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CdSiO

3

:Fe

3+

nanophosphors: structural and luminescence properties

KAMALA SOPPIN1and B M MANOHARA2,*

1Department of Physics, DRM Science College, Davangere 577004, India

2Department of Physics, Government First Grade College, Davangere 577004, India

*Author for correspondence (manoharabm1@gmail.com) MS received 24 July 2020; accepted 19 September 2020

Abstract. CdSiO3:Fe3?(1–9 mol%) nanophosphor was prepared by the propellant combustion technique. The powder X-ray diffraction result shows the formation of highly crystalline nanophosphor monoclinic phase. The average particle size was calculated using Scherrer’s formula andW–Hplots were found in the range of 22–42 nm. The field emission scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope pictures of the particle showed agglomerated, highly porous, lots of voids, irregular shape and uneven in size. Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy were recorded to investigate the nature of chemical bonds. Energy bandgaps (Eg) of the prepared samples were estimated using Wood and Tauc relation from the optical UV–Visible spectroscopy and found to be*5.2 eV. Photoluminescence studies of (1–9 mol%) CdSiO3:Fe3?nanophosphor shows an intense emission peak at 715 nm when excited at 361 nm. The energy transfer of the excited Fe3?ions at higher concentrations are due to concentration quenching. As incorporation concentration of Fe3?increases,4T1(4G)?6A1transition dominates and the emission intensity increases. Commission International De I’Eclairage and coordinated colour temperature of the phosphors were well located in red region.

Therefore, Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphor was highly useful for the preparation of red component of WLED’s and solid-state display applications.

Keywords. Nanophosphor; X-ray diffraction; transition electron microscope; energy gap; photoluminescence.

1. Introduction

Stable phosphors with suitable morphology and higher yield are in great demand for energy saving applications, like display, lasers, scintillators, safety indicators, etc. On this regard, a silicate host is found to be multi-colour phosphorescence and suggests inactive with alkali, oxy- gen and acid environment [1,2]. The several silicates CdSiO3 host reveals a notable optical and luminescent property. The blended nature of ionic and covalent is due to the presence of Cd2? ions and strong interaction among Si–O is present inside the SiO3 organization. The crystal structure of CdSiO3 shows a one-dimensional chain of side-sharing SiO4 tetrahedron. As an end result, dopants can be easily embedded into the host via replacing the Cd site. In order to keep the charge neu- trality, the charge compensation of Cd2? and O2- had been tuned through the dopants. These dopants are accountable for the creation of deep traps at appropriate depths, which stores the excitation energy and emit the light in the visible range. Consequently, to improve the properties of the luminescent materials, the exothermic reaction-based on combustion method was developed [3].

Transition metal ions (TMI) show fluorescence inside the region 700–1100 nm. It is extensively used in luminescence substances because of its strong visible absorption and emission bands. Unfilled 3d3electronics shell of the TMI has a number of inner side energy levels, through which, optical transitions arise to produce luminescent emission [4–6]. A number of durable persistent luminescence materials dealt with TMI, CdSiO3has become a notable host. Due to the fact that Fe3?ions can easily replace the Cd2?ions, the precise host lattice crystal field strength around Fe3?ions. For red and near-infrared photoluminescence (PL), trivalent Fe3? ions become a positive emitting centre because of its wide-range emissions. Thus we have taken these factors into considera- tion and Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 (1–9 mol%) nanophosphors have been synthesized by using propellant solution combus- tion technique. The structural information of the prepared phosphors have been examined through powder X-ray diffraction(PXRD), field emission scanning electron micro- scope (FESEM), transition electron microscope (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman techniques. The optical properties of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphor was investigated by UV–Visible absorption and PL studies.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-020-02332-y

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2. Preparation of Fe31-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 (1–9 mol%) nanophosphors were synthesized by propellant solution combustion technique using a freshly prepared ODH (oxalyl dihydrazide) as a fuel [7]. The stoichiometric composition of the redox mixture was considered so that the maximum energy is released during combustion. The flowchart for the syn- thesis (1–9 mol%) of Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors are shown in figure1. Analar grade cadmium nitrate (Cd(NO3)26H2O; Sigma Aldrich, 99.9%), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS: (CH3CH2O)4Si, 99.9%), iron nitrate (Fe(NO3)39H2O; Sigma Aldrich, 99.9%) and ODH (C2H6N4O2) were used as the starting materials. A suit- able amount of (Cd(NO3)26H2O, (CH3CH2O)4Si and (C2H6N4O2) (1:1:1.25 in mole ratio) were well dissolved in *300 ml of double-distilled water and stirred well using magnetic stirrer for 1 h to get homogenized aqueous solution. The mixture was rapidly heated in a preheated muffle furnace maintained at 500 ±10°C.

