Thermoluminescence characteristics of gamma irradiated Li2B4O7:Cu nanophosphor

• The synthesis of Nanocrystalline Li2B4O7:Cu using the combustion method.
• TL properties of samples doped with Cu of concentration 1000 and 2500 ppm are studied.
• The trapping parameters of Li2B4O7:Cu nanophosphor are also calculated.

Nanocrystals of the Li2B4O7:Cu were synthesized by the combustion method using different concentrations of Cu. X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image confirm the nanometric size of synthesized material. The thermal stability of phosphor was obtained by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). TL characteristics of the synthesized Li2B4O7:Cu material doped with Cu of concentrations 1000 ppm and 2500 ppm were studied. It is observed that Li2B4O7:Cu doped with Cu (both 1000 ppm and 2500 ppm) exhibit a linear response in the range 1×100–5×103 Gy of gamma radiations. Finally the trapping parameters associated with the glow peaks were calculated using the glow curve deconvolution (GCD) glow fit method. Fading and reproducibility of phosphors were also studied and it was found that the Li2B4O7:Cu is quite suitable for radiation dosimetry.