title: Crystal structure and luminescence properties of LiYP4O12:Ce3+ phosphor.
abstract: LiYP(4)O(12) polyphosphate doped with Ce(3+) ions was prepared by the melt solution technique. The crystal structure, interatomic distances, and atom coordination numbers were determined using x-ray powder diffraction. A study of the spectral-kinetic luminescent properties was performed employing excitation with pulsed radiation from a synchrotron (UV-VUV range) and a laboratory x-ray source. The characteristics of Ce(3+) luminescence, namely the emission doublet maxima at 3.97 and 3.72 eV and the 4f-5d excitation maxima at 4.20, 5.11, 5.40, 5.65 and 6.55 eV, are discussed in terms of crystal field splitting in a low-symmetry site of the LiYP(4)O(12) host lattice. The location of the Ce(3+) energy levels with respect to the valence and conduction bands of the LiYP(4)O(12) host is estimated from the temperature dependence of the decay time measured for Ce(3+) 5d-4f luminescence.
authors.affiliation: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine. t_shalapska@ukr.net
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authors.lastname: Shalapska
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authors.lastname: Stryganyuk
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authors.lastname: Gektin
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authors.lastname: Demchenko
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authors.lastname: Voloshinovskii
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authors.lastname: Dorenbos