Mn-Doped Ca14Mg4Ga12O36 with the Tululite Mineral Structure for Color-Tunable Emission

Sivakumar, G and Muhammed Munthasir, AT and Thilagar, P and Natarajan, S (2024) Mn-Doped Ca14Mg4Ga12O36 with the Tululite Mineral Structure for Color-Tunable Emission. In: Chemistry of Materials .

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Abstract

In this study, the tululite mineral, Ca14Mg4Ga12O36 (CMG), was synthesized by employing high-temperature solid-state reactions (1250 °C) and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). The structure consists of a network of (Ga/Mg)O4 tetrahedral units, forming a three-dimensional structure along with (Ga/Mg)O6 units and CaO6 and CaO7 units. This compound was employed as a host to prepare Mn-based phosphors. Two different synthetic protocols were employed: (i) an ambient atmosphere (air) and (ii) a reduced atmosphere (10 H2/90 Ar). The prepared samples were characterized by employing a variety of techniques that include PXRD, XPS, UV-Vis absorption spectra, steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectra, PL lifetime, and PL quantum yield (PLQY) measurements. The ambient condition-prepared samples contain Mn in the +4 oxidation state. The samples prepared under a reducing atmosphere contain Mn in the +2 oxidation state. The optical studies indicate that the Mn4+ ions are present in an octahedral environment and Mn2+ ions in a tetrahedral environment. The Mn4+-containing compounds exhibit a deep red emission (716 nm) upon excitation at 484 nm. The PLQY was found to be 51.1, with a lifetime of 2.78 ms. The Mn2+-containing compounds exhibit an excitation wavelength-dependent (230-284 nm) tunable emission at 400 and 524 nm. The 400 nm emission was attributed to the possible oxygen vacancies in the reduced sample with the observed lifetime of �110 μs. The green emission (524 nm) can be attributed to the Mn2+ ions having a PLQY of 9.28 with a lifetime of 4.61 ms (λex = 284 nm). The concentration-caused quenching, radiative and nonradiative decay behaviors, spectroscopic parameters B, C, and Dq/B, and the nephelauxetic ratio β were calculated for both the Mn4+ and Mn2+ ions in the compounds to understand the origin and possible mechanism of the observed emission behavior. The afterglow (>50 s) nature of Mn2+-containing compounds was investigated toward possible text encryption-related coding/decoding applications. © 2024 American Chemical Society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemistry of Materials
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to American Chemical Society
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2024 09:09
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2024 09:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/85208

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