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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 2204-2210Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904526
Keywords
alkali metals; high-temperature chemistry; luminescence; silicates; solid-state structures
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Understanding the origin and mechanisms of luminescence is a crucial point when it comes to the development of new phosphors with targeted luminescence properties. Herein, a new phosphor belonging to the substance class of alkali metal lithosilicates with the generalized sum formula Cs4 xyzRbxNayLiz[Li3SiO4]4:Eu2+ is reported. Single crystals of the cyan-emitting UCr4C4-type phosphor show a peculiar double-band luminescence with one ultranarrow emission band at 473 nm and a narrow emission band at 531 nm under excitation with UV light (lexc= 408 nm). Regarding occupation of the channels by the light metal ions, investigations of single-crystal XRD data led to the assumption that domain formation with distinct lithium- and sodium-filled channels occurs. Depending on which of these channels hosts the activator ion Eu2+, a green or blue emission results. The herein-presented results shed new light on the luminescence process in the well-studied UCr4C4-type alkali metal lithosilicate phosphors.
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