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Luminescence in trilanthanumtrichlorotungstate (La/sub 3/WO/sub 6/Cl/sub 3/)

Journal Article · · J. Solid State Chem.; (United States)
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  1. State Univ., Utrecht, The Netherlands

The luminescence properties of La/sub 3/WO/sub 6/Cl/sub 3/ are reported and discussed. The tungstate group occurs as a trigonal prismatic WO/sub 6//sup 6 -/ complex. The blue luminescence is, for the greater part, quenched at room temperature. No energy migration occurs in this lattice. The decay times are discussed in terms of a simple moleclar-orbital (MO) scheme. The luminescence of the following activating ions was studied: Mo/sup 6 +/, Bi/sup 3 +/, Eu/sup 3 +/, Sm/sup 3 +/, Ce/sup 3 +/, and Tb/sup 3 +/. The molybdate group produces a red emission with low efficiency. The Bi/sup 3 +/ ion induces a narrow band emission with small Stokes shift. This is interpreted using a Bi/sup 3 +/-O/sup 2 -/-W/sup 6 +/ charge-transfer state.Except for Ce/sup 3 +/, the rare earth activators show luminescence, but the total transfer efficiency from tungstate to the rare-earth ions is low. This is not due to the one-step tungstate-rare-earth transfer (which is efficient), but to the localized nature of the tungstate excitation. The Eu/sup 3 +/ charge-transfer band is at very low energies.

OSTI ID:
5747637
Journal Information:
J. Solid State Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Solid State Chem.; (United States) Vol. 46:3; ISSN JSSCB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English