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ZnO : Cr3+ (1 mol%) nanophosphor is synthesized by the wet chemical solution combustion method at the temperature of 400∘C. Powder X-ray diffraction results confirmed that Cr3+-doped and undoped ZnO nanophosphors exhibit hexagonal wurtzite structure. The average crystallite size calculated from Scherrer’s method is 25 nm for undoped and 14 nm for Cr3+-doped ZnO. The UV–visible absorption spectra shows red shift in Cr3+-doped ZnO. Photoluminescence studies of undoped ZnO show violet emission peak at 400 nm and blue emission peak at 447 nm. Cr3+-doped ZnO shows red emission peaks at 642, 694 and 746 nm, which are mainly attributed to spin forbidden transitions of 2Eg →\(^{4}\textit {A}_{2g}\) of Cr3+ ion in ZnO : Cr 3+ nanophosphor. Thermoluminescence (TL) studies recorded at a heating rate of 6∘C s −1 show two well-resolved glow peaks at 124 and 284∘C. It is found that the TL intensity increases with the gamma irradiation dose (500 Gy– 10 kGy).
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PUSHPA, N., KOKILA, M.K., NAGABHUSHANA, B.M. et al. Red luminescence from ZnO : Cr3+ nanophosphors under visible excitation. Bull Mater Sci 38, 1359–1365 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-015-1021-x
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