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Low temperature photoluminescence emission of Zn2SiO4:Eu3+ phosphor powder

S. R. LUKIĆ - PETROVIĆ1,* , D. M. PETROVIĆ1, M. NIKOLIĆ2, L. ĐAČANIN1, M. D. DRAMIĆANIN2

Affiliation

  1. University of Novi Sad, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
  2. Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, P.O. 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

Phosphor materials are of special interest due to their important applications ranging from solid state lightning and displays to biomedicine. Understanding the spectroscopic properties of these materials is important for optimizing their emission for technological applications. Zinc silicate (Zn2SiO4) has been identified as a very suitable host matrix for many rare-earth and transition metal dopant ions with excellent luminescent properties in the blue, green and red spectral zones. Here, we present high resolution measurements of low-temperature photoluminescence of trivalent europium doped zinc silicate particles prepared by combination of sol-gel and combustion synthesis route. We observed and analyzed 5D0 →7FJ spin forbidden f-f electronic transitions at low temperatures, as well as emission kinetics from 5D0 level and lifetime-temperature dependence..

Keywords

Phosphors, Zinc silicate, High resolution spectroscopy, Europium luminescence.

Citation

S. R. LUKIĆ - PETROVIĆ, D. M. PETROVIĆ, M. NIKOLIĆ, L. ĐAČANIN, M. D. DRAMIĆANIN, Low temperature photoluminescence emission of Zn2SiO4:Eu3+ phosphor powder, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 3-4, March-April 2013, pp.290-292 (2013).

Submitted at: March 18, 2013

Accepted at: April 11, 2013