Luminescence and Energy Transfer Properties of Ca2 Gd8 （SiO4 ）6O2：A（ A = Pb^2＋, Tm^3＋） Phosphors

Ca2Gd8 (SiO4 )6O2: A (A = Pb^2 , Tm^3 ) phosphors were prepared through the sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy( SEM )and photoluminescence spectra were used to characterize the resulting phosphors. The results of XRD indicate that the phosphors crystallized completely at 1000℃. SEM study reveals that the average grain size is 300～1000 nm. In Ca2Gd8 (SiO4)6O2: Tm^3 phosphors, the Tm^3 shows its characteristic blue emission at 456 nm(^1D2-^3F4 )upon excitation into its ^3H6—^1D2 (361 nm), with an optimum doping concentration of 1mol% of Gd^3 in the host lattices. In Ca2Gd8 (SiO4 )6O2: pb^2 , Tm^3 phosphors, excitation into the Pb^2 at 266 nm(^1Oo—^3P1)yields the emissions of Gd^3 at 311 nm(6p—^8S)and Tm^3 at 367 nm (^1D2-^3H6)and 456 nm (^1D2-^3F4 ), indicating that energy transfer processes of Pb^2 -Gd^3 and Pb^2 -Tm^3 have occurred in the host lattices.