Issue 130, 2015

Structural, optical and special spectral changes of Dy3+ emissions in orthovanadates

Abstract

This paper reports on the structural, optical and photometric characterization of yttrium gadolinium orthovanadates (Y1−xGdxVO4) doped with Dy3+ for white emission in solid state lighting. A series of orthovanadates were prepared through a low temperature co-precipitation method and further post annealed. The as synthesized phosphor particles revealed a single phase tetragonal structure with space group I41/amd(141). The infrared spectra confirmed the presence of characteristic vibrational bands of orthovanadates. The microscopic images showed elongated particles after annealing and the particle sizes were estimated in the range of 10–50 nm. The band gap of the prepared phosphors, calculated from the corresponding diffuse reflectance spectra was observed to be 3.75 eV and 3.57 eV for YVO4 and GdVO4 respectively. Y1−xGdxVO4:Dy3+ phosphors, illuminated with ultraviolet light exhibited characteristic blue and yellow luminescence corresponding to 4F9/26H15/2, 4F9/26H13/2 transitions of Dy3+ ion. The emission spectra showed the variation in the intensity ratio (Y/B) with Gd3+ ion variation. Furthermore the thermal quenching property, decay analysis and photometric characterizations were also studied in detail and the results indicated the suitability of these phosphors in solid state lighting.

Graphical abstract: Structural, optical and special spectral changes of Dy3+ emissions in orthovanadates

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Sep 2015
Accepted
09 Dec 2015
First published
11 Dec 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 107575-107584

Structural, optical and special spectral changes of Dy3+ emissions in orthovanadates

P. Kumari and J. Manam, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 107575 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA18982A

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