Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity

The red-emitting SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺,Al luminophors that can be used for the white light emitting diodes (LEDs) were prepared using the sol-gel method. The starting materials were SrCl₂, Ti (O – i – C₃H₇)₄, Al(NO₃)₃·9H₂O and PrCl₃. The reaction between them results in a mixture of compounds that transfor...

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Автори: Marchylo, O.M., Zavyalova, L.V., Nakanishi, Y., Kominami, H., Belyaev, A.E., Svechnikov, G.S.
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spelling irk-123456789-1177922017-05-27T03:05:03Z Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity Marchylo, O.M. Zavyalova, L.V. Nakanishi, Y. Kominami, H. Belyaev, A.E. Svechnikov, G.S. The red-emitting SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺,Al luminophors that can be used for the white light emitting diodes (LEDs) were prepared using the sol-gel method. The starting materials were SrCl₂, Ti (O – i – C₃H₇)₄, Al(NO₃)₃·9H₂O and PrCl₃. The reaction between them results in a mixture of compounds that transform into single-phase SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺,Al after annealing in air. Displacement of Ti out of the SrTiO₃ lattice caused by substitution with Al and formation of individual crystalline TiO₂ phase (rutile) were observed. PL spectra show the high-intense red peak (λ = 617 nm), the same high-intense peak with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) 20 nm was found in cathodoluminescence spectra. The increase of the aluminium concentration from 0 up to 15 mol.% leads to approximately two-fold increase in the luminance. The latter increases from 180 up to 350 cd/m² at the anode voltage 10 kV and current density 30 μA/cm² . 2011 Article Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity / O.M. Marchylo, L.V. Zavyalova, Y. Nakanishi, H. Kominami, A.E. Belyaev, G.S. Svechnikov // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2011. — Т. 14, № 4. — С. 461-464. — Бібліогр.:11 назв. — англ. 1560-8034 PACS 61.05.cp, 78.55.-m, 78.60.Hk, 81.20.Fw http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/117792 en Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics Інститут фізики напівпровідників імені В.Є. Лашкарьова НАН України
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description The red-emitting SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺,Al luminophors that can be used for the white light emitting diodes (LEDs) were prepared using the sol-gel method. The starting materials were SrCl₂, Ti (O – i – C₃H₇)₄, Al(NO₃)₃·9H₂O and PrCl₃. The reaction between them results in a mixture of compounds that transform into single-phase SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺,Al after annealing in air. Displacement of Ti out of the SrTiO₃ lattice caused by substitution with Al and formation of individual crystalline TiO₂ phase (rutile) were observed. PL spectra show the high-intense red peak (λ = 617 nm), the same high-intense peak with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) 20 nm was found in cathodoluminescence spectra. The increase of the aluminium concentration from 0 up to 15 mol.% leads to approximately two-fold increase in the luminance. The latter increases from 180 up to 350 cd/m² at the anode voltage 10 kV and current density 30 μA/cm² .
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author Marchylo, O.M.
Zavyalova, L.V.
Nakanishi, Y.
Kominami, H.
Belyaev, A.E.
Svechnikov, G.S.
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Zavyalova, L.V.
Nakanishi, Y.
Kominami, H.
Belyaev, A.E.
Svechnikov, G.S.
Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity
Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics
author_facet Marchylo, O.M.
Zavyalova, L.V.
Nakanishi, Y.
Kominami, H.
Belyaev, A.E.
Svechnikov, G.S.
