Radiation-Induced Effects in Ce3+- and Eu2+-Doped Al5O6N

• Published in: Inorganic materials Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 446 - 453
• Main Authors: Yagodin, V. V., Ishchenko, A. V., Sarychev, M. N., Babailova, G. F., Akhmadullina, N. S., Lysenkov, A. S., Kargin, Yu. F., Shul’gin, B. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aluminum; Cerium; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Europium; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Inorganic Chemistry; Materials Science; Radiation effects; Sol-gel processes; Thermoluminescence; X-ray luminescence; thermoluminescence
• ISSN: 0020-1685; 1608-3172
• DOI: 10.1134/S0020168518050163

Polycrystalline Al
5
O
6
N samples have been prepared by sol–gel synthesis followed by carbothermal reduction and nitridation. X-ray luminescence (XRL) spectra and thermoluminescence (TL) curves of Ce
3+
- and Eu
2+
-doped aluminum oxynitride have been measured in the temperature range 5–380 K and analyzed. Working TL peaks have been detected in the range 150–250 K for the Al
5
O
6
N:Ce
3+
sample and in the range 140–200 K for the Al
5
O
6
N:Eu
2+
samples. There are also lower temperature peaks: in the ranges 10–60 and 20–100 K. The XRL spectra of the samples have been measured at temperatures of 8 (for the first time) and 300 K.