摘要
The mechanism of phosphorescence in SrAl<sub>2sub>O<sub>4sub>:Eu,Dy material is discussed on the basis of a thermo-activated release of electrons trapped at oxygen vacancy sites. The depths and concentration of the electron traps are strongly affected by codoping with trivalent lanthanide cations Ln<sup>3+sup>. This finding is rationalized by comparing the ionization potentials of the dopant cation Eu<sup>2+sup>, the codopant cation Ln<sup>3+sup> and the substituted cation Sr<sup>2+sup>. Such a use of ionization potentials provides a practical guide with which the variation of the phosphorescent decay time in the codoped derivatives of SrAl<sub>2sub>O<sub>4sub>:Eu is predicted.