Structural and luminescent properties of red-emitting Eu3+-doped ternary rare earth antimonates R3SbO7 (R = La, Gd, Y)
2014 ◽
Vol 2
(28)
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pp. 5559-5569
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Eu3+-doped antimonates show distinct luminescence spectra. 5D0 → 7F4, 5D0 → 7F1 and 5D0 → 7F0 are the dominant transitions for Eu3+-doped La3SbO7, Gd3SbO7 and Y3SbO7 respectively, due to different microstructures around the Eu3+ ions in the lattices.