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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
A V S AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1116/1.3696720
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- South African National Research Foundation (NRF)
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- University of the Free State
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Ce3+-Tb3+ co-activated ZnAl2O4 powder phosphors were prepared by a solution combustion method using urea as a fuel. X-ray diffraction characterization showed that all the powders crystallized in the well known cubic spinel phase of ZnAl2O4. An enhanced down-converted green emission associated with the (D4 -> F5)-D-5-F-7 transitions of Tb3+ ions was observed at 543 nm from the ZnAl2O4:Ce3+, Tb3+ powders with different concentrations of Ce3+ and Tb3+. It was inferred from the fluorescence decay data that the enhancement was due to energy transfer from Ce3+ to Tb3+. Further, cathodoluminescence intensity degradation of the ZnAl2O4:Ce3+, Tb3+ powder phosphors was investigated when the powders were irradiated with 2 keV electrons. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to analyze the chemical and electronic states of individual elements before and after electron irradiation. The ZnAl2O4:Ce3+, Tb3+ phosphor was evaluated to be used as a UV down-converting layer in conventional silicon photovoltaic cells or as a source of green light in field emission display technologies. (C) 2012 American Vacuum Society. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3696720]
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