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title Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity
title_short Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity
title_full Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity
title_fullStr Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO₃:Pr³⁺ luminophor with Al impurity
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fulltext Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2011. V. 14, N 4. P. 461-464. PACS 61.05.cp, 78.55.-m, 78.60.Hk, 81.20.Fw Investigation of luminescent properties inherent to SrTiO3:Pr3+ luminophor with Al impurity O.M. Marchylo1, L.V. Zavyalova1, Y. Nakanishi2, H. Kominami2, A.E. Belyaev1, G.S. Svechnikov1 1V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 41, prospect Nauky, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine 2Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan Abstract. The red-emitting SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al luminophors that can be used for the white light emitting diodes (LEDs) were prepared using the sol-gel method. The starting materials were SrCl2, Ti (O – i – C3H7)4, Al(NO3)3·9H2O and PrCl3. The reaction between them results in a mixture of compounds that transform into single-phase SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al after annealing in air. Displacement of Ti out of the SrTiO3 lattice caused by substitution with Al and formation of individual crystalline TiO2 phase (rutile) were observed. PL spectra show the high-intense red peak (λ = 617 nm), the same high-intense peak with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) 20 nm was found in cathodoluminescence spectra. The increase of the aluminium concentration from 0 up to 15 mol.% leads to approximately two-fold increase in the luminance. The latter increases from 180 up to 350 cd/m2 at the anode voltage 10 kV and current density 30 μA/cm2. Keywords: luminophor, SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al, photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence, LED. Manuscript received 21.07.11; revised manuscript received 29.08.11; accepted for publication 14.09.11; published online 30.11.11. 1. Introduction In recent years, white light emitting diodes (LED) have been considered as a next generation of solid-state light sources and used in many applications related with their advantages, namely, their long operation lifetime and low energy consumption [1–2]. A new method to obtain white light is using near UV InGaN-based LEDs covered by RGB-tricolor luminophors (red, green and blue). Commercial red-emitting luminophor for white LEDs is Y2O2S:Eu3+ that has lower efficiency, shorter operation lifetime under UV irradiation as compared with blue and green luminophors. Moreover, it has instability caused by appearance of sulfide gas [3]. Further, the emission color of Y2O2S:Eu3+ is inadequate. One of important tasks in LED technologies is search of luminophors with high performances. Therefore, many efforts are devoted to develop new luminophors for white LEDs. Especially, red emitting luminophors with a high luminance and good color purity are required. Based on this background, the red emitting luminophors for LEDs are currently under investigation. For example, red-emitting SrTiO3:Pr3+ luminophor has been investigated and characterized [4–7]. Essential enhancement of the emission intensity of SrTiO3:Pr3+ can be obtained by Al addition [8]. Impurity of 23 mol.% Al intesifies emission by more than 200 times. As shown earlier, the SrTiO3:Pr3+ luminophor demonstrates high luminescent characteristics and can be rather promising material for LEDs. So far, SrTiO3:Pr3+ luminophors have been synthesized by mixing SrCO3, TiO2, PrCl3 and Al(OH)3 with the subsequent sintering and crushing the prepared powder. In this work, to synthesize SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al we used the sol-gel method with SrCl3, Ti (O – i – C3H7)4, PrCl3 and Al(NO3)3·9H2O as starting materials. By using this method, we managed to get more complete reactions between the starting materials and to obtain more uniform distribution of the doped materials in the host lattice. In this paper, we report about the influence of Al- addition to luminophor SrTiO3:Pr3+ on its structural and luminescent properties. © 2011, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 461 Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2011. V. 14, N 4. P. 461-464. 