LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF Mn4+-DOPED α-Al2O3 OBTAINED BY COMBUSTION METHOD

Authors

  • Olena V. Khomenko A. V. Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute, NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Irina V. Berezovskaya A. V. Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-8523
  • Nikolay I. Poletaev Institute of Combustion and Advanced Technologies, I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1340-582X
  • Maria E. Khlebnikova Institute of Combustion and Advanced Technologies, I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3222-5952
  • Ninel P. Efryushina A. V. Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Vladimir P. Dotsenko A. V. Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7919-698X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15421/jchemtech.v30i4.259866

Keywords:

aluminum oxide, combustion synthesis, Mn4 , luminescence, Racah parameters, luminescence composites

Abstract

The Mn4+-doped α-Al2O3 with particle size of 70–600 nm was obtained by combustion method. Based on the results of luminescence measurements, the crystal-field strength (Dq) and Racah parameters (B, C) for Mn4+ in α-Al2O3 were determined using a pure electronic transition approach. The obtained values of Dq (1898 cm-1) and nephelauxetic parameter β1 (0.95) for Mn4+ ions in α-Al2O3 are consistent with those of Mn4+ in other oxide compounds. In particular, the Dq/B value of 2.77 indicates a strong crystal field environment of the Mn4+ ions in the α-Al2O3 lattice. A comparison with literature data for Cr3+ in α-Al2O3 was also carried out. The composites of general formula α-Al2O3 : Mn4+, Mg2+/Gd3Al5O12:Ce3+ had been also obtained. It is shown that these materials demonstrate the intense broadband emission with maxima at about 585 and 678 nm. The broad band with a maximum at 585 nm is caused by the 5d→4f transitions of Ce3+ ions in Gd3Al5O12, whereas the band at 678 nm is caused by the Mn4+ 2Eg→4A2g transitions in α-Al2O3. The emission color changes from yellow to deep red with increasing content of α-Al2O3:Mn4+, Mg2+, and the luminescence quantum efficiency of the composites was found as high as 0.60.

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2023-01-26

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Vol. 30 No. 4 (2022): Journal of Chemistry and Technologies

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