http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/12193
Title: | Sol-Gel Glass-Ceramic Materials Containing CaF2:Eu3+ Fluoride Nanocrystals for Reddish-Orange Photoluminescence Applications |
Authors: | Pawlik, Natalia Szpikowska-Sroka, Barbara Goryczka, Tomasz Pisarski, Wojciech A. |
Keywords: | CaF2 nanocrystals; glass-ceramics; Eu3+; luminescence; sol-gel synthesis |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Citation: | Applied Sciences, Vol. 9 (2019), Art. No. 5490 |
Abstract: | CaF2:Eu3+ glass-ceramic sol-gel materials have been examined for reddish-orange photoluminescence applications. The transformation from precursor xerogels to glass-ceramic materials with dispersed fluoride nanocrystals was verified using several experimental methods: di erential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), X-ray di raction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared spectroscopy (IR-ATR), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and photoluminescence measurements. Based on luminescence spectra and their decays, the optical behavior of Eu3+ ions in fabricated glass-ceramics were characterized and compared to those of precursor xerogels. In particular, the determined luminescence lifetime of the 5D0 excited state of Eu3+ ions in nanocrystalline CaF2:Eu3+ glass-ceramic materials is significantly prolonged in comparison with prepared xerogels. The integrated intensities of emission bands associated to the 5D0 ! 7F2 electric-dipole transition (ED) and the 5D0 !7F1 magnetic-dipole transition (MD) are changed drastically during controlled ceramization process of xerogels. This implies the e cient migration of Eu3+ ions from amorphous silicate sol-gel network into low-phonon energy CaF2 nanocrystals. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/12193 |
DOI: | 10.3390/app9245490 |
ISSN: | 2076-3417 2076-3417 |
Appears in Collections: | Artykuły (WNŚiT) |
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