Cationic Effects on Photo- and X-ray Radioluminescence of K3RE(PO4)2:Ce3+/Pr3+ (RE = La, Gd, and Y) Phosphors toward X-ray Detection

Title

Cationic Effects on Photo- and X-ray Radioluminescence of K3RE(PO4)2:Ce3+/Pr3+ (RE = La, Gd, and Y) Phosphors toward X-ray Detection

 Author

Ou, Yiyi (Sun Yat-sen University)
Zhou, Weijie (Sun Yat-sen University)
Dorenbos, P. (TU Delft RST/Luminescence Materials) ORCID 0000-0002-1004-8353
Liang, Hongbin (Sun Yat-sen University)

Date

2023

 Abstract

Cationic tuning for lanthanide (Ce3+/Pr3+)-activated inorganic phosphors with stable, efficient, and fast-decay 5d-4f emissions has emerged as an important strategy toward the continuing pursuit of superior scintillators. The in-depth understanding of the cationic effects on photo- and radioluminescence of lanthanides Ce3+ and Pr3+ centers is requisite for the rational cationic tuning. Here, we perform a systematic study on the structure and photo- and X-ray radioluminescence properties of K3RE(PO4)2:Ce3+/Pr3+ (RE = La, Gd, and Y) phosphors to elucidate the underlying cationic effects on their 4f-5d luminescence. By using the Rietveld refinements, low-temperature synchrotron-radiation vacuum ultraviolet-ultraviolet spectra, vibronic coupling analyses, and vacuum-referred binding energy schemes, the origins of lattice parameter evolutions, 5d excitation energies, 5d emission energies, and Stokes shifts as well as good emission thermal stabilities of K3RE(PO4)2:Ce3+ systems are revealed. In addition, the correlations of Pr3+ luminescence to Ce3+ in the same sites are also discussed. Finally, the X-ray excited luminescence manifests that the K3Gd(PO4)2:1%Ce3+ sample possesses a light yield of ∼10,217 photons/MeV, indicating its potentiality toward X-ray detection application. These results deepen the understanding of cationic effects on Ce3+ and Pr3+ 4f-5d luminescence and inspire the inorganic scintillator development.


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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00566

 Embargo date

2023-10-05

 ISSN

0020-1669

 Source

Inorganic Chemistry, 62 (15), 6181-6188

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