Luminescence Properties of Oxyfluoride Glass and Glass Ceramic Doped with Y3 + Ions

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

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 Oxyfluoride glass ceramics containing CaF2 nano-crystals doped with Y3+ ions were prepared by one-step crystallization of SiO2- Al2O3- CaO- CaF2 glasses at different temperatures. X- ray diffraction (XRD) results have revealed that CaF2 was the only precipitated crystalline phase in glass ceramic samples. According to the XRD results, a glass ceramic was selected as the best sample in order to compare its optical properties with basic glass. Photoluminescence (PL) and UV-Vis spectra have been employed to study optical properties of glass and glass ceramic samples. A broad band emission in the visible region was observed, which was stronger in the glassy sample. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation and EDX (Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) results proved the entrance of Y3+ ions into only some of the crystals embedded in the glassy matrix, which was the rational reason of photoluminescence intensity decrease in glass-ceramic.

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