Effects of Particle Size and Type of Alumina on the Morphology and Photoluminescence Properties of Phosphor.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Research Letters in Materials Science Volume 2009, Article ID 475074, 4 pages doi:10.1155/2009/475074 Research Letter Effects of Particle Size and Type of Alumina on the Morphology and Photoluminescence Properties of Sr4Al14O25:Eu2+/Dy3+ Phosphor Hom Nath Luitel, Takanori Watari, Toshio Torikai, and Mitsunori Yada Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Honjo-1 Saga 840 8502, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to Takanori Watari, watarit@cc.saga-u.ac.jp Received 18 November 2008; Accepted 28 January 2009 Recommended by Kevin Knowles Sr4Al14O25 :Eu2+ /Dy3+ phosphor with high luminescence intensity and long afterglow duration was synthesized using 1.0 μm (α), 0.1 μm (α), and 0.05 μm (γ) particle sizes of Al O . SEM observation results showed that spike-like thin particles were formed 2 3 when 0.05 μm γ-Al O was used as raw material. Hexagonal thick particles were observed when 0.1 μm α-Al O was used. But 2 3 2 3 irregular, thin particles were observed while using 1 μm α-Al O . Photoluminescence measurements showed that both the initial 2 3 intensity and the long persistency were much higher for the phosphor prepared using γ-Al2 O3 of 0.05 μm particle size. Copyright © 2009 Hom Nath Luitel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. In