May 26 – 29, 2015
Hotel Rigi Kulm
Europe/Zurich timezone
7th Status Meeting 2015, Rigi Kulm

"The electronic structure of luminescent centers in doped phosphors"

May 27, 2015, 2:00 PM
30m
Main Lecture Hall (Hotel Rigi Kulm)

Main Lecture Hall

Hotel Rigi Kulm

6410 Rigi Kulm Switzerland

Speaker

Ms Asmaa Ali (Egyptian)

Description

Barium magnesium aluminates doped with europium and manganese (BaMgAl10O17 (BAM): Eu+2 (1%) and Mn+2 (1%)) is widely used as phosphors material in optics and electronics applications, e.g. PDPs (Plasma Display Panels), lamps, and LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). Despite their widespread use the exact reason for the varying luminescent efficiency is not known and neither is the exact position of the Eu and Mn ions in the BAM structure. In order to address these questions we applied X-ray spectroscopy as an element selective probe to study the local coordination and electronic structure. The experimental data are compared to theoretical calculations based on the finite difference method (FDM) using FDMNES code. Mn2+ may occupy octahedral or tetrahedral sites by replacing Mg/Al in the BAM structure while Eu2+ enters the mirror layer replacing a Ba ion. The X-ray absorption spectroscopic (XAS) data show a clear signature of Mn2+ in tetrahedral sites. However, XAS cannot rule out Mn in an octahedral environment and we therefore applied X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) as a complementary tool to probe the occupied electronic orbitals. The rich XES spectrum is expected to show whether Mn also occupies octahedral sites.

Primary author

Ms Asmaa Ali (Egyptian)

Co-authors

Dr Lucia Amidani (ESRF) Dr Pieter Glatzel (ESRF)

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