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Shaping scintillation and UV-VIS-NIR luminescence properties through synergistic lattice disordered engineering and exciton-mediated energy transfer in Pr3+-doped Lu1.5Y1.5Al5−xScxO12 (x = 0.0–2.0) garnets
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Rok wydania
2025
Czasopismo
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Numer woluminu
13
Strony
13691-13712
DOI
10.1039/d5tc01411e
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Angielski
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This study investigated the crystallization behavior, luminescence and scintillation properties of Pr3+-doped Lu1.5Y1.5Al5−xScxO12 (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) garnets, grown using the micro-pulling-down method, to address challenges associated with the substitution of Sc3+ for Al3+ ions due to their mismatched ionic radii in the same octahedral crystallographic site. A specially engineered crucible with five independent crystallization capillaries was used, which revealed that Sc3+ substitution caused localized melt heterogeneity, resulting in non-uniform melt ejection during crystallization. The threshold of Sc3+ ions concentration (x = 1.5) was identified, beyond which further substitution led to the formation of a garnet/bixbyite-like distorted perovskite hypoeutectic structure. This discovered a novel method for crystallization of hypoeutectic crystal growth by exploiting ionic radii mismatches. Vibrational spectroscopy confirmed that Sc3+ ions incorporation disrupted lattice symmetry, increasing structural disorder around Pr3+ ions. This structural modification significantly enhanced luminescence, particularly in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) ranges, achieving a sixteenfold increase in NIR luminescence intensity. Synchrotron radiation excitation spectra revealed that the band gap energy progressively decreased with increasing Sc3+ ions concentration. This finding provided crucial insights for designing materials based on band gap engineering strategies. A sixfold improvement in scintillation light yield, reaching 11 200 photons per MeV, was observed in the Lu1.5Y1.5Al3.5Sc1.5O12 crystal (x = 1.5). The enhancement resulted from a Sc3+-mediated energy transfer pathway , which optimized charge carrier dynamics by reducing deep trapping center density by an order of magnitude while preserving shallow traps. The EPR spectroscopy showed that Sc3+ incorporation reduced concentration of trace impurities, enhancing scintillation light yield. It also confirmed that F+–Pr3+ interactions intensified Pr3+ emission at 370 nm and identified the 410–420 nm band as originating from F+–O− defect pairs. These findings demonstrate that controlled lattice modification through Sc3+ incorporation allows for tuning structural and luminescent properties, offering a new approach for the design of advanced scintillators and luminescent materials with improved performance for targeted applications.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5tc01411e
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