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Improvement of luminescence properties of Ca0.8Zn0.2TiO3:Pr3+ prepared by hydrothermal method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2013

Liping Yu ,
Mao Xia ,
Xun Chen ,
Chunying Rong ,
Jinlin Zhang ,
Wenli Zhou ,
Ming Ma  and
Shixun Lian
Liping Yu*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Mao Xia
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Xun Chen
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Chunying Rong
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Jinlin Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Wenli Zhou
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Ming Ma*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Shixun Lian*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Sustainable Resources Processing and Advanced Materials of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: seaheart_yu@163.com
b)e-mail: shixunlian@gmail.com
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Abstract

Red-emitting phosphor of Ca0.8Zn0.2TiO3:0.2 mol% Pr3+ was synthesized by the hydrothermal method with urea as a mineralizer. The crystalline structure, micromorphology, and luminescent properties of the resultant phosphor were investigated. Results show that elevated calcination temperature does not change the shape of particles that are hollow spheres with a shell thickness of 210–480 nm, and smaller particles are in the middle of the larger ones. The emission intensity at 612 nm originated from 1D2 → 3H4 transition of Pr3+ ions increases with the elevated calcination temperature due to a higher crystallinity. Excitation curves consist of two strong broad bands centered at about 330 and 380 nm and a weaker broad band range from 450 to 500 nm. The sample prepared by the hydrothermal method has better luminescent properties than that of its counterpart prepared by the solid-state method, especially the improvement of near-UV region (380 nm) excitation intensity.

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hydrothermalluminescence
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 28 , Issue 18 , 28 September 2013 , pp. 2590 - 2597
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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