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Insight into the photoluminescence and thermoluminescence properties of Tb ions doping KCl crystal grown by Cz method

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KCl:xTb [x = 0.0, 0.001, 0.003, 0.005, 0.008, 0.01, 0.04 and 0.07] crystals were grown by the Czochralski method. The structure and optical performance of the crystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR), photoluminescence (PL), and thermoluminescence (TL) measurements. XRD results revealed the K+ could be replaced by the Tb3+ ions. FTIR analysis displayed four bands existing in the spectra. PL emission spectra (excitated at 317 nm) indicated the maximum intensity peak at 545 nm corresponding to 5D4 → 7F5 transition of the Tb3+ ions. The main emission peak intensity was found to increase with the increase in Tb concentration up to x = 0.008, and then decrease with the increase of doping ion concentration, the CIE coordinate of KCl:0.008Tb crystal was found as x1 = 0.2819 and y = 0.4425, located in the green region. TL glow curves exhibited higher intense peaks of Tb doping KCl crystal than the pure KCl crystal, and the TL peak parameters (E, s, μg, n0, and b) were also estimated.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Jilin Province Development and Reform Commission (2022C040-5), Changchun Science and Technology Bureau (21QC08), Key Laboratory for Comprehensive Energy Saving of Cold Regions Architecture of Ministry of Education, Jilin Jianzhu University in Changchun Province (JLZHKF022021001), Education Department of Jilin Province (JJKH20210300KJ, JJKH20220267CY) and Department of Science and Technology of JiLin Province (20220508042RC, 20210203206SF, YDZJ202301ZYTS547 and 20230203170SF).

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    Yongtao Li & Bingbing Liu

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    Yongtao Li, Shuo Xu, Huisheng Liu, Shimei Sun, Xuejian Zhang & Xinran Sun

  3. China North Standardization Center, Beijing, 100089, China

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YL: software, writing—original draft preparation. SX: data curation. FM: visualization. HL: resources, validation. SS: supervision, investigation. BL: conceptualization, writing—reviewing. XZ: project administration. XS: review, formal analysis. CKM: review and editing, methodology.

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Li, Y., Xu, S., Meng, F. et al. Insight into the photoluminescence and thermoluminescence properties of Tb ions doping KCl crystal grown by Cz method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 2163 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11424-4

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