Relative yields of radioluminescence and thermoluminescence in manganese- and silver-doped lithium tetraborate phosphors

Efficiency of energy storage is one of the most important questions in the investigation and the characterization of the thermoluminescent (TL) materials. The selection of the activator, its concentration, the structure of the host material will all influence the TL properties. The present paper reports on relative efficiency measurements of charge trapping in newly synthesized lithium-tetraborate based phosphors (Li2B4O7:Mn, Li2B4O7:Ag) based on subsequent measurements of radioluminescence and thermoluminescence in a specially designed TL reader.