Synthesis and Characterization of Cerium-Doped Lutetium Aluminum Garnet Phosphors by Nitrate-citrate Sol-Gel Combustion Process
来源期刊：JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS2007年第4期
论文作者：Liu Xuejian Zhang Qitu Huang Liping Li Huili
Key words：LuAG:Ce phosphors; sol-gel combustion process; photoluminescence; radioluminescence; rare earths;
Abstract: Nanosized cerium-doped lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAG:Ce) phosphors were prepared by nitrate-citrate sol-gel combustion process using 1:1 ratio of the citrate:nitrate. The prepared LuAG:Ce phosphors were characterized by XRD, TEM, photoluminescence and radioluminescence spectra excited by UV and X-ray, respectively. The purified crystalline phase of LuAG:Ce was obtained at 900 ℃ by directly crystallizing from amorphous materials. The resultant LuAG:Ce phosphors were uniform and had good dispersivity with an average particle size of about 30 nm. Both photoluminescence and radioluminescence were well-known Ce3+ emissions located in the range of 470～600 nm consisting of two emission bands because of the transition from the lowest 5d excited state (2D) to the 4f ground state of Ce3+, which matched well with the sensitivity curve of the Si-photodiode. There was a little red shift for the emission components from the UV-excited emission spectrum to the X-ray-excited emission spectrum. The fast scintillation decay component of 26 ns satisfies the requirements of fast scintillators.
Liu Xuejian1，Zhang Qitu2，Huang Liping1，Li Huili2
(1.Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China;
2.College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China)
Abstract:Nanosized cerium-doped lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAG:Ce) phosphors were prepared by nitrate-citrate sol-gel combustion process using 1:1 ratio of the citrate:nitrate. The prepared LuAG:Ce phosphors were characterized by XRD, TEM, photoluminescence and radioluminescence spectra excited by UV and X-ray, respectively. The purified crystalline phase of LuAG:Ce was obtained at 900 ℃ by directly crystallizing from amorphous materials. The resultant LuAG:Ce phosphors were uniform and had good dispersivity with an average particle size of about 30 nm. Both photoluminescence and radioluminescence were well-known Ce3+ emissions located in the range of 470～600 nm consisting of two emission bands because of the transition from the lowest 5d excited state (2D) to the 4f ground state of Ce3+, which matched well with the sensitivity curve of the Si-photodiode. There was a little red shift for the emission components from the UV-excited emission spectrum to the X-ray-excited emission spectrum. The fast scintillation decay component of 26 ns satisfies the requirements of fast scintillators.
Key words:LuAG:Ce phosphors; sol-gel combustion process; photoluminescence; radioluminescence; rare earths;
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