Blue emission of Eu2+-doped translucent alumina

Yang, Yan; Zhang, Lihua; Kisslinger, Kim; Wei, Hua; Melcher, Charles L.; Wu, Yiquan

doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.08.015

Title: Blue emission of Eu²⁺-doped translucent alumina

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Luminescence

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.08.015· OSTI ID:1246782

Yang, Yan ^[1]; Zhang, Lihua ^[2]; Kisslinger, Kim ^[2]; Wei, Hua ^[3]; Melcher, Charles L. ^[3]; Wu, Yiquan ^[1]

Alfred Univ., Alfred, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Inorganic scintillators are very important in medical and industrial measuring systems in the detection and measurement of ionizing radiation. In addition to Ce³⁺, a widely used dopant ion in oxide scintillators, divalent Europium (Eu²⁺) has shown promise as a high-luminescence, fast-response luminescence center useful in the detection of ionizing radiation. In this research, aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) was studied as a host material for the divalent europium ion. Polycrystalline samples of Eu²⁺-doped translucent Al₂O₃ were fabricated, and room temperature luminescence behavior was observed. Al₂O₃ ceramics doped with 0.1 at% Eu²⁺ were fabricated with a relative density of 99.75% theoretical density and in-line transmittance of 22% at a wavelength of 800 nm. The ceramics were processed by a gel-casting method, followed by sintering under high vacuum. The gelling agent, a copolymer of isobutylene and maleic anhydride, is marketed under the commercial name ISOBAM, and has the advantage of simultaneously acting as both a gelling agent and as a dispersant. The microstructure and composition of the vacuum-sintered Eu²⁺:Al₂O₃ were characterized by Scanning Electric Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The phase composition was determined by X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD) combined with Rietveld analysis. The photoluminescence behavior of the Eu²⁺:Al₂O₃ was characterized using UV light as the excitation source, which emitted blue emission at 440 nm. The radio-luminescence of Eu²⁺:Al₂O₃ was investigated by illumination with X-ray radiation, showing three emission bands at 376 nm, 575 nm and 698 nm. Furthermore, multiple level traps at different depths were detected in the Eu²⁺:Al₂O₃ by employing thermoluminescence measurements.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704; AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 1246782

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1246736

Report Number(s):: BNL-111710-2016-JA

Journal Information:: Journal of Luminescence, Vol. 168, Issue C; ISSN 0022-2313

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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