High-temperature thermographic phosphor mixture YAP/YAG:Dy3+ and its photoluminescence properties

In this work we report on the investigation of high-temperature thermographic phosphors Dy3+-doped yttrium aluminum garnet and the mixture of yttrium aluminum perovskite / yttrium aluminum garnet (YAP/YAG). The phosphors were synthesized by conventional high temperature solid-state method using lithium fluoride (LiF) as a flux. The latter serves also as a source of co-doping Li+ and F- ions affecting the luminescent properties. The photoluminescence intensity of YAP/YAG:Dy (75/25%) mixture was doubled at room temperature compared to YAG:Dy and the intensity ratio of the lines in the regions 450-460 and 480-500 nm was increased from 0.45 to 0.63 at 1293 K, favoring temperature measurements. Therefore, the mixture of YAlO3/Y3Al5O12:Dy is promising material for high temperature phosphor thermometry.