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PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
Volume 510, Issue -, Pages 38-42Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2017.01.012
Keywords
Zinc borotellurite glass; Trivalent lanthanide; Dysprosium oxide; Optical properties; Optical band gap and Urbach energy
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- Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia, Malaysia under Grant GPIBT [9411800]
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
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The zinc borotellurite doped with dysprosium oxide glass samples with chemical formula {[( TeO2) (0.7)( B2O3) (0.3)] (0.7)( ZnO) (0.3)} (1- x) ( Dy2O3)(x) ( where x= 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05 M fraction) were prepared by using conventional melt quenching technique. The structural and optical properties of the proposed glass systems were characterized by using X- ray diffraction ( XRD) spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared ( FTIR) spectroscopy, and UV- VIS spectroscopy. The amorphous nature of the glass systems is confirmed by using XRD technique. The infrared spectra of the glass systems indicate three obvious absorption bands which are assigned to BO3 and TeO4 vibrational groups. Based on the absorption spectra obtained, the direct and indirect optical band gaps, as well as the Urbach energy were calculated. It is observed that both the direct and indirect optical band gaps increase with the concentration of Dy3+ ions. On the other hand, the Urbach energy is observed to decrease as the concentration of Dy3+ ions increases.
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