Red-shift and improved afterglow of Sr3Al2-xBxO5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+ phosphors via a cation substitution strategy |
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Affiliation: | School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100Haiquan Road, Shanghai, 200235, China |
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Abstract: | Sr3Al2-xBxO5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+ (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4) long persistent phosphors were prepared via solid-state process. The pristine Sr3Al2O5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+ phosphor exhibits orange/red broad band emission around 609 nm, which can be attributed to the electric radiation transitions 4f65 d1→4f7 of Eu2+. Upon the same excitation, the B3+-doped Sr3Al2-xBxO5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+ phosphors display red-shift from 609 nm to 625 nm with increasing B3+ concentrations. The XRD patterns show that Al3+ can be replaced by B3+ in the host lattice at the tetrahedral site, which causes lattice contraction and crystal field enhancement, and thereafter achieves the red-shift on the emission spectrum. The XPS investigation provides direct evidence of the dominant 2-valent europium in the phosphor, which can be ascribed for the broad band emission of the prepared phosphors. The afterglow of all phosphors show standard double exponential decay behavior, and the afterglow of Sr3Al2O5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+is rather weak, while the sample co-doped with B3+shows longer and stronger afterglow, as confirmed after the curve simulation. The analysis of thermally stimulated luminescence showed that, when B3+ is introduced, a much deeper trap is created, and the density of the electron trap is also significantly increased. As a result, B3+ ions caused redshift and enhanced afterglow for the Sr3Al2-xBxO5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+ phosphor. |
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Keywords: | Red-shift Sr3Al2O5Cl2 Afterglow enhancement Phosphor Electron trap Thermal stimulated luminescence |
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