Abstract
Strong enhancement of green photoluminescence (PL) from microporous alumina xerogels, highly doped with terbium (from 30 to 60 wt % as is reported. The regular structure of a 30 μm thick, mesoporous anodic alumina layer was exploited for spin-on deposition of the alumina xerogel in a single step. The green PL, associated with predominant transitions, along with 4, 5, 6 transitions of was found to increase with terbium concentration in the alumina xerogel. This effect is attributed to cross-relaxation. The thermal quenching of the green terbium-related emission does not exceed a factor of two within a temperature range from 10 to 300 K for any of the alumina xerogels confined in anodic alumina. Further, such quenching is much reduced with the rise of temperature compared with Tb-doped titania xerogel, (ii) Tb-implanted thermally grown silicon dioxide film, and (iii) Tb-doped alumina xerogels fabricated onto monocrystalline silicon. Thus, the terbium-doped structure comprising alumina xerogel/anodic alumina is proposed as a basis for green room-temperature luminescent images. © 2001 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
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