Enhancement of Light Output in ScxY1−xPO4:Eu3+ Solid Solutions

Dmitry Spassky; Viktoriia Voznyak-Levushkina; Anastasiia Arapova; Boris Zadneprovski; Kirill Chernenko; Vitali Nagirnyi

doi:10.3390/sym12060946

Symmetry (Jun 2020)

Enhancement of Light Output in ScxY1−xPO4:Eu3+ Solid Solutions

Dmitry Spassky,
Viktoriia Voznyak-Levushkina,
Anastasiia Arapova,
Boris Zadneprovski,
Kirill Chernenko,
Vitali Nagirnyi

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Dmitry Spassky: Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1-2, 11991 Moscow, Russia
Viktoriia Voznyak-Levushkina: Physics Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1-2, 11991 Moscow, Russia
Anastasiia Arapova: Physics Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1-2, 11991 Moscow, Russia
Boris Zadneprovski: All-Russian Research Institute for Synthesis of Materials, Institutskaya str. 1, 601600 Alexandrov, Russia
Kirill Chernenko: MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, PO BOX 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Vitali Nagirnyi: Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12060946
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 6
p. 946

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The luminescence properties of ScxY1−xPO4:Eu3+ solid solutions have been studied under excitation by synchrotron radiation in the energy range of 4.5–50 eV. The luminescence originating from three different types of emission centers was observed, and the origin of the emission centers was determined. The light output of ScxY1−xPO4:Eu3+ was shown to depend non-linearly on the ratio of Sc and Y cations, whereas it is maximal in compounds with their equal content. The branching of the energy relaxation process between different emission centers is analyzed for the brightest Sc0.5Y0.5PO4:Eu3+ solid solution.

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ISSN: 2073-8994 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Mathematics
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