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Optical and mechanical properties of NaCl: Ce3+ crystal grown by the Czochralski method

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The pure and Ce3+-doped NaCl crystals were grown using the resistance heating Czochralski method. The structural, mechanical, and optical properties of the grown crystal were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), micro-hardness, optical absorption, photoluminescence (PL), PL excitation (PLE) spectroscopy, and decay time measurement. The XRD data indicated that the NaCl host lattice was compressed when Ce atoms were incorporated and the peaks shifted to the large angle side. The ICP-AES and XPS analyses verified that Ce3+ is the dominant state of cerium in NaCl crystal. The hardness of the NaCl:Ce3+ crystal was larger than that of pure NaCl crystal and it was anisotropic. Optical absorption confirmed that the three states of 5d level splitting of Ce correspond to the absorption peaks of 202, 215, and 227 nm. The intense emissions located at 342 and 356 nm were attributed to the radiation transitions 5d → 2F5/2 and 5d → 2F7/2 in Ce3+, respectively. The energy-level scheme for the Ce3+ ion in the NaCl crystal was proposed from the PL and PLE analysis. The luminescence decay time of NaCl:Ce3+ crystal is 38.57 ± 0.16 ns. These observations indicate that the NaCl:Ce3+ crystal should be a promising material for use in radiation dosimetry and scintillation applications.

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This work was supported by Government Funded Projects (61409220309, 6141B012822, 6141B012823) and the Jilin Provincial Department of Education (JJKH20200758KJ, JJKH20200761KJ).

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    Yongtao Li, Yongju Li, Chun Li, Fanming Zeng, Hai Lin & Zhongmin Su

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ji Lin Jian Zhu University, Changchun, 130018, China

    Yongtao Li & Xuejian Zhang

  3. Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Optical Materials and Chemistry, Changchun, 130022, China

    Fanming Zeng, Hai Lin & Zhongmin Su

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Li, Y., Li, Y., Li, C. et al. Optical and mechanical properties of NaCl: Ce3+ crystal grown by the Czochralski method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 13070–13077 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03857-y

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