Modification of the spectroscopic properties of Tb2O3 phosphor under the high-pressure phase transitions sequence

The high-pressure behavior of cubic Tb2O3 phase (C-type) has been investigated by in situ photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy up to 18 GPa and 22 GPa, respectively. The luminescence spectrum of Tb2O3 at ambient conditions shows its characteristic sharp-line emission bands with the most intense...

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Autores: Candela de Aroca, Marina Teresa, Aguado Menéndez, Fernando|||0000-0003-2912-0228, González Lavín, Judith, González Gómez, Jesús Antonio|||0000-0002-0381-6393, Valiente Barroso, Rafael|||0000-0001-9855-8309
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/27178
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/27178
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Phosphors
High-pressure
Phase transitions
Luminescence
Inelastic light scattering
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Sumario:The high-pressure behavior of cubic Tb2O3 phase (C-type) has been investigated by in situ photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy up to 18 GPa and 22 GPa, respectively. The luminescence spectrum of Tb2O3 at ambient conditions shows its characteristic sharp-line emission bands with the most intense one corresponding to the 5D4 - 7F5 transition, responsible of the green emission. Excitation and emission spectra measured at low temperature and at different emission and excitation wavelengths suggest that photoluminescence is governed by the Tb3+ in the non-centrosymmetric site (C2). A phase transition between 7.2 and 8.6 GPa is observed by Raman and photoluminescence experiments and is associated to a cubic-to-monoclinic (B-type) structural transformation. From 14 GPa the predominant modes in the Raman spectrum correspond to those from the trigonal phase (A-type), indicating that the pressure-induced structural phase transition sequence of Tb2O3 is C → B → A. Upon pressure release, the starting cubic phase is not recovered, but the monoclinic one.