New phosphors synthesised by ion exchange of a metakaolin-based geopolymer

Autor: Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie, Joanne J. Rogers, William J. Trompetter
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Applied Clay Science. 157:1-7
ISSN: 0169-1317
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.02.025
Popis: A geopolymer prepared from dehydroxylated kaolinite-type clay was used as a host for trivalent rare earth ions to produce new photoluminescent materials. Sm3+ and Eu3+ ions were individually incorporated into the geopolymer host by ion exchange, partially replacing the charge-balancing K+ ions. The resulting materials were characterised by XRD, SEM/EDS, 27Al and 29Si MAS NMR and PIXE, and their luminescence behaviour was determined by photoluminescence spectroscopy. In addition to the characteristic photoluminescence of the Sm3+ and Eu3+ ions, the geopolymer host exhibited broad-band photoluminescence peaking at 440 nm under 372 nm excitation. The use of the clay-based geopolymer host permitted a higher concentration of rare earth ions to be incorporated compared with a previously reported chemosynthetic aluminosilicate inorganic polymer host, resulting in rare earth photoluminescence of increased intensity. A further advantage of the clay-based geopolymer phosphor is its ease of synthesis and cost-effectiveness compared with the chemosynthetic aluminosilicate inorganic polymer host.
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