A novel sol-gel processing was developed to synthesize polycrystalline cerium-doped lutetium pyrosilicate （Lu2Si2O7Ce, LPS ：Ce） powders under low temperature. It was found that the addition of propylene oxide （PPO...A novel sol-gel processing was developed to synthesize polycrystalline cerium-doped lutetium pyrosilicate （Lu2Si2O7Ce, LPS ：Ce） powders under low temperature. It was found that the addition of propylene oxide （PPO） could promote the formation of Lu-O-Si bonds in precursor, which was beneficial to the formation of LPS phase. X-ray diffraction （XRD） patterns indicated that the single-phased LPS powder was well crystallized at 1050℃. Microstructure observation demonstrated that the synthetic LPS powder was composed of ellipsoidal grains with the mean size of 40 nm. The luminescent properties were characterized by photoluminescence （PL）, X-ray excited luminescence （XEL） and vacuum ultraviolet （VUV） spectroscopy at room temperature. The synthetic LPS：Ce powder emitted a broad emission spectrum centered at about 380 nm, which should be ascribed to the 5d→4f transition of Ce3＋. Decay time of the synthetic LPS：Ce powder was measured to be only 32 ns.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51172139)
文摘A novel sol-gel processing was developed to synthesize polycrystalline cerium-doped lutetium pyrosilicate （Lu2Si2O7Ce, LPS ：Ce） powders under low temperature. It was found that the addition of propylene oxide （PPO） could promote the formation of Lu-O-Si bonds in precursor, which was beneficial to the formation of LPS phase. X-ray diffraction （XRD） patterns indicated that the single-phased LPS powder was well crystallized at 1050℃. Microstructure observation demonstrated that the synthetic LPS powder was composed of ellipsoidal grains with the mean size of 40 nm. The luminescent properties were characterized by photoluminescence （PL）, X-ray excited luminescence （XEL） and vacuum ultraviolet （VUV） spectroscopy at room temperature. The synthetic LPS：Ce powder emitted a broad emission spectrum centered at about 380 nm, which should be ascribed to the 5d→4f transition of Ce3＋. Decay time of the synthetic LPS：Ce powder was measured to be only 32 ns.
