Preparation and Luminescence Properties of the New Long Phosphorescent Phosphors Ba1-x Cax Al2O4 ： Eu^2＋ , Dy^3＋

New long phosphorescent phosphors Ba1-x CaxAl2O4:Eu^2 , Dy^3 with tunable color emission were prepared and studied. The emission spectra show that the tuning range of the color emission of the phosphors is between 498 and 440 nm, which is dependent on x, under the excitation of UV. The wavelength of the afterglow increases with the increasing of x until x equals 0.6. The XRD patterns show that the single phase limit in the phosphors is below x value of 0.4.The Thermolumineseence spectra were measured to investigate the traps created by the doping of Dy^3 .     

Preparation of Non-Grinding Long Afterglow SrAl2O4 ：Eu^2＋ , Dy^3＋ Material by Microwave Combustion Method

The non-grinding long afterglow material SrAl2O4：Eu^2＋ , Dy^3＋ was prepared by combustion method in home mierowave oven direetly, after dispersant, frother, eomburent, and mineralizer were added into the reacting system. XRD analysis showed that the powders were nearly pure SrAl2O4 phase with few other phases, and the size of the grain was 41.1 nm. Fluoreseenee speetrum results indieated that there were 2 exeitation peaks loeated at 345 and 400 nm, and the emission peak loeated at 516 nm, afterglow lasted up to 30 min or more. The mierowave eombustion method has advantages of less time, low temperature and no grinding process, and the material made by the method has good luminescent property.     

Adjustable Luminescence of SrAl2O4：Eu^2＋ , Dy^3＋ Assembled in Zeolite

Capsulating guest into the nanometer yoids of zeolites is a effective way to form novel host-guest material. In our work, stoichiometric SrAl2O4: Eu^2 , Dy^3 sol guest was prepared by sol-gel method and assembled into the nanometer channels of zeolite ZSM-5 host through mechanical mixing, hydrothermal reaction and microwave heating reaction, respectively. After being reduced and diffused in a microwave muffle, the fluorescence spectra of the host-guest materials exhibit remarkable blue shifts in comparison of that of SrAl2O4 : Eu^2 , Dy^3 . Some interesting phenomena in the assembled hostguest materials are that the after-glow emission spectra exist two bands at about 400 nm and 517 nm and the relative strengths of these two bands can be adjusted by changing the assembly methods and the assembly concentration. These are attributed to the fact that the phosphor was capsulated into the voids of zeolite ZSM-5 and generated the quantum size effect and the host-guest effect.     

Characterization of Y2O2S： Eu^3＋, Mg^2＋, Ti^4＋ Long-Lasting Phosphor Synthesized by Flux Method

Long-lasting phosphor Y₂O₂S: Eu³⁺, Mg²⁺, Ti⁴⁺ was synthesized by a flux method and their luminescence properties were investigated. The result indicates that the unit cell parameter c is linearly increased with the increase of Eu₂O₃ content in Y₂O₂S: Eu_x³⁺ (0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.10). On the other hand, the change of unit cell parameter a is not linear dependence. In the Y₂O₂S: Eu³⁺ crystal structure, Eu³⁺ ions only replaced Y³⁺ ions' places in which it posited center position of c axis. With the increase of Eu₂O₃ content, the position of the strongest emission peak changed from 540 nm (⁵D₁→⁷F₂ transition) to 626 nm (⁵D₀→⁷F₂ transition), and the maximum intensity was obtained when x = 0.09 in Y₂O₂S: Eu_x³⁺ (0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.10). This is due to the environment of trivalent europium in the crystal structure of Y₂O₂S. Doping with Mg²⁺ or Ti⁴⁺ ions alone cannot get the good long-lasting afterglow effect, whereas co-doping with Mg²⁺ and Ti⁴⁺ ions and excited with 365 nm ultraviolet light, a strong thermoluminesence peak appeared, red and orange long-lasting phosphorescence (LLP) was also observed and the phosphorescence lasted nearly 3 h in the light perception of the dark-adapted human eye (0.32 mcd · m⁻²). Thus the LLP mechanism was analyzed.     

