WANG Zhi-jun, LIU Chong, YANG Zhi-ping, LI Pan-lai, GUO Qing-lin. Luminescent Properties and Concentration Quenching of Eu<sup>2+</sup> in Ba<sub>2</sub> Ca(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2012,33(7): 729-735
WANG Zhi-jun, LIU Chong, YANG Zhi-ping, LI Pan-lai, GUO Qing-lin. Luminescent Properties and Concentration Quenching of Eu<sup>2+</sup> in Ba<sub>2</sub> Ca(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2012,33(7): 729-735 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20123307.0729.
Luminescent Properties and Concentration Quenching of Eu2+ in Ba2 Ca(BO3)2
phosphor was synthesized by a high temperature solid-state method. CaCO
3
(A.R)
BaCO
3
(A.R)
H
3
BO
3
(A.R) and Eu
2
O
3
(99.99%) were used as raw materials. Its crystal structure
luminescent characteristics and Commission International de lEclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates values were measured. Under the ultraviolet to visible light irradiation
Ba
2
Ca(BO
3
)
2
∶Eu
2+
shows an asymmetrically single green emission band with a maximum at 537 nm
which corresponds to the 4f
6
5d
1
→4f
7
transition of Eu
2+
. The emission intensity of Ba
2
Ca(BO
3
)
2
∶Eu
2+
was influenced by Eu
2+
molefraction
at first
it increases with the increase of Eu
2+
mole fraction
and reaches a maximum value at 2%Eu
2+
then decreases with further increasing its concentration because of the concentration quenching effect. And the concentration quenching mechanism is verified to be dipole-dipole interaction. According to the crystal structure data and the experimental spectral data
the critical distances(
R
c
) can be obtained
and are 2.64 nm and 2.11 nm
respectively. Moreover
with increasing the Eu
2+
doped content
the CIE chromaticity coordinates of the samples were slightly varied. For Ba
2
Ca(BO
3
)
2
∶2%Eu
2+
the quantum efficiency is approximately 72%.
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