Dy(3+) and CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Ce(3+) phosphors were synthesized using the solid-state reaction method. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) analyses were used to characterize the phosphors. The XRD results revealed that the synthesized CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Dy(3+) and CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Ce(3+) phosphors were crystalline and are assigned to the monoclinic structure with a space group C2/c. The calculated crystal sizes of CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Dy(3+) and CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Ce(3+) phosphors with a main (221) diffraction peak were 44.87 and 53.51 nm, respectively. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) confirmed the proper preparation of the sample. The PL emission spectra of CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Dy(3+) and CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Ce(3+) phosphors have a broad band peak at 444.5 and 466 nm, respectively, which is due to electronic transition from 4f(6) 5d(1) to 4f(7). The afterglow results indicate that the CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Dy(3+) phosphor has better persistence luminescence than the CaMgSi2O6:Eu(2+),Ce(3+) phosphor.