Preparation and Characterization of Red Luminescent Ca0.8 Zn0.2 TiO3 ： Pr3 ＋ , Na^＋ Nanophosphor

Nanophosphor with the nominal composition of Ca0.8 Zn0.2 TiO3 ： Pr3 ＋ , Na^＋ （CZTOPN） was synthesized at relatively low temperature by the sol-gel method. Metal ions were dispersed by citric acid in ethylene glycol solvent and then react with Ti（OC4H9）4 to form sol and gel. The decomposition process of the precursor, and crystallization and particle size of CZTOPN were examined by thermal analysis （TG-DSC）, powder X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and scan election microscopy （SEM）. Results of TG-DSC and XRD reveal that the composition of Ca0.8 Zn0.2 TiO3 ： Pr3 ＋ , Na^＋ changes with the sintering temperature. SEM data indicate that the diameter of particles is under 50 nm even if the sintering temperature increases to 1000 ℃. In contrast to a solid state reaction, the excitation spectra of samples synthesized by the sol-gel method shift blue about 10 nm and the emission intensity at 617 nm increases significantly.     

Fabrication and characterization of YVO4：Eu^3＋ nanomaterials by the microwave technique

Fabrication and characterization of YVO4:Eu3+ nanophosphors prepared by microwave(MW) irradiation assisted soft template synthesis were reported.The effects of synthesis conditions such as different powers of MW irradiation,pH values and concentration of reac-tion materials on properties of nanophosphor were also investigated to obtain the controllable size,morphology and high luminescence effi-ciency.Morphology,crystalline structure,and optical properties were characterized by field emission scanning elect...     

Photoluminescent properties of Ca2Gd8（SiO4）6O2： Dy^3＋ phosphor films prepared by sol-gel process

There are growing interests on phosphor thin films owing to their potential application in high-resolution devices such as cathode ray tubes and flat panel display devices. The solution-based sol-gel method is one of the most important techniques for the synthesis of various functional coating films. Compounds with the apatite structure are very suitable host lattices for various luminescent ions. Ca2RE8（SiO4）6O2 （ RE=Y, Gd, La ） is a kind of ternary rare-earth-metal silicate with oxyapatite structure, which has been used as host material for the luminescence of various rare earth and mercury-like ions. In this article, Ca2Gd8（SiO4）6O2：Dy^3＋phosphor films were dip-coated on quartz glass substrates through the sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction （XRD）, atomic force microscopy （AFM）, photoluminescence （PL） spectra, as well as lifetimes were used to characterize the resulting films. AFM study revealed that the phosphor films consisted of homogeneous particles. The Dy^3＋ showed its characteristic emission in crystalline phosphor films, i.e., ^4F9/2-^6H15/2 and ^4F9/2-^6H13/2.     

Synthesis of Long Afterglow Phosphor CaAl2Si2O8 ：Eu^2＋, Dy^3＋ via Sol-Gel Technique and Its Optical Properties

The long afterglow phosphor CaAl2Si2O8：Eu^2＋ , Dy^3＋ was prepared by a sol-gel method. The sol-gel process and the structure of the phosphor were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction analysis （XRD）. It is found that the single anorthite phase formed at about 1000 %, which is 300 % lower than that required for the conventional solid state reaction. The obtained phosphor powders are easier to grind than those of solid state method and the partical size of phosphor has a relative narrow distribution of 200 to 500 nm. The photoluminescence and afterglow properties of the phosphor were also characterized. An obvious blue shift occurs in the excitation and emission spectra of phosphors obtained by sol-gel and solid state reaction methods. The change of the fluorescence spectra can be attributed to the sharp decrease of the crystalline grain size of the phosphor resulted from the sol-gel technique.     

Effect of Ho^3＋ Ion on Luminescent Property of CaGaeS4：Eu^2＋

The afterglow luminescent property and thermo-luminescence (TL) of CaGa2S4：Eu^2 , Ho^3 were systemateally investigated. The afterglow of Eu and Ho Co-doped CaGa2S4 shows a broadband emission at 552 nm, which is the same as that of Eu doped CaGa2S4 only. And the decay behavior of CaGa2S4 Eu^2 , Ho^3 was investigated, which shows that CaGa2S4: Eu^2 , Ho^3 is a phosphor with long after-glow, whereas the CaGazS4:Eu^2 is a phosphor with-out long afterglow. Comparison of TL curves and 3D-TL emission spectra of CaGa2S4:Eu^2 ,Ho^3 and Ca-C, a2S4:Eu^2 show that a new trap center is produced at about 80℃, which is the basic reason of CaGazS4:Eu^2 ,Ho^3 with long afterglow.     

