Abstract
The 0.1 mol% europium ( Eu 3+) activated lanthanum oxychloride nanophosphor was prepared by the liquid-phase method. The X-ray diffraction analysis of the prepared compound exhibits the tetragonal structure having the particles size in the range of 18–21 nm. The band gap of Eu 3+ doped LaOCl phosphor was found to be around 5.2 eV using absorption and diffuse reflectance measurements. The photoluminescence (PL) emission spectra show the bright emission in orange–red region from 580 nm to 630 nm. The most intense emission peak at 621 nm was due to transition in energy levels 5 D 0 → 7 F 2 of Eu 3+ ions. The absorption and stimulated emission cross-section of the intense peak were found to be 4.135 × 10-20 cm2 and 8.9 × 10-20 cm2 respectively. The wide band gap and high stimulated emission cross-section of prepared nanophosphor makes its possible applications as red emitting phosphor in display devices and laser system.
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