Luminescent properties and characterisation of LaB3O6:Eu3+ phosphor synthesized using the combustion method.

Luminescent host materials which have LaB3O6 crystal structure were prepared and their structural and luminescent properties were analysed using the combustion method. Therefore, the measurements were performed at various temperatures. Phase impurity and optimum conditions were particularly determined at 900 °C for the host material prepared. Phase structures and morphological properties of the host material were analysed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). LaB3O6 was observed to have monoclinic crystal structure. Photoluminescence (PL) method was used to analyse its emission properties. Thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves were recorded; starting from room temperature (RT) up to 450 °C at a constant increasing heating rate of 1 °C/s using a Lexsyg smart TL/OSL reader.

Preparation and photoluminescence properties of aluminate phosphors produced by combustion synthesis.

In this work, Eu, Nd co-doped MAl2O4:Eu, Nd (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) phosphors were synthesized at low temperatures (550 °C) by the combustion method. The crystallinity of the phosphors was monitored by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the morphology was examined by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Synthesis of phosphors, the effect of lanthanide concentrations on light emission intensity and duration investigated by using photoluminescence (PL) measurements. Narrow orange-red emissions from 500 to 750 nm in the PL spectra are assigned to 5D0 → 7Fj (j = 0,1,2,3,…) transitions of Eu3+ ion. In contrast, the broad luminescence band of the samples in the range of 400-500 nm are attributed to the 5d-4 f transitions of Eu3+ ion in the same host materials. Investigated the effects of radiation on the severity of the trap depths of these structures. The decay curves of these phosphors show how long the phosphors are attenuated. Thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves have been recorded from room temperature to 300 °C at a constant heating rate of 1 °C/s after preheat process at 130 °C for 10 s using lexsyg smart TL/OSL reader. Nd3+ trap levels can be thought of as the lanthanide element that causes long composition in the phosphorescence structure at room temperature.