Effects of crystallization and dopant concentration on the emission behavior of TiO 2: Eu nanophosphors

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Pal, Mou ^a   Pal, Umapada ^a   Jiménez, Justo Miguel Gracia Y ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Felipe ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Europium doping; Optical properties; Photoluminescence; Titania nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; AIR-ANNEALING; ANATASE PHASE; AS-GROWN; BLUE SHIFT; CONTROLLED HYDROLYSIS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPANT IONS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; EMISSION BEHAVIOR; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EUROPIUM DOPING; MICRO-RAMAN; NANOPHOSPHORS; PL EMISSION; REACTION SOLUTIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TIO; TITANIA; TITANIA NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM TETRABUTOXIDE; UV-VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EUROPIUM;

EID: 84856060565     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-1     Document Type: Article

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