Composition-induced valence variation of europium and the photoluminescence properties for Eu2+ doped borophosphate luminous glass in air

Abstract:

A simultaneous blue-light and red-light emitting glass of SrO-B2O3-P2O5 doped with Eu2O3 is prepared in air, and then heat-treated without any reductive reagent. A transition combination is found to consist of a band emission peaked around 430 nm and a series of line emission from 593 nm to 611 nm, corresponding to the typical 4f65d→ 4f7 transition of Eu2+ and 5D0 → 7FJ (J = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4) transitions of Eu3+, respectively. Some unidentified crystals such as Sr (PO3)2 and SrB2O4 as hosts for Eu2...