Synthesis and characterization of spherical and rod like nanocrystalline Nd2O3 phosphors

Umesh, B and Eraiah, B and Nagabhushana, H and Nagabhushana, BM and Nagaraja, G and Shivakumara, C and Chakradhar, RPS (2011) Synthesis and characterization of spherical and rod like nanocrystalline Nd2O3 phosphors. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 509 (4). pp. 1146-1151.

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Abstract

Spherical and rod like nanocrystalline Nd2O3 phosphors have been prepared by solution combustion and hydrothermal methods respectively The Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) results confirm that hexagonal A-type Nd2O3 has been obtained with calcination at 900 C for 3 h and the lattice parameters have been evaluated by Rietveld refinement Surface morphology of Nd2O3 phosphors show the formation of nanorods in hydrothermal synthesis whereas spherical particles in combustion method TEM results also confirm the same Raman studies show major peaks which are assigned to F-g and combination of A(g) + E-g modes The PL spectrum shows a series of emission bands at similar to 326-373 nm (UV) 421-485 nm (blue) 529-542 nm (green) and 622 nm (red) The UV blue green and red emission in the PL spectrum indicates that Nd2O3 nanocrystals are promising for high performance materials and white light emitting diodes (LEDs) (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Phosphors;Nd2O3 SEM;TEM;Raman;XRD;Optical properties.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	07 Feb 2011 11:16
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2011 11:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/35014

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