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Interaction of copper and europium in zinc sulfide

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6085943

Different ZnS-Eu, Cu crystals with a constant optimal Eu concentration equal to 6 x 10/sup -5/ g-atoms/g-mole and copper concentrations were studied to determine why ZnS-Eu and ZnS-Cu activators interfere with one another when introduced together. The luminescence spectra of the crystals is shown and the results of the interaction of impurities for powdered ZnS-Eu, Cu luminophores were checked. The copper impurity in the luminophore lowered the EPR intensity of europium but the concentration dependence was shifted toward higher copper concentration. The formation of copper-europium complexes was responsible for a drop in the efficiency of photoluminescence of Eu bands and the vanishing of the EPR signal of the EU/sup 2 +/ ion in the zinc sulfide lattice.

OSTI ID:
6085943
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 47:1; ISSN JASYA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English