Tracing mechanism of optically and thermally stimulated luminescence in Lu_2O_3:Tb,M(M=Hf,Zr,Ti)ceramic storage phosphors |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, 14 F. Joliot-Curie Street, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland;2. Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC, Utrecht, the Netherlands;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;3. Department of Furniture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;4. Department of Physics and Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications, Ministry of Education (Shanghai University), Shanghai 200072, China |
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| Abstract: | A series of energy storage phosphors, Lu2O3:Tb,M (M = Hf, Zr, Ti), were investigated by means of photo- and thermoluminescence techniques to compare the effect of the co-dopant from the same group of periodic table of elements on charge carriers trapping capability and trap parameters. Most of the investigated processes were tracked individually for the Tb3+ in the two different metal sites offered by the Lu2O3 host – noncentrosymmetric C2 and centrosymmetric C3i. It is proved that both Tb3+ ions participate in hole trapping and electrons are immobilized in traps whose depths are defined by the co-dopant. Deepest traps, ∼1.79 eV, appear upon Ti addition, while Zr and Hf generate traps of very similar, ∼1.40–1.44 eV, depths. The stored energy may be released not only by means of thermal stimulation but also upon the impact of optical photons. Light from the 390–430 nm range of wavelengths was found the most efficient in the latter process. Also deep red radiation of 780 nm releases most of the trapped electrons in Zr/Hf co-doped ceramics but is much less effective in the case of Tb, Ti material. Consistent scheme of electronic levels engaged in charge carriers trapping and subsequent generation of thermo- and optically stimulated luminescence was constructed. |
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| Keywords: | Storage phosphors Thermoluminescence Optically stimulated luminescence Rare earths |
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