Published January 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Structure and luminescence of the La1-xGdxF3 system

  • 1. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Experimental Station, Central Research and Development Dept., Wilmington, DE (United States)
  • 2. Argonne National Lab., Chemistry Div., Argonne, IL (United States)
  • 3. Debye Research Inst., Univ. of Utrecht, 3508 Utrecht (Netherlands)

Description

The trifluorides of La and Gd crystallize in different structures: LaF3 is of the hexagonal tysonite (P bar 31c) type, while GdF3 crystallizes in orthorhombic (Pnma) symmetry. Solid solutions of the type La1-xGdxF3 exist in the hexagonal structure to x = 0.5 and convert to the orthorhombic phase at x = 0.75. In this paper, lattice parameters are reported and the x-ray excited luminescence of Gd3+ in these compounds is discussed with particular emphasis on the Gd3+ site symmetry difference C2 in LaF3 and Cs in GdF3

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Journal Title
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Journal Volume
138
Journal Issue
1
Series
J. Electrochem. Soc.
Journal Page Range
313-316
ISSN
0013-4651
CODEN
JESOA