Abstract:
Eu
3+ doped Lu
2SiO
5 (Lu
2SiO
5:Eu
3+) powders were prepared by urea-assisted coprecipitation method and sol-gel method, respectively. The effects of calcination temperature on the phase composition and micromorphology of the powders and the effect of Eu
3+ doping amount on the luminescent property of the powders were compared and analyzed. The results show that the Lu
2SiO
5 powders with a relatively high purity were obtained by both methods. The powder obtained by sol-gel method was composed of pure and single Lu
2SiO
5 phase, while the powder obtained by urea-assisted coprecipitation method contained a small amount of impurity phase of Lu
2O
3. The particle size of the powder obtained by sol-gel method was 200-300 nm, and the surface of the powder particle was rougher than that by urea-assisted coprecipitation method. The luminescence intensity of the Lu
2SiO
5:Eu
3+ powders by the two methods was the largest when doped with 5mol% Eu
3+, and that by sol-gel method was higher.