ZHOU Wen, YU Li-ping, LIAN Shi-xun, QI Yuan, ZHU Ai-ling, RONG Chun-ying. Influence of pH Value in Precursor Solution on the Component, Morphology and Photoluminescence of Ca<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>16</sub>O<sub>38</sub> ∶ Pr<sup>3+</sup>, Na<sup>+</sup> Phosphor[J]. 发光学报, 2010,31(5): 712-718
ZHOU Wen, YU Li-ping, LIAN Shi-xun, QI Yuan, ZHU Ai-ling, RONG Chun-ying. Influence of pH Value in Precursor Solution on the Component, Morphology and Photoluminescence of Ca<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>16</sub>O<sub>38</sub> ∶ Pr<sup>3+</sup>, Na<sup>+</sup> Phosphor[J]. 发光学报, 2010,31(5): 712-718DOI:
Influence of pH Value in Precursor Solution on the Component, Morphology and Photoluminescence of Ca2Zn4Ti16O38 ∶ Pr3+, Na+ Phosphor
has received increasing interest owing to its high chemical stability
broad red emission and special long afterglow properties. However
the sintering temperature for obtaining pure Ca
2
Zn
4
Ti
16
O
38
∶ Pr
3+
Na
+
is confirmed to be 950 ℃ and the sintering period is 21 h for sol-gel synthesis of this phosphor. So
optimization of synthesis conditions of Ca
2
Zn
4
Ti
16
O
38
must be carried out.It is most important to get uniform and transparent gel in the sol-gel process. The results show that the mixture solution is clarification when pH 3 (adjusted by HNO
3
solution).While increasing the pH value (adjusted by ammonia solution) the mixture solution begin to come forth muddy. After dried in 150 ℃
the exrogel shows yellow color under pH 3 and others present black. After further heated at 400 ℃ for 2 h
a dark dry gel is obtained and ground in an agate mortar to black powder serving as the precursor for the present work. The final phosphor powder is obtained after reheated at 900 ℃ for 8 h. Crystalline phases
morphology and photoluminescence properties have been characterized by using powder X-ray diffractometry (XRD)
scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fluorescence spectrophotometer
respectively. XRD patterns show that the synthesized Ca
2
Zn
4
Ti
16
O
38
powders possess well structure when pH 3. Extra-resultants such as CaTiO
3
Zn
2
TiO
4
and TiO
2
appeared when pH 5.The SEM results showed that the samples obtained at pH 3 are fleecy and uniform. With the increasing pH value
particles gradually become larger
the reunion and sinter phenomenon become seriousevident.TG-DAT curves reveal the different various trends for the precursors of pH=3 and pH=9. The electrical alkoxy-OR of Ti (OC
4
H
9
)
4
make metal ions Ti
4+
highly vulnerable by nucleophilic attack. Ti (OC
4
H
9
)
4
easily hydrolyzes or polymerizes no matter what in acid or alkaline conditions. When pH3
H
+
speeds up the hydrolysis of Ti (OC
4
H
9
)
4
and to replace the form of coordination of tetrabutyl titanate alkoxy
direct bonding with titanium ion formed by hydrolysis of Ti (OH)
<
em
>
x(AC)
<
em
>
y(with
x+y
=4). However
when pH=9
a large number of OH
-
ions exists in Ti (OC
4
H
9
)
4
hydrolysis and produces Ti(OH)
4
or TiO(OH)
2
and that the other cations Ca
2+
Zn
2+
and Pr
3+
from Ca(OH)
2
Zn(OH)
2
and Pr(OH)
3
will not mixe with each other effectively and will not form other phases. Thereby
keeping the pH 3 is necessary for cations to uniformly mix to inhibit Ti (OC
4
H
9
) directly hydrolyzed to form Ti (OH)
4
precipitation. Excitation and emission spectra indicate that the phosphors exhibit the highest excitation bands in the visible region in the ranges of 450~495 nm originated from 4f4f transition
as well as red emitting of Pr
3+
at 613 nm(
1
D
2
3
H
4
)and 644 nm (
3
P
0
3
F
2
) when pH3
which result in
upon excitation with 475 nm
the red emission at 644 nm decays slower than that of pH 5. This fact suggests that Ca
2
Zn
4
Ti
16
O
38
∶ Pr
3+
Na
+
obtained via acid sol-gel process (pH 3) gives the good red long afterglow under visible light irradiation.
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