Print Email Facebook Twitter Mechanism of Persistent Luminescence in Eu2+ and Dy3+ Codoped Aluminate and Silicate Compounds Title Mechanism of Persistent Luminescence in Eu2+ and Dy3+ Codoped Aluminate and Silicate Compounds Author Dorenbos, P. Faculty Applied Sciences Department RRR/Radiation, Radionuclides and Reactors Date 2005-06-07 Abstract A mechanism of persistent luminescence that was proposed in 1996 for SrAl2O4:Eu2+;Dy3+ has been widely adopted to explain afterglow in many Eu2+ and Dy3+ codoped aluminates and silicates. The mechanism involves the thermally activated release of a hole from Eu2+ in its excited 5d state to the valence band which is subsequently trapped by Dy3+. In this work the location of the lanthanide energy levels relative to the valence and conduction band of various compounds is presented. It is shown that the mechanism of persistent luminescence cannot be correct. An alternative model that involves the ionization of the 5d electron to conduction band states and subsequent trapping by Dy3+ is proposed. The level schemes are consistent, both qualitatively and quantitatively, with many observations regarding persistent luminescence. They also provide insight into the mechanism of thermal quenching of Eu2+ 5d-4f emission. Subject europiumdysprosiumsilicon compoundscalcium compoundsgallium compoundsstrontium compoundselectroluminescencephosphorsafterglowsexcited statesvalence bandsconduction bandsionisationquenching (thermal) To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6dfd4bae-d966-4ddd-ace9-74ccf42504de DOI https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1926652 Publisher The Electrochemical Society ISSN 0013-4651 Source Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 152 (7), 2005 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2005 The Author(s)The Electrochemical Society Files PDF Dorenbos.pdf 273.68 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6dfd4bae-d966-4ddd-ace9-74ccf42504de/datastream/OBJ/view