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Investigation of photoluminescence and thermoluminescence properties of UV& γ irradiated Li4SrCa(SiO4)2:Dy3+ phosphor

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A series of Dy3+-activated Li4SrCa(SiO4)2 phosphors were synthesized using a high-temperature solid-state reaction method. The crystal structure, surface morphology, elemental analysis and vibrational modes of synthesized phosphor were studied using X-ray Diffraction, Scanning electron microscope, Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy technique, respectively. Luminescence properties of Li4SrCa(SiO4)2:Dy3+ phosphors were analyzed by photoluminescence (PL) and thermoluminescence (TL) techniques. Photoluminescence spectra of Dy3+ doped Li4SrCa(SiO4)2 phosphors were efficiently excited in the range of 300–400 nm and exhibited two emission peaks, positioned at 481 nm (blue) and 575 (yellow) due to 4F9/2–6H15/2 and 4F9/2– 6H13/2 transitions, respectively, under excitation wavelength of 348 nm. CIE colour coordinate (x = 0.2983, y = 0.3151), Colour purity (13.3%), and CCT (7550 K) of the material were calculated which indicated that the prepared phosphor can be used as a white light-emitting phosphor. The TL glow curves of the synthesized phosphor were recorded using a Nucleonix 1009I TLD reader. All synthesized Li4SrCa(SiO4)2:4mol%Dy3+ phosphors were exposed to UV rays (254 nm) and γ-rays (60Co source). Maximum TL intensity was found for 40 min under UV irradiation (254 nm), and for γ irradiation (dose rate 8 kGy). Trapping parameters like activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics were calculated by Chen’s peak shape method. The activation energy vs. Tstop method verifies the existence of overlapping peaks. In this work the long-lasting glow characteristics of prepared samples using fading measurements, and along with the TL emission spectrum were also investigated. Overall Li4SrCa(SiO4)2:Dy3+ phosphor revealed that the prepared phosphor can be used for excellent WLED phosphor and TLD material for both UV & γ based TL dosimetric applications.

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DS: Conceptualization, investigation, designed the whole research, synthesized all the samples, and collected experimental data, Data plotting, writing original draft. AK and DPB: Manuscript editing and formatting, thoroughly analysis and proposed good suggestions. NM, CB, KT, and AS: Review the articles and performed formal analysis.

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Sahu, D., Verma, A., Bisen, D. et al. Investigation of photoluminescence and thermoluminescence properties of UV& γ irradiated Li4SrCa(SiO4)2:Dy3+ phosphor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 527 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12287-z

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