Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9781877 | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Nano-sized Tb-doped YAG phosphor particles were synthesized by a mixed solvo-thermal method using stoichiometric amounts of inorganic aluminum and yttrium salts. The formation of YAG:Tb was investigated by means of XRD and IR spectra. The pure crystalline-phase YAG was prepared under moderate synthesis conditions (300 °C and 10 MPa), indicating that ethanol partly replaces water as the solvent, thus favoring the formation of YAG. TEM images showed that YAG:Tb phosphor particles sintered at 300 °C were basically of spherical shape, with good dispersion about a particle size of around 80 nm. The crystalline YAG:Tb showed green emission with 5D4â7F6 (544 nm) as the most prominent group. The PL intensity and crystallinity of YAG:Tb phosphors increases with increasing synthesis temperature, and reaches maximum brightness at 300 °C, which is lower than that exhibited by a commercial product.
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Authors
Xia Li, Hong Liu, Jiyang Wang, Hongmei Cui, Shunliang Yang, I.R. Boughton,