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Wavelength-sensitive energy storage in Sr3MgSi2O8:Eu2+,Dy3+

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Optical energy storage materials can store energy when exposed to radiation and subsequently release it as light after thermal or optical stimulation. Such materials are thus employed in, e.g., detectors, dosimetry, self-lit signs, and imaging. In, e.g., dosimetry, the response of the material is correlated with the absorbed energy, but no distinction of different radiation energies can be achieved. In this work, Sr3MgSi2O8:Eu2+,Dy3+ was studied with thermoluminescence (TL) initiated by irradiating the material with photon energies between 2.6 (480) and 5.4 eV (230 nm). The TL glow curves revealed that the material has two main traps. Both the overall TL intensity and the TL intensity ratio between the two traps strongly depend on the photon energy of the irradiation. A mechanism of energy storage and charge carrier release in this material was constructed from the results obtained.

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Acknowledgements

Drs Aleksei Kotlov and Edmund Welter (HASYLAB, DESY) are thanked for their help during the measurements at the SUPERLUMI and A1 beamlines, respectively, of HASYLAB. Financial support from the Palomaa-Erikoski foundation, Academy of Finland and CNPq (Brazil), Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES) as well as the European Union is gratefully acknowledged. Part of the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement No. 312284.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Mika Lastusaari, Taneli Laamanen, Marja Malkamäki, Lucas C. V. Rodrigues & Jorma Hölsä

  2. Turku University Centre for Materials and Surfaces (MatSurf), Turku, Finland

    Mika Lastusaari & Jorma Hölsä

  3. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Adrie J. J. Bos & Pieter Dorenbos

  4. Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

    Lucas C. V. Rodrigues & Jorma Hölsä

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Lastusaari, M., Bos, A.J.J., Dorenbos, P. et al. Wavelength-sensitive energy storage in Sr3MgSi2O8:Eu2+,Dy3+ . J Therm Anal Calorim 121, 29–35 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4571-7

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