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Structural and Luminescence Properties of Nanocrystalline Eu3+-doped Gd2O3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Segundo Jauregui ,
Oscar Perales-Perez ,
Omar Vasquez ,
W. Jia ,
M. S. Tomar  and
Esteban Fachini
Segundo Jauregui
Affiliation:
segundorj@yahoo.es, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Physics Department, Mayaguez, 00681, Puerto Rico
Oscar Perales-Perez
Affiliation:
ojuan@uprm.edu, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Engineering Science & Materials, Mayaguez, 00680-9044, Puerto Rico
Omar Vasquez
Affiliation:
ovasquez@uprm.edu, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Physics Department, Mayaguez, 00681, Puerto Rico
W. Jia
Affiliation:
wjia@uprm.edu, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Physics Department, Mayaguez, 00681, Puerto Rico
M. S. Tomar
Affiliation:
mtomar@uprm.edu, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Physics Department, Mayaguez, 00681, Puerto Rico
Esteban Fachini
Affiliation:
efachini@uprrp.edu, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, Chemistry Department, San Juan, N/A, Puerto Rico
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Abstract

The present work addresses the synthesis and characterization of red emitting Gd2-xEuxO3 nanocrystalline phosphors by a modified sol-gel based method. The effects of the annealing temperature and atomic fraction of Eu3+ ions, ‘x’, on the structural and luminescence properties of the produced oxides have been systematically investigated. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that crystalline cubic-Gd2O3 host structure was obtained when the intermediates (x=0.01-0.30) were annealed at different temperatures in air. Photoluminescence spectra of doped Gd2O3 powders showed all transitions of Eu3+ species, being the 5D0→7F2 transition the most intense. On a common sample-weight basis, the highest photoluminescence intensity was obtained at ‘x’ = 0.15. The energy transfer from host to dopant was verified for all evaluated ‘x’ values, which suggest the actual incorporation of Eu species into the Gd-oxide lattice. It was also found that the photoluminescence intensity was strongly dependent on the annealing temperature and dopant concentration.

Keywords

Gdoxideoptical properties
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1074: Symposium I – Synthesis and Metrology of Nanoscale Oxides and Thin Films , 2008 , 1074-I10-41
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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