Preparation and Luminescence Properties of Gd2Zr2O7∶Eu3+Red Phosphor via Sol-Gel Method
Gd2Zr2O7 cubic red phosphors doped with Eu3+ions at different concentrations were prepared by sol-gel method,and their crystal structure,morphology,luminescence properties,thermal stability water resistance and internal quantum efficiency were investigated.The results show that the synthesized samples hare pure phase,Eu3+replaces the site of Gd3+,and Eu3+ion occupies the asymmetric center position.Gd2Zr2O7∶Eu3+phos-phors can be well excited by blue light,with the best doped Eu3+ions concentration of 20%.The energy gap val-ue of the doping concentration of sample is 3.88 eV,the fluorescence lifetime is 1.33 ms,red color of high puri-ty and light color are not affected by temperature.At the same time,after being soaked in water for 72 h,it can maintain about 75%of the original strength,indicating that this oxide phosphor has good resistance to water.The internal quantum efficiency measured is about 70.90%,indicating that Gd2Zr2O7∶0.2Eu3+is a highly effi-cient phosphor.
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