Published February 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

A study on the luminescence properties of CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+ phosphor

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Material Science of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Material Science, No. 5 MinYuan Road, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, Hubei (China)

Description

The blue-emitting CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+ phosphor was prepared at 800 oC by a modified solid-state reaction. The results of X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the formation of CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+. Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy showed that the phosphor could be excited efficiently by UV-vis light from 250 to 410 nm, and exhibit blue emission (460 nm). The emission intensity of CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+ phosphor varies with the increase of Eu2+concentration. The mechanism of resonance-type energy transfer from Eu2+ to Eu2+ was established to be electric multipole-multipole interaction. TEM images showed that the grain size of CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+ is about 45 nm, which is in full agreement with the theoretical calculation data from the XRD patterns. -- Research highlights: A novel phosphor CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+ was synthesized by a modified solid-state reaction. → Glycine can play the role of dispersant and reduce the synthesis temperature. → The mechanism of energy transfer was investigated in CaAl2B2O7:Eu2+ phosphors.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2010.12.046

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DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2010.12.046;
PII
S0921-4526(10)01224-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
406
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 996-999
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

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