Effect of Calcination Temperature on Structural, Photoluminescence, and Thermoluminescence Properties of Y2O3:Eu3+ Nanophosphor

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• 作者：R. Hari Krishna ; B. M. Nagabhushana ; H. Nagabhushana ; N. Suriya Murthy ; S. C. Sharma ; C. Shivakumara ; R. P. S. Chakradhar
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January 31, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：117
• 期：4
• 页码：1915-1924
• 全文大小：716K
• 年卷期：v.117,no.4(January 31, 2013)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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Red light emitting cubic Y_1.95Eu_0.05O₃ nanophosphors have been synthesized by a low temperature solution combustion method using ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) as fuel. The systematic studies on the effect of calcination temperature on its structural, photoluminescence (PL), and thermoluminescence (TL) properties were reported. The crystallinity of the samples increases, and the strain is reduced with increasing calcination temperature. SEM micrographs reveal that samples lose their porous nature with an increase in calcination temperature. PL spectra show that the intensity of the red emission (611 nm) is highly dependent on the calcination temperature and is found to be 10 times higher when compared to as-formed samples. The optical band gap (E_g) was found to reduce with an increase of calcination temperature due to reduction of surface defects. The thermoluminescence (TL) intensity was found to be much enhanced in the 1000 掳C calcined sample. The increase of PL and TL intensity with calcination temperature is attributed to the decrease of the nonradiative recombination probability, which occurs through the elimination of quenching defects. The trap parameters (E, b, s) were estimated from Chen鈥檚 glow peak shape method and are discussed in detail for their possible usage in dosimetry.