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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 130, Issue 1-2, Pages 293-298Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.06.042
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Ceramics; Sol-gel growth; Sintering; Photoluminescence spectroscopy
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- Estonian Science Foundation [7456, 7612]
- Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Centre [EU 29996]
- EU [II-20060076 EC]
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The paper explores the structure and luminescence of sol-gel-derived SnO2:Eu and SnO2:Eu,Sb nanopowders which may be useful as electrically conductive phosphors. The samples were sintered in air at temperatures reaching up to 1400 degrees C. Raman-, SEM-, EDX- and photoluminescence characterization of the samples was carried out. High-temperature annealing of SnO2:Eu leads to a nanoparticulate phosphor with considerable efficiency of host-sensitized Eu3+ emission under UV excitation although the emission is slightly quenched at room temperature. While Sb co-dopant immensely improves crystallization at 1400 degrees C, it also impairs luminescence performance. SEM and EDX characterization suggest pronounced segregation of Eu induced by the enhanced crystal growth. Interestingly, Sb-doping seems to activate in the Raman spectrum quite a few SnO2 vibrations which are normally rather weak or IR active. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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