Investigation of rare earth distribution in Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu2+,Dy3+ nanophosphors prepared by wet-chemical routes

Abstract

Luminescent materials have been developed through ne chemistry methods that help to achieve a better control of parameters such as morphology, particle size, atomic homogeneity and high purity single phase in low temperature synthesis.[1, 2] In this work, the material Sr1:98MgSi2O7 nanoparticles doped with 0.01 mol of Eu2+ and codoped with 0.01 mol of Dy3+ was prepared via Pechini and Condensation methods. Post-annealing by microwave assisted method using granular coal as the susceptor/reducing agent [3] was applied on both materials and their luminescent properties were compared. The structural position of Eu2+ used as the activator ions determines photoluminescence properties. The luminescence spectra of Sr2MgSi2O7:Rn+ nanomaterial (R: Eu2+, Dy3+) shows a high emission broad band assigned to the intercon gurational transition 4f65d1 ! 4f7 centered around 460 nm, which is overlapped with a low emission lines attributed to the 4F9=2 ! 6H13=2 transition of Dy3+ ion (Fig. 1b). Elemental mappings obtained by Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) presents dopants more likely to be found at the edge, indicating a possible segregation of rare earths to the grain boundaries during the synthesis (Fig. 1c). The persistent luminescence phenomenon emitting in a blue region was observed for both nanomaterials.