Luminescent properties of Tb doped gadolinium aluminate nanophosphors for display and forensic applications

摘要

A novel green light emitting GdAlO3:Tb3+(1–11?mol%) nanophosphor has been synthesized by the solution combustion method and the final products were characterized. The energy band gap of the samples was estimated in the range of 5.13–5.88?eV from diffuse reflectance spectra. The effect of the added Tb3+ions on the electronic structure was considered based on the absolute electronegativity. The characteristic photoluminescence emission corresponding to the transition5D4→7Fj(j?=?6, 5, 4, 3) of the Tb3+ions was observed in the wavelength range of 500–650?nm, and assigned due to thef–ftransitions upon the 378?nm excitation. The optimized nanophosphor was found suitable for applications in the latent fingerprint detection. The photometric characterization has revealed the excellent color chromaticity coordinates and the correlated color temperature levels. They are on the same level of commercial phosphors and quite useful for green WLEDs, solid state displays and forensic applications as well.