The reaction takes place within few seconds by heating the redox mixture to incandescence, leading to the forma- tion of powder. The obtained final product was further calcined at 800°C for 2 h for the formation of fine crys- talline sample [8]. Composed chemical equation for the formation of Cd1–xFexSiO3-dwas given by using:

ð1xÞCdðNO3Þ2þxFeðNO3Þ3þC2H6N4O2

þðCH3CH24Si!Cd1xFexSiOd3ðsÞþ2CO2ðgÞ þ3H2OðgÞþ 3x

2

N2ðgÞ ð1Þ

PXRD analysis was analysed by using Shimadzu X-ray diffractometer (operating at 50 KV and 20 mA by means of CuKa(1.541 A˚ ) radiation with a nickel filter at a scan rate of 2°min-1). Data were collected in the range of 10°–60°.

Morphology was analysed by using FESEM (ULTRA 55, FESEM (Carl Zeiss), TEM and SAED pattern. FTIR spec- trum was recorded along with KBr pellets. Raman studies were carried out on a micro-Raman system from Jobin- Yvon Horiba (LABRAM HR-800) spectrometer equipped with a confocal aperture. UV–Vis spectra of the samples were recorded with the SL 159 ELICO UV–Visible Spec- trophotometer in the range of 200–800 nm. PL spectra were carried out using Horiba (model Fluorolog-3) Spectrofluo- rometer at room temperature using 450 W Xenon as exci- tation source.

3. Results and discussion

3.1 Powder X-ray diffraction

Figure2 shows the PXRD patterns of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?- doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors calcined at 800°C for 2 h.

The diffraction peaks of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3

nanophosphors were matched with the JCPDS card No.

35-0810 and shows better crystallinity and monoclinic phase. The average particle size ‘D’ was calculated by the Scherrer’s formula and Williamson–Hall (W–H) plots. The particle size ‘D’ of the (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors of all composition calcined at 800°C for 2 h was in the range 22–42 nm. The particle size ‘D’ for which the lattice pressure has been taken into consideration is

Figure 1. Flow chart for the synthesis of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?- doped CdSiO3nanophosphors calcined at 800°C for 2 h.

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 2θ(degree)

JCPDS NO. 35-0810

Intensity(a.u)

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

(200) (001) (201) (-401) (-202) (-111) (202)

(310) (-311)(311) (012) (402) (-312) (-203) (511) (020) (413) (712)

Figure 2. PXRD of (a) Pure and (b–f) (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors.

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shown in figure 3. Lattice strain and average particle size

‘D’ had been predicted from these techniques, as shown in table 1. The lattice strain was taken as an standard error of

±0.4910-3.

Proper percent difference in ionic radii among incorpo- ration and substituted ions should not exceed 30%. Calcu- lations of the radius percentage variance (Dr) among the incorporation Fe3?ions and replaced Cd2?ions in CdSiO3: Fe3?were performed using the below formula,

Dr¼Rm CNð Þ Rd CNð Þ

Rm CNð Þ ; ð2Þ

where CN is co-ordination number, Rm(CN) the radius of host cations and Rd(CN) the radius of dopant ions. Rd(CN) is found to be 27.98%. It was obvious that the Fe3? ionic radius was close to that of Cd2?replaced with Fe3?ions in the CdSiO3 host. Hence, it is considered that Cd2? sites were exchanged by Fe3?in this lattice [9].

3.2 Morphological analysis

TEM and FESEM had been vital tools for the characteri- zation of nanomaterials, as they deliver data about the morphology of the materials. Figure 4a–e indicates the FESEM micrographs of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors. It was determined that the samples have

been mainly porous, agglomerated, plenty of voids and fluffy with polycrystalline nature.

TEM micrographs of CdSiO3:Fe3? (1–9 mol%) nano- phosphors were shown in figure5a–e. It contains uneven size shaped particles with an average particle size of

*80 nm and polycrystalline nature of the sample shows the SAED patterns in figure5f.