2. Synthesis of samples The studied SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al luminophors were synthesized using the sol-gel method similar to that in [9] (Fig. 1). Starting materials were strontium chloride SrCl2, praseodymium chloride PrCl3, aluminium nitrate 9-hydrate Al(NO3)3·9H2O and titanium tetra-i-propoxide Ti (O – i – C3H7)4. Synthesis was carried out in nitrogen atmosphere. A ratio of starting materials was Sr/Ti = 1 and concentration of Pr3+ was fixed at 1 mol.%. The aluminium concentration was varied from 0 to 15 mol.%. The starting materials were dissolved in an ethanol 96% (with water content of 4%) and stirred for 3 hours. Dissolution was not observed when SrCl2 and PrCl3 were mixed with the dehydrated ethanol as well as with dehydrated methanol. Complete dissolution was observed when SrCl2 and PrCl3 were mixed with ethanol containing 4% H2O. This suggests that water plays the primary role in the process of SrCl2 and PrCl3 dissolution despite its small amount. Alcohol is necessary for uniform distribution of small amounts of water throughout the reactionary volume. Besides, water apparently acts as the reagent that interacts with the titanium tetra-i-propoxide titanium ( )473HCiOTi −− , resulting in formation of titanium hydroxide Ti(OH)4. This is shown in transformation of transparent colorless solution containing SrCl2 and PrCl3 into the white gel- like substance. Apparently, it is caused by the reaction: © 2011, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ti(O-i-C3H7)4 + 4 H2O → Ti(OH)4 (gel) + 4 C3H7OH. Then solvent was evaporated (under the further stirring) until the gel was obtained. This gel was dried at the temperature 150 °С and sintered in a muffle furnace CNOL 6.7/1300. Sintering was carried out in air under the optimal temperature regime and time of annealing, 1300 ºC and 3 hours, respectively [9]. Finally, the obtained material was crushed into powder. 3. Results and discussion 3.1. Morphology and XRD-analysis To measure the size of particles, the alcohol suspension of SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al powder was dispersed on a glass substrate. The surface morphology was investigated with raster microscope by using the method secondary-emission of electrons. Morphology of SrTiO 102EREM − 3:Pr3+,Al particles on glass surface is presented in Fig. 2. In this figure, the arrow shows a single grain of the most probable size. The crystal sizes mainly varied within the range 1 to 5 μm and a small amount of crystals and their conglomerates have sizes up to10 μm. The structural analysis of the prepared luminophors was carried out using the X-ray diffractometer with CuK3MDRON − α radiation (λ = 1.542 Å). The samples containing various concentrations of aluminium were annealed at 1300 ºC for 5 hours and investigated. Fig. 3 shows that Pr- and Al-containing starting materials do not form individual crystalline compounds in the final product, but incorporate into the crystal lattice of SrTiO3 and replace Sr and Ti, respectively. This substitution occurs because of the proximity values of ionic radii of Pr and Sr, Al and Ti, respectively, which is consistent with the results reported in [4, 6]. Thus, Al replaces Ti in the lattice SrTiO3, which leads to deterioration of the crystallinity. Moreover, Ti is displaced from the lattice SrTiO3 and forms the individual crystalline phase of TiO2-rutile. We assume that formation of SrTiO3 can be represented by the following processes: 1. Gel formation: Ti(O-i-C3H7)4 + 4 H2O → Ti(OH)4 + 4 C3H7OH. 2. Annealing: а) Ti(OH)4 → (600 – 800 °С) → TiO2 + 2 H2O; b) 2SrCl2 + O2 → (1000 – 1250 °С) → 2SrO + 2Cl2. Al(NO3)3•9H2O C2H5(OH) H2O SrCl2 Ti(O-i-C3H7)4 Mixing at room temperature in N2 atmosphere Mixing and evaporation o Gel Drying at 150 oC Powder Heat treatment at 1300 °C PrCl3 Fig. 1. Preparation of SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al luminophor. Fig. 2. Microrelief of a glass surface with crystals of SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al luminophor. 462 Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2011. V. 14, N 4. P. 461-464. 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400SrTiO3(110) Al = 0 mol.% Al = 5 mol.% (211)(111) (200) TiO2 (100) Al = 15 mo In te ns ity (a rb .u ni ts ) Fig. 3. XRD spectra of the samples with various Al concentrations. 3. Structuring: TiO2 +SrO → (1000 – 1250 °С) → SrTiO3. Thus, decomposition of titanium hydroxide and formation of strontium oxide occur at different temperatures, so they could not take place simultaneously. 