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Low-energy Cathodoluminescence for OxyNitride Phosphors
Published on: November 15, 2016
Photoluminescence and afterglow of Dy3+ doped CaAl2O4 derived via sol-gel combustion
Bao-Gai Zhai1, Meng Meng Chen1, Yuan Ming Huang1
1School of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164 China dongshanisland@126.com.
Abstract:
With doping concentration varying from 0.1 to 5.0 mol%, a series of Dy3+ doped calcium aluminate (CaAl2O4:Dy3+) phosphors were synthesized via a sol-gel combustion technique. The phase, morphology, photoluminescence (PL), afterglow, and thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves of CaAl2O4:Dy3+ were investigated by means of X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, PL spectroscopy, afterglow spectroscopy, and TL dosimetry, respectively. It is found that: (i) oxygen vacancies and Dy3+ work as two independent sets of luminescence centers of PL for CaAl2O4:Dy3+; (ii) Dy3+ works as the luminescence center of afterglow for CaAl2O4:Dy3+; (iii) the afterglow of CaAl2O4:Dy3+ lasts for about 115 min at the optimal doping concentration of around 0.8 mol%; and (iv) multiple traps, which are sensitive to doping concentration, are present in CaAl2O4:Dy3+. The PL and afterglow mechanisms of CaAl2O4:Dy3+ are discussed to reveal the processes of charged carrier excitation, migration, trapping, detrapping, and radiative recombination in CaAl2O4:Dy3+.
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