3.3 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

FTIR spectra of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors was recorded in the range of 400–4000 cm-1, shown in figure6. A spectrum shows the broad band in the range 850–1200 cm-1 due to irregular stretching vibration of Si–O–Si bond and stretching vibra- tions of edge Si–O bonds. The peaks at 458, 552 and 638 cm-1 were the characteristic stretching vibrations of Si–O–Si bridges. A weak absorption peak at 2852, 2917 and 3415 cm-1 indicates the presence of C=O bond in the structure [10]. Sharp peak corresponding to 883, 934, 1013 and 1071 cm-1can be ascribed to Si–O bond, which exists in the form of SiO3.

3.4 Raman spectroscopy

Figure7 shows Raman spectra of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors. Raman spectra have been carried out at room temperature within the range 100–1200 cm-1. The positions of the vibrational modes located at 70–213 cm-1had been attributed to the Cd–O vibrational modes and also Si–O–Si symmetric bending [11]. The band witnessed at 308 and 399 cm-1was given to the symmet- rical stretching or bending vibrations of Si–O–Si bonds, which was shaped by corner sharing of SiO3 polyhedral [12]. Peak at 630 cm-1 was attributed to the axial sym- metrical stretching vibrational modes of (c4) SiO42- [13].

Peak at 700 cm-1was associated with the existence of two linked tetrahedral (sorosilicate) (Si2O7)6-or isolated tetra- hedral (neosilicates) (SiO4)4- group ‘Q0’ without bending oxygen. Width of peak at 961 cm-1is characteristic of ‘Q1’ Figure 3. W–H plots of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3

nanophosphors.

Table 1. Estimated structural parameters of pure and (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors.

Mol%

Scherrer’s equation (nm)

W–Hplot (nm)

Lattice strain (910-3)

Pure 23 32 2.16

1 36 42 1.77

3 33 22 0.25

5 29 22 0.65

7 28 20 0.52

9 29 25 1.09

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and ‘Q2’ of tetrahedral with 1 and 2 binding oxygen, respectively. Peak at 1000 cm-1originate from c1and c2

stretching vibrations of Si–O (SiO4-stretching). Based on the lattice strain variant inside the compounds predicted from PXRD, Raman spectra had lesser shifts inside the vibrational modes.

3.5 UV–Visible absorption spectroscopy

Inset of figure 8 shows UV–Visible absorption spectra of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphor samples absorbed at 245 nm. Energy bandgap (Eg) of synthesized samples was calculated using Wood and Figure 4. FESEM images of (a–e) (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors.

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Tauc relation, shown in figure8. Calculated value of Eg was found to be *5.2 eV of the standard error

±0.2 eV, shown in the table of inset of figure 8 [14].

Hence it confirms that the prepared (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphor samples are insulat- ing material.

3.6 PL studies

The excitation spectra of Fe3? (3 mol%)-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphor recorded at room temperature is shown in figure9. The excitation of Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophos- phor is more intense at 361 nm and less intense at 375 nm.

Figure 5. TEM micrographs of (a–e) (1–9 mol%) and (f) SAED of Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors.

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The Fe3?belongs to d3configuration with the impact of octahedral symmetry field, the ground state4F. In addition to the terms of exited free electron states, which includes4P,

2G will break up into a number of quartet and doublet terms as4A2g,4T2g,4T1g,2Eg,2T1g,2T2g,2A1g, etc. Out of which

4A2glies lowest according to Hund’s rule. In a wide cate- gory of oxide host systems, the Fe3?had been continually oxygen coordinated with six nearest neighbours, feasible in pure octahedral, teraoctahedral or distorted octahedral symmetry site. The strong wide band is at 361 nm (c1 = 27700 cm-1), whereas weak band is at 375 nm (c2 = 26667 cm-1) selected 4A2g (F) ? 4T1g (F) transition.

The ðc1Þ band gives the crystal field splitting parameter of 10.15 Dq. The Racah parameter ‘B’ was calculated by assigning a mean value for the ðc2Þ bands by using the

relation [15]:

B¼2c21þc223c1c2

15c227c1 ð3Þ

Intended Racah parameter (B) of Fe3?had been discov- ered to be 83.58 cm-1. Value of inter-digital repulsion parameterBfreefor Fe3?ions was 814 cm-1. A comparison with these observations suggests that ‘B’ was reduced by using 11% from the free ion value. According to Tanabe–

Sugano diagram, the crossing of the2E and4T2levels Dq/

Bis better than 2.3, which correspond to strong crystal field.

In the present report, the value of Dq/Bwas observed to be

*33.14, which suggests that Fe3?ions have been located in strong crystal field [16].

Emission spectra for CdSiO3:Fe