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New UVA‐emitting BaAlBO 3 F 2 :Eu 2+ phosphor with PL and TL properties for phototherapy lamp
Author(s) -
Kunghatkar R. G.,
Dhoble S. J.,
Hemne P. S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
luminescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1522-7243
pISSN - 1522-7235
DOI - 10.1002/bio.3136
Subject(s) - phosphor , thermoluminescence , photoluminescence , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , luminescence , ion , emission spectrum , rietveld refinement , excitation , chemistry , crystal structure , optics , optoelectronics , physics , spectral line , crystallography , organic chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , astronomy
We present a new phosphor material, BaAlBO 3 F 2 doped with Eu 2+ ions, having emission in the UVA region. The phosphor material is prepared by a simple wet chemical method. Phase confirmation was carried out using the Rietveld refinement program which shows that BaAlBO 3 F 2 :Eu 2+ has an hexagonal crystal system. Using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy graph, we studied the bond stretching present in the phosphor material. Photoluminescence (PL) characterization, carried out using a RF spectrofluorophotometer, shows two types of PL excitation and emission. Before reduction, emission is in the blue region at 431 nm; after reduction, excitation is at 258 nm and emission is at 361 nm, which is in the UVA region. Some thermoluminescence (TL) studies were carried out in this material for the first time, for example, determination of the trapping parameters, linearity, fading, glow curve convolution and deconvolution (GCCD) function for curve fitting and the T m –T stop method for confirmation of the trapped centers in the TL glow peak. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.