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OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 34, Issue 8, Pages 1375-1380Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2012.02.025
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Phosphors; Sr4Al14O25:Sm3+; Orange-red; Optical properties; Bi3+ activation
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A novel orange red emitting Sr4Al14O25:Sm3+. and Sr4Al14O25:Sm3+, M3+ (M = Bi, Dy, Nd) phosphors were synthesized by high temperature solid state reaction method. The phosphor samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy. UV-visible absorption, photoluminescence emission and excitation spectra were investigated for the phosphor with various doped concentrations of Sm3+ and Bi3+ ions and different amount of H3BO3 as a flux. The emission intensity of Sm3+ ions in the Sr4Al14O25 host largely enhanced with the amount of flux, concentration of activator (Sm3+) ion and co-activator (Bi3+) ion. The maximum intensity was observed in the phosphor prepared using 40 mol% H3BO3 as a flux and 2 at.% Sm3+ ions as an activator sintered at 1350 degrees C. Addition of 2 at.% Bi3+ ion drastically enhanced the emission intensity; the increase by Dy3+ ion was not so pronounced but Nd3+ ion largely suppressed the emission intensity. The increase of emission intensity by Bi3+ ion addition was explained on the basis of higher absorption of excitation energy by Bi3+ ions and efficient energy transfer from Bi3+ to Sm3+ emission center. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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