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Photoluminescence Efficiencies of Nanocrystalline versus Bulk Y 2 O 3 : Eu Phosphor—Revisited
Author(s) -
Paulraj Arunkumar,
Natarajan Prabu,
Munnisamy Kottaisamy,
Nagoor Mujafar Kani,
Parimattar Kamaraj,
Abdulrazak Burkanudeen,
Duraisamy Jeyakumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04246.x
Subject(s) - phosphor , nanocrystalline material , yttrium , crystallite , europium , photoluminescence , materials science , particle size , chemical engineering , hydrothermal synthesis , inorganic chemistry , luminescence , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , nuclear chemistry , hydrothermal circulation , oxide , chemistry , nanotechnology , metallurgy , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , engineering
Highly efficient yttrium oxide doped with trivalent europium (Y 2 O 3 :Eu) phosphor was prepared through precursors synthesized by hydrothermal method. Crystalline precursors, namely europium‐doped yttrium carbonate (Y 2 (CO 3 ) 3 ·2H 2 O:Eu) and europium‐doped yttrium hydroxy carbonate (Y(OH)CO 3 :Eu), were prepared by varying the concentration of yttrium to europium ions and urea in the reaction mixture. The precursor materials on annealing at 700°C gave nanocrystalline Y 2 O 3 :Eu, which was further processed at high temperatures in the absence and presence of sintering aid to yield phosphor materials with varying crystallite size and morphology. The precursors and phosphor material were characterized using FTIR, TGA, powder XRD, SEM, TEM, and photoluminescence (PL) spectral studies. The emission efficiency was found to depend on the crystallite size, morphology, and particle size of the phosphor materials. It was observed that phosphor material with spherical morphology and particle size of 0.5–1.0 μm with crystallite size of 100 nm has the highest PL efficiency.