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Bismo-borate glasses doped with La3+ and Eu3+ ions: synthesis, physical, optical and electrical characteristics

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Bismuth borate glasses doped with La3+ and Eu3+ rare-earth ions with chemical compositions 65B2O3 − 15CaO − 15Li2O − 5Bi2O3 − xLa2O3 − yEu2O3: (x,y) = (0.0, 0.0), (0.5,0.0), (0.5,0.3), and (0.5,0.7) mol% were synthesized using traditional melt quenching process. The obtained glasses were labeled as: La0.0Eu0.0, La0.5Eu0.0, La0.5Eu0.3, and La0.5Eu0.7, respectively. The amorphous nature of the synthesized glasses was confirmed via XRD measurements. Density and molar volume of the glasses were gradually improved from 3.048 g/cm3 and 26.727 cm3/mol for La0.0Eu0.0 sample to 3.430 g/cm3 and 29.257 cm3/mol for La0.5Eu0.7 sample. The indirect \((E_{indirect}^{Optical} )\) and direct \((E_{direct}^{Optical} )\) optical bandgap of the proposed glasses were reduced with increased La3+ and Eu3+ ions in the glass matrix. The values of the \((E_{indirect}^{Optical} )\) were 3.30, 3.15, 3.10, and 2.70 eV, while for \((E_{direct}^{Optical} )\) were 3.88, 3.80, 3.65, and 3.12 eV for La0.0Eu0.0, La0.5Eu0.0, La0.5Eu0.3, and La0.5Eu0.7, respectively. Urbach’s energy (ΔE) recorded values between 0.693 eV and 0.708 eV. Refractive index (n) varied between 2.32 and 2.46 for the indirect transitions and between 2.19 and 2.36 for the direct transition. Dielectric spectroscopy of prepared glasses was carried out through frequency domain from 50 Hz to 5 MHz at RT to investigate chemical changes on dielectric items such as dielectric constant as well as tangent loss (tan δ). The introduction of both La3+ and Eu3+ ions causes an enhancement dielectric constant as well as tangent loss (tan δ). The findings confirm that the synthesized glasses can be applied in optical fiber, solar cells, current sensors and photonics.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman, University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2022R60), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan

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  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Koom, 32511, Menoufia, Egypt

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  4. Physics and Mathematical Engineering Department, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Menoufia, Egypt

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  5. Basic Engineering Science Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Koom, 32511, Menoufia, Egypt

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Alsaif, N.A.M., Khattari, Z.Y., Rammah, Y.S. et al. Bismo-borate glasses doped with La3+ and Eu3+ ions: synthesis, physical, optical and electrical characteristics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 19667–19677 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08803-8

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