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Trivalent Gd incorporated Zn2SiO4 phosphor material for EPR and luminescence investigations

  • Vijay Singh ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Kanika Bhatia , Allam Srinivasa Rao and Ji Bong Joo
Published/Copyright: May 27, 2024
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Zn2SiO4:Gd3+ powder was obtained by the sol–gel preparation technique and then characterized by using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques. The sample exhibited photoluminescence in the ultraviolet spectral zone with a maximum emission wavelength of 314 nm. Ultraviolet emission in the range of 305–320 nm is also called ultraviolet-B emission. This UV range emission is used in lamps for skin treatment and phototherapy. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum recorded for the Zn2SiO4:0.015Gd3+ phosphor revealed g values of 3.46, 2.64, and 2.20, confirming the presence of Gd3+ ions in the small ligand field. Furthermore, Gd3+ ions attain tetrahedral symmetry in the prepared host compound.


Corresponding author: Vijay Singh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors state no competing interests.

  4. Research funding: This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2021R1A2C1092509). This paper was supported by the KU Research Professor Program of Konkuk University.

  5. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2023-07-14
Accepted: 2023-12-20
Published Online: 2024-05-27
Published in Print: 2024-06-25

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