3.2. Photoluminescence spectra Photoluminescence (PL) spectra were measured within the wavelength range 450 to 750 nm under nitrogen laser (wavelength 337 nm, pulse duration 8 ns) excitation at the width of measuring strobe of 75 μs. Fig. 4 shows the typical PL spectrum of the sample SrTiO3:Pr3+ with no additional Al annealed at 1300 °C for 5 h. The PL spectrum has three peaks, the highest intensity is observed for the peak at λ = 617 nm. Blue emission with its maximum at λmax1 = 488 nm corresponds to the intra- 4f transition from the excited state 3P0 to the ground state 3H4 of Pr3+, green emission with the maximum at λmax2 = 530 nm corresponds to the intra-4f transition from the excited state 3P1 to the state 3H5, and red emission with the maximum at λmax3 = 617 nm corresponds to the intra- 4f transition from the excited state 1D2 to the ground state 3H4 [8, 10, 11]. 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 0 20 40 60 80 100 3H5 3P1 3H4 In te ns ity , a rb .u ni ts Wavelength, nm 3P0 3H 4 1D2 Fig. 4. PL spectrum of the sample SrTiO3:Pr3+. The used increase in aluminium concentration from 0 up to 15 mol.% results in a slight growth of the intensity of the main peak λmax3 = 617 nm (Fig. 5). Thus, when the aluminum concentration is changed from 0 up to 5 mol.%, an increase in the photoluminescence intensity by 20% is observed. However, the further increase in concentration from 5 to 15 mol.% leads to insignificant decrease in the peak intensity λmax3 (Fig. 5, insert). 3.3. Cathodoluminescence spectra Cathodoluminescence (CL) was also investigated under the electron beam excitation (current density 30 μA/cm2, anode voltage 2 to 10 kV). The same samples of SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al were investigated. The typical CL spectrum of the sample SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al and its comparison with PL spectra are shown in Fig. 6. It is appeared that the shape of these spectra is completely identical, and no shifts of the main peaks or redistribution of their intensities is not observed. Both, PL and CL spectra have the same intensity of red peak with 20-nm FWHM. 500 600 700 0 20 40 60 80 100 610 615 620 75 90 105 PL in te ns ity a rb .u n. Wavelength, nm 0% Al 5% Al 10% Al 15% Al P L in te ns ity , a rb .u ni ts Wavelength, nm Fig. 5. PL spectra of the samples with various Al concentrations. 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 0 20 40 60 80 100 CL PL 3H5 3P1 3H4 In te ns ity , a rb .u ni ts Wavelength, nm 3P0 3H4 1D2 Fig. 6. CL and PL spectra of luminophor SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al (Al = 15 mol.%), the former being measured at Va = 2 kV, Js = 30 μA/cm2, P = 7.8×10–9 Torr, adduced together for comparison. © 2011, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 463 Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2011. V. 14, N 4. P. 461-464. 2 4 6 8 0 100 200 300 400 10 0% Al 5% Al 10% Al 15% Al C L lu m in an ce , c d/ m 2 Voltage, kV Fig. 7. Dependence of CL luminance on the anode voltage for various Al concentrations. Js = 30 μA/cm2; P = 7.8×10–9 Torr. The CL intensity measurements with increasing the anode voltage show that the samples with no aluminium addition have the luminance 177 cd/m2. The increase in aluminium concentration from 0 up to 5 mol.% leads to the 2-fold increase in luminance, and the latter reaches 333 cd/m2 at the anode voltage close to 10 kV (Fig. 7). A further increase in aluminum concentration from 5 to 15 mol.% does not lead to any significant enhance in luminance as it was reported in [8]. The maximum CL luminance is observed at the concentration of aluminium 15 mol.%, and it reaches 354 cd/m2. Thus, for the samples SrTiO3:Pr3+ the high luminance 177 cd/m2 was obtained. The Al-addition of 15 mol.% leads to increase in luminance by 2 times, and it reaches 354 cd/m2. These results are not consistent with the data reported in the paper [8]. It was reported earlier that initially SrTiO3:Pr3+ has an extreme low luminance of the luminescence and only aluminium addition can increase it by more than 200 times. Therefore, such a discrepancy between the results requires further researches. 4. Conclusions It has been shown that mixture of compounds SrCl2, Ti (O – i – C3H7)4, PrCl3 and Al(NO3)3·9H2O can be transformed to SrTiO3:Pr3+,Al under definite technological conditions. Herewith, displacement of Ti out of SrTiO3 lattice due to substitution with Al and formation of the individual crystalline TiO2-rutile phase take place. The increase in aluminium concentration from 0 up to 15 mol.% results in a slight growth of the intensity of the main peak λmax3 = 617 nm. Simultaneously, the increase in aluminium concentration from 0 up to 15 mol.% leads to the 2-fold increase in luminance, and the latter reaches 354 cd/m2 at the anode voltage value 10 kV and current density 30 μA/cm2 (Fig. 7). 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