Journal
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 173, Issue 2, Pages 335-341Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4596(03)00107-5
Keywords
lyophilization; nanoparticles; crystalline; phosphors; luminescence
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The characterization and luminescence properties of natiostructured Gd2O3:Eu3+ phosphors synthesized by a sol-lyophilization process are presented. After preparation of gadolinium-based sols from gadolinium nitrate and ammonium hydroxide, the so-prepared sols were freeze dried at -10degreesC and calcinated at different temperatures. For temperatures lower than 1300 K, highly crystalline samples with the cubic structure can be obtained without concomitant grain growth of the particles (<50nm). The luminescence spectra contain all possible transitions of Eu3+ with C-2 symmetry and present two major features: an increase of the luminescence efficiencies of the phosphors in comparison with that obtained by solid-state reaction and the presence of an additional peak at about 609 nm at the vicinity of the D-5(0) --> (7)F(0...)4 transition. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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