A novel green emitting phosphor SrAl2B2O7 Tb3+
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AnovelgreenemittingphosphorSrAl2B2O7:Tb3+ZhouyunRena,ChunyanTaob,HuaYanga,⁎,ShouhuaFenga,caCollegeofChemistry,JilinUniversity,Changchun,130023,PRChina
bKeyLabforSupramolecularStructureandMaterialsofMinistryofEducation,JilinUniversity,Changchun,130012,PRChina
cStateKeyLaboratoryofInorganicSynthesisandPrepartiveChemistry,JilinUniversity,Changchun,130023,PRChina
Received14March2006;accepted22July2006Availableonline18August2006
AbstractSrAl2B2O7:Tb3+phosphorswerefabricatedbythesol–gelmethod.Thephosphorshowedprominentluminescenceingreenduetothe5D4–7F5
transitionofTb3+.StructuralcharacterizationoftheluminescentmaterialwascarriedoutwithX-raypowderdiffraction(XRD)analysis.
Luminescencepropertieswereanalyzedbymeasuringtheexcitationandphotoluminescencespectra.Photoluminescencemeasurementsindicatedthatthephosphorexhibitedbrightgreenemissionatabout541nmunderUVexcitation.Itisshownthatthe11%ofdopingconcentrationofTb3+
ionsinSrAl2B2O7:Tb3+phosphorsisoptimum.©2006ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.
Keywords:SrAl2B2O7:Tb3+phosphor;Excitationspectrum;Emissionspectrum
1.IntroductionPlasmadisplaypanels(PDPs)aremostpromisinglargesizeflat-panelinformation-displaydevicesinwhichthepixelscon-sistofsmallgas-dischargecells[1–7].Recently,compoundsofthealuminoboratefamilyseemtobepromisingforhighlumi-nescentefficiencyandgoodthermalstability[8–11].Thealu-minoboratesdopedwithrareearthionshaveattractedmuchattentionbecauseoftheirhighUVtransparencyandnon-linearproperties.Inaddition,borateshaveexceptionalopticaldamagethresholdandareabletowithstandtheharshconditioninvacuumdischargelampsorscreens.ThecompoundSrAl2B2O7wasobtainedbycrystallizationofaluminoborateglassesseveralyearsago.J.F.MacDowellfoundtwocrystallineformswithlowthermalexpansioncoefficientsandindexedtheirX-raypatternsonthebasisofacubicandahexagonalunitcell[12].MorerecentlySrAl2B2O7waspro-posedasanon-linearopticalmaterialandtherhombohedrastructureofSrAl2B2O7isdescribedfromthe(BO3)∞planesperpendiculartothetrigonalaxisbeinglinkedalternativelybyAl–O–AlbridgesandSratoms[13–16].ThestrontiumatomsincentrosymmetricstructureofSrAl2B2O7locatedbetweendoublelayerscomposedofAlO4tetrahedralandBO3triangles,inlargecavitiesformedbysixoxygenatomsattheverticesofanoctahedronandsixmoredistantoxygenatomsalsowithanoctahedralarrangement.Inthelastfewyearstherehavebeenobservedinthisfieldagrowinginterestindevelopingnewsyntheticmethodsbasedonthesol–geltechnology.Eu3+,Tb3+andCe3+ionsareknownto
emitvisibleradiationinthered,greenandblueregions.InthisworkwepresenttheresultsofstructuralandopticalstudiesofSrAl2B2O7:Tb3+nanocrystallitespreparedbythesol–gelme-
thod.Thismaterialhasagreatpotentialforpracticalapplica-tions,especiallyinthefieldofphosphormaterialssuchascathode-raytubes(CRT),projectiontelevisiontubes,aswellasPDPs.
2.ExperimentalPowdersamplesofacompositionSr1−xTbxAl2B2O7(0≤x≤
0.13)werepreparedusingTb4O7(99.99%purity),Sr(NO3)2,H3BO3,andAl(NO3)3·9H2Oasthestartingmaterials.Inordertoobtainahomogeneousmixture,stoichiometricamountsofstartingcompoundsweredissolvedinnitricacid(analyticalpurity).Thesolutionwasthenevaporatedtodryness.The
MaterialsLetters61(2007)1654–1657www.elsevier.com/locate/matlet
⁎Correpondingauthor.CollegeofChemistry,JilinUniversity,Changchun,
130023,PRChina.Tel./fax:+864318499151.E-mailaddress:huayang86@sina.com(H.Yang).
0167-577X/$-seefrontmatter©2006ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2006.07.161mixturewastreatedat550°Cinairinordertoeliminatenitrategroupsandthentheobtainedpowderwasthoroughlygroundandheatedat950°Cinairfor4h.Aftertheseprocessespolycrystallinepowderswereobtained.ThepuritiesofallthesampleswerecheckedbyX-raydiffractionmeasurementsatroomtemperatureusingCuKα1
radiation(λ=1.54059Å).Aspectrophotometerwasusedforthe
photoluminescent(PL)measurementatroomtemperature.
3.ResultsanddiscussionFig.1(a)representstheXRDpatternofSrAl2B2O7polycrystals
processedatdifferenttemperatures.Itshowsthatthecubic,hexagonalandimpurityphasesarepresentinsamplesprocessedat800°C.Thecubicphasecontainsasmallamountofhexagonalphasewhensinteredat850°C.Thecubicphasedominatesathighertemperature.Itcanbeseenthatonlythecubicphaseappearsat950°C.Thecrystallitesizeofthecubicphaseincreaseswiththeincreasingtemperature.FromthewidthoftheXRDpeakbroadening,themeancrystallinesizecanbe
calculatedusingScherrer'sequation:D=0.89λ/Bcosθ,whereλistheX-raywavelength(forCuKαradiation,λ=1.541Å),θisthediffrac-tionangle,andBisthehalf-widthofthediffractionpeak(inradians)at2θ.TheSrAl2B2O7polycrystalsannealedinthetemperaturerangeof