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OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 313-318Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2015.01.020
Keywords
ZnGa2O4; Li ion; Persistent luminescence; Photocatalytic
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21271048]
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Open Projects [RERU2013007]
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The crystal structure, photoluminescence, persistent luminescence and photocatalytic properties of Li0.15Zn0.85Ga2O4 phosphors were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns indicated that Li-doped ZnGa2O4 had a spinel phase. The result of Raman spectra showed that the first order Raman active modes in spinel ZnGa2O4 were only attributed to Zn2+ ions in the tetrahedral sites. The Li+ ion doping into ZnGa2O4 led to enhancement of the emission intensity, and improved the persistent luminescence properties. When Li+ ion was incorporated into the ZnGa2O4 lattice, the new cation vacancy formed for the charge compensation and the cation vacancy would capture some of the excited electrons and acted as electron trap. Moreover, photocatalytic activity test shown that Li-doped ZnGa2O4 phosphor exhibited higher catalytic activities than the pure ZnGa2O4 for the degradation of Rhodamine B by the ultraviolet irradiation. It indicated that Li-doped ZnGa2O4 owned more traps to storage the photoinduced carriers, which decreased the combination of electrons and holes, resulting a higher catalytic activity. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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