Tunable luminescence and energy transfer process between Tb3+ and Eu3+ in GYAG:Bi3+, Tb3+, Eu3+ phosphors

A series of Eu3+ ions co-doped (Gd0.9Y0.1)3Al5O12:Bi3+, Tb3+ (GYAG) phosphors have been synthesized by means of solvothermal reaction method. The XRD pattern of GYAG phosphor sintered at 1500 °C confirms their garnet phase. The luminescence properties of these phosphors have been explored by analyzing their excitation and emission spectra along with their decay curves. The excitation spectra of the GYAG:Bi3+, Tb3+, Eu3+ phosphors consists of broad bands in the shorter wavelength region due to 4f8 → 4f75d1 transition of Tb3+ ions overlapped with 6s2 → 6s16p1 (1S0 → 3P1) transition of Bi3+ ions and the charge transfer band of Eu3+–O2−. The present phosphors exhibit green and red colors due to 5D4 → 7F5 transition of Tb3+ ions and 5D0 → 7F1 transition of Eu3+ ions, respectively. The emission was shifted from green to red color by co-doping with Eu3+ ions, which indicate that the energy transfer probability from Tb3+ to Eu3+ ions are dependent strongly on the concentration of Eu3+ ions.

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