Luminescent properties of a novel green-emitting gallium borate phosphor under vacuum ultraviolet excitation

  • Kyoungun Kim
  • , Young Min Moon
  • , Sungho Choi*
  • , Ha Kyun Jung
  • , Sahn Nahm
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) excitation and emission properties of a new Tb3+-activated green-emitting phosphor with huntite-type gallium borate, LnGa3(BO3)4:Tb3+ (Ln = Y, Gd), are investigated. Overall absorption bands are in the range of 120-250 nm and can be tentatively interpreted in terms of the charge transfer transition from host to rare earth ions and the Tb3+ activator. Additionally, an appropriate atomic ratio of Y3+/Gd3+ in the host compound enhances both the excitation and emission efficiency under VUV excitation. Enhanced absorption efficiency for the VUV light makes these novel phosphors the prominent luminescent materials with plasma-discharge conditions, by converting the VUV radiation to the visible light.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3925-3927
    Number of pages3
    JournalMaterials Letters
    Volume62
    Issue number24
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008 Sept 15

    Keywords

    • Borates
    • Phosphors
    • VUV

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering

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