Published February 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

The nature of the photoluminescence in amorphized PZT

  • 1. State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, CEP 79804-970, Dourados, MS (Brazil)
  • 2. Institute of Chemistry, Sao Paulo State University, CEP 14800-900, Araraquara, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. Department of Physics, UFSCar, Federal University of Sao Carlos, CEP 13565-905, Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)
  • 4. LIEC, Department of Chemistry, UFSCar, Federal University of Sao Carlos, CEP 13565-905, Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)

Description

The polymeric precursor method was used to synthesize lead zirconate titanate powder (PZT). The crystalline powder was then amorphized by a high-energy ball milling process during 120 h. A strong photoluminescence emission was observed at room temperature for the amorphized PZT powder. The powders were characterized by XRD and the percentage of amorphous phase was calculated through Rietveld refinement. The microstructure for both phases was investigated by TEM. The optical gap was calculated through the Wood and Tauc method using the UV-Vis. data. Quantum mechanical calculations were carried out to give an interpretation of the photoluminescence in terms of electronic structure

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.08.045;
PII
S0022-2313(04)00301-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Luminescence
Journal Volume
111
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 205-213
ISSN
0022-2313
CODEN
JLUMA8

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