Spectroscopy and Luminescence Dynamics of Ce 3+ and Sm 3+ in LiYSiO 4
The lithium yttrium silicate series of LiY1-xLnxSiO4 exhibits superb chemical and optical properties, and with Ln = Ce3+, Sm3+, its spectroscopic characteristics and luminescence dynamics are investigated in the present work. Energy transfer and non-radiative relaxation dramatically influence the Ln3+ luminescence spectra and decay dynamics, especially in the Ce3+-Sm3+ co-doped phosphors. It is shown that thermal-quenching of the blue Ce3+ luminescence is primarily due to thermal ionization in the 5d excited states rather than multi-phonon relaxation, whereas cross-relaxation arising from electric dipole-dipole interaction between adjacent Sm3+ ions is the leading mechanism that quenches the red Sm3+ luminescence. In the co-doped systems, Ce3+-Sm3+ energy transfer in competing with the thermal quenching enhance the emission from Sm3+. The combined influences of concentration quenching, thermal ionization, energy transfer including cross-relaxation on the luminescence intensity of single-center and co-doped phosphors are analyzed based on the theories of ion-ion and ion-lattice interactions.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1307657
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 120, Issue 8; ISSN 1932-7447
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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