Synthesis and characterization of rare earth doped ZrO{sub 2} nanophosphors

Journal Article · Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898522· OSTI ID:22308074

Agrawal, Sadhana; Dubey, Vikas ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Raipur (C.G.) (India)

In this paper, we reports synthesis, characterization and thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves of europium and dysprosium activated zirconium dioxide (ZrO{sub 2}: Eu{sup 3+}, Dy{sup 3+}) phosphor with variable concentration of europium and fixed concentration of dysprosium. The sample was prepared by the Solid state method; thereafter, the TL glow curves were recorded for different concentration of europium with 20 min UV exposure at a heating rate of 6.7°C/s. The trapping parameters for synthesized phosphors of ZrO{sub 2}: Eu{sup 3+}, Dy{sup 3+} have been calculated by using a peak shape method. The sample was characterized for structural analysis by XRD (X-ray diffraction) and morphological analysis by FEGSEM (field emission gun scanning electron microscope) and FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). The effect of variable europium concentration and fixed dysprosium concentration on TL studies were interpreted and the formation of trap depth and reproducibility of prepared phosphor were analyzed by TL glow curves. The peak temperature on TL less than 200°C shows the formation of deep trapping in prepared sample. The high temperature peak shows the less fading and more stability in prepared sample.

• OSTI ID: 22308074
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1621, Issue 1; Conference: ICSAS 2014: 3. international conference on fundamental and applied sciences: Innovative research in applied sciences for a sustainable future, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 3-5 Jun 2014; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DOPED MATERIALS
DYSPROSIUM
DYSPROSIUM IONS
EUROPIUM
EUROPIUM IONS
FIELD EMISSION
FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS
FOURIER TRANSFORMATION
GLOW CURVE
HEATING RATE
INFRARED SPECTRA
PHOSPHORS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
THERMOLUMINESCENCE
TRAPPING
TRAPS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
ZIRCONIUM OXIDES