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The effect of Al3+ substitution on the enhancement of the luminescence of Lu1–xAlxNbO4:Eu3+ and Lu1–xAlxNbO4:Tb3+ was investigated. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed that the Eu3+, Tb3+, and Al3+ ions were fully incorporated into the Lu3+ sites. In the case of Lu1–xAlxNbO4:Eu3+, the predominant red emission (614 nm) was assigned to the 5D0 → 7F2 transition of Eu3+ and for x = 0–0.05, its intensity increased up to ~125 and 108% under 395 nm (7F0 → 5L6) and a charge transfer band excitation, respectively. For Lu1–xAlxNbO4:Tb3+, the strongest emission band peaking at 551 nm was attained in the green region among multiple emission bands corresponding to the 5D4 → 7FJ transitions of Tb3+. Increasing the x values from 0 to 0.05 increased the green emission significantly by ~137%. These phenomena were explained by the local structural distortions and crystal field asymmetry surrounding Eu3+ and Tb3+, which were attributed to a large difference in the ionic radii of Al3+ and Lu3+.
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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1D1A1B03030979). This work was supported by Kyonggi University’s Graduate Research Assistantship 2018.
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Im, M.H., Kim, J. & Kim, Y.J. Effects of Al3+ substitution on the luminescence properties of LuNbO4 doped with Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions. J Electroceram 41, 88–92 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-018-0167-5
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