Photoluminescent properties of SreSiO4：Eu^3＋ and Sr2SiO4：Eu^2＋ phosphors prepared by solid-state reaction method

Eu²⁺ and (or) Eu³⁺ doped Sr₂SiO₄ phosphors particles were synthesized by a conventional solid-state reaction technique, and their structural and optical properties were investigated. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results showed that the obtained phosphors were composed of orthorhombic α'-Sr₂SiO₄ and monoclinic β-Sr₂SiO₄ phase. When excited under 256 nm, Sr₂SiO₄:Eu³⁺ phosphors showed intense emission in the red region. Sr₂SiO₄:Eu³⁺ phosphors exhibited white emissions (x=0.30, y=0.40, T_C=6500 K) ranging from 425 to 650 nm when it was excited by near-ultraviolet (near-UV) light, indicating that Sr₂SiO₄:Eu²⁺ was a good light-conversion phosphor candidate for near-UV chip.     

Sol-Gel Preparation and Luminescence Properties of BaMgAl10O17 ： Eu^2＋ Phosphors

The synthesis of BaMgAl10O17： Eu^2＋ （BAM） phosphors using the sol-gel method and their luminescence properties were reported. The blue-light emitting BAM was synthesized using citric acid and ethylene glycol as chelating materials. Emission of blue-light was obtained from these phosphors. The luminescent intensity increases as the temperature of heat treatment is increased, This study investigated the effects of the molar ratio of ethylene glycol to citric acid （Ф value）, with respect to the phase formation and luminescence properties of BAM. The variation of the Фvalue resulted in the change of the sol-gel reaction mechanism and the microstructures of the resultant powders. An increase in Фvalue leads to an increase in the rate of BAM phase formation. The photoluminescent intensity of the prepared phosphors increases with heating temperatures because of enhanced crystallization.     

Preparation and Long Persistence Red Luminescence of M0.2Ca0.8TiO3 ： Pr^3＋ （M = Mg^2＋ , Sr^2＋ , Ba^2＋ , Zn^2＋）

M0.2Ca0.8TiO3 : Pr^3 (M = Mg^2 , Sr^2 , Ba^2 , Zn^2 ) long persistence red phosphors were prepared by solid state reaction. The influence of the partially replacing Ca^2 in CaTiO3 with Mg^2 , Sr^2 , Ba^2 , Zn^2 on the excitation spectra, the emission spectra and the long persistence properties were studied. The results suggest that certain quantity of Mg^2 , Sr^2 , Ba^2 , Zn^2 which partially replace Ca^2 can enhance the luminescent intensity and prolong the afterglow persistence of the samples. The intensity of Mg0.2Ca0.8TiO3: Pr^3 is above all of the samples. Take Mg0.2Ca0.8TiO3:Pr^3 as the basic sample, the influence of Pr^3 concentrations (C (Pr^3 )) on the long afterglow properties were also studied.The results suggest that when the C (Pr^3 ) is 0.10% (tool fraction) the intensity of the sample is the highest. The excitation spectra of all these samples show broad band spectra ranging from 300 - 500 nm peaking at about 342 nm. The emission spectra also exhibit a broad band peaking at 613 nm (CaTiO3: Pr^3 is 612 nm). XRD research indicates that the crystalline phases change due to the replacement of divalent metal ions. The research on the thermoluminescence spectra of Mg0.2Ca0.8TiO3:Pr^3 indicates that the peak is at 107.35℃ and the depth of the trap energy is about 0.852 eV.     

Preparation and photoluminescence of Tb^3＋ doped SrAl2O4 phosphor by composite combustion method

High-efficient Tb^3＋ activated SrAl2O4 phosphor was synthesized by a combined combustion-solid-state reaction method. The precursor of SrAl2O4：Th^3＋ phosphor was prepared via a combustion process, and then the as-prepared powder was heated in a reductive ambient of activated carbon at 1250 ℃ for 1 h. The results of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and photoluminescence spectra revealed the influence of the dosage of urea and heated process on the crystallinity, morphology, and photoluminescence of the phosphor. Comparing with traditional solid-sate reaction, the crystallinity and emission intensity of the SrAl2O4：Tb^3＋ phosphor were improved by this two-step process.     

Study on Luminescence Properties and Crystal-Lattice Environment of Eu^2＋ in Sr4-xMgxSi3O8Cl4：Eu^2＋ Phosphor

According to the Van Uitert experimental equation, crystal-lattice environment of Eu^2 in the Sr4Si3O8C14 crystal was discussed. By adding Mg^2 to the host lattice, Sr4-xMgxSi3O8C14:Eu^2 was synthesized and the emission peak shifted from blue-green (488nm) to blue-violet (411nm) with the increase of amount of the magnesium which replaced the strontium. By analyzing the spectra of Sr4-xMgxSi3O8C14:Eu^2 the two Eu^2 emission centers were found because of the change of crystal-lattice environment in the host and the crystal structure was obtained by X-ray diffraction data.     

Broadband downconversion in YVO4：Tm3＋,Yb3＋ phosphors

An efficient near-infrared (NIR) downconversion (DC) by converting broadband ultraviolet (UV) into NIR was demonstrated in YVO4:Tm3+,Yb3+ phosphors. The phosphors were extensively characterized using various methods such as X-ray diffraction, photoluminescence excitation, photoluminescence spectra and decay lifetime to provide supporting evidence for DC process. Upon UV light varying from 260 to 350 nm or blue light (473 nm) excitation, an intense NIR emission of Yb3+ corresponding to transition of 2F5/2→2F7/2 peaking at 985 nm was generated. The visible emission, the NIR mission and the decay lifetime of the phosphors of various Yb3+ concentrations were investigated. Experimental results showed that the energy transfer from vanadate group to Yb3+ via Tm3+ was very efficient. Application of the broadband DC YVO4:Tm3+,Yb3+ phosphors might greatly enhance response of siliconbased solar cells.     

Structure and luminescent properties of luminous polypropylene fiber based on Sr2MgSi2OT：EU^2＋,Dy^3＋

The luminous polypropylene fiber based on long afterglow luminescent material Sr2MgSi2O7：Eu^2＋,Dy^3＋was prepared by melt-spinning process. Micro-morphology, phase composition, crystal structure, spectral features and afterglow properties of the lu-minescent fiber were tested and analyzed. The results indicated that the fiber had independent superposition phase features of both Sr2MgSi2O7：Eu2＋,Dy3＋and polypropylene. The range of its excitation wavelength was located between 250-450 nm;therefore, the luminescent fiber could be excited by ultraviolet or visible light. It could emit blue light of 460 nm wavelength after excitation, which was caused by the 5d-4f transition of Eu^2＋ions within the host lattice. The initial luminescent intensity was more than 0.8 cd/m^2, and afterglow life lasted 7 h. The afterglow decay was composed of rapid-decaying and slow-decaying processes, and the decay charac-teristics depended on the depth and concentration of trap level in the Sr2MgSi2O7：Eu^2＋,Dy^3＋.     

VUV Spectroscopy of GdPO4： Eu^3＋ and GdBO3： Eu^3＋

The emission and the excitation spectra of GdPO4 ： Eu^3＋ and GdBO3： Eu^3 ＋ prepared by solid state reaction method were investigated using the synchrotron radiation source of SUPERLUMI station of HASYLAB. The energy transfer between Gd^3＋ and Eu^3＋ was discussed with the probability of quantum cutting process. In the excitation spectra monitoring the red emission from Eu^3＋ , the distinct lines corresponding to the intraconfigurational 4f-4f transitions from Gd^3＋ were observed for both samples, indicating an efficient energy transfer from host Gd^3＋ ions to the doped Eu^3＋ ions. The efficient energy transfer is necessary for the quantum cutting process based on the two-step energy transfer from Gd^3＋ to Eu^3＋ . However, the overlapping of the lines corresponding to Gd^3＋ ：^8S7/2→^6GJ and the broad excitation band （180 - 270 nm） due to Eu^3＋- O^2- charge transfer states （CTS） around 200 nm cause excitation energy on ^6GJ levels to dissipate into CTS by direct energy transfer, unfavorable to the cross relaxation energy transfer between Gd^3＋ and Eu^3＋, thus unfavorable to the quantum cutting process. With the help of the general rules governing the energy positions of Eu^3＋-O^2- ：CTS, the suggestions concerning searching suitable oxide hosts for Gd^3＋-Eu^3＋ quantum cutting were made.     

溶胶-凝胶法制备长余辉发光材料SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+的研究

用溶胶-凝胶法制备长余辉发光材料SrAl2O4∶Eu2+,Dy3+,选用柠檬酸合成前驱体柠檬酸盐,确定最佳烧结温度在1200～1250℃范围,比一般高温固相法制备该产物降低了200℃,其产物的发射光谱出现了明显"蓝移"现象.