Influence of Cr3+ Doping Concentration on the Persistent Performance of YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ Luminescent Ceramics

doi:10.15541/jim20240497

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Abstract:

Y₃Al₂Ga₃O₁₂:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺ (YAGG:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺), as a persistent luminescent material, has advantages of high initial luminescence intensity and long persistent time, which is promising in persistent luminescent material applications. At present, YAGG:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺ powders exhibit good persistent performance, but their persistent performance of ceramics still needs to be further improved to meet the new requirements. In this work, (Y_0.998Ce_0.002)₃(Al_1-_xCr_x)₂Ga₃O₁₂ ceramics with different Cr³⁺ doping concentrations were prepared by solid-state reaction, including air pre-sintering, hot isostatic pressing (HIP) post-treatment and air annealing, to investigate the effects of Cr³⁺ doping concentration on the microstructure, optical properties and persistent performance of the ceramics. The results showed that as the doping concentration of Cr³⁺ increased from 0.025% to 0.2% (in atom), no significant effect of Cr³⁺ concentration on the morphology of pre-sintered ceramics or HIP post-treatment ceramics was observed, but the in-line transmittance gradually increased while the persistent performance gradually decreased. Among them, YAGG:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺ ceramics doped with 0.025% Cr³⁺ showed the strongest initial luminescence intensity exceeding 6055 mcd/m² and a persistent time of 1030 min after air pre-sintering combined with HIP post-treatment and air annealing. By optimizing the Cr³⁺ doping concentration and the fabrication process, the persistent luminescence (PersL) performance of the YAGG:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺ ceramics was obviously improved.

Key words: YAGG:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺ ceramic, Cr³⁺ doping concentration, persistent luminescence, hot isostatic pressing, air annealing

CLC Number:

TQ174

LI Tingsong, WANG Wenli, LIU Qiang, WANG Yanbin, ZHOU Zhenzhen, HU Chen, LI Jiang. Influence of Cr³⁺ Doping Concentration on the Persistent Performance of YAGG:Ce³⁺,Cr³⁺ Luminescent Ceramics[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2025, 40(9): 1037-1044.

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Fig. 1 XRD patterns of pre-sintered combined with HIP post- treated YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics with different concentrations of Cr3+

Fig. 2 FESEM images of pre-sintered YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics with different concentrations of Cr3+ (a) 0.025%; (b) 0.05%; (c) 0.1%; (d) 0.2%

Fig. 3 FESEM images of HIP post-treated YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics with different concentrations of Cr3+ (a) 0.025%; (b) 0.05%; (c) 0.1%; (d) 0.2%

Fig. 4 Photographs and in-line transmittance of pre-sintered combined with HIP post-treated YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics with different concentrations of Cr3+ (2.1 mm in thickness) (a) Photographs of ceramics (from left to right containing 0.025%, 0.05%, 0.1%, and 0.2% Cr, respectively); (b) In-line transmittance of ceramics

Fig. 5 PL spectra of pre-sintered combined with HIP post-treated YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics (a) PL spectra of ceramics with different Cr3+ doping concentrations at room temperature; (b) Temperature-dependent PL spectra of ceramics with Cr3+ concentration of 0.025%

Fig. 6 Luminous photographs, initial luminescence intensity and duration of pre-sintered, HIP post-treated and air annealed YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics with different concentrations of Cr3+ (excitation: 365 nm, 24 W, 5 min) (a) Luminous photographs of pre-sintered ceramics; (b) Luminous photographs of HIP post-treated ceramics; (c) Luminous photographs of air annealed ceramics; (d) Initial luminescence intensity of ceramics; (e) Duration of ceramics

Fig. 7 Energy band diagram of YAGG:Ce3+,Cr3+ PersL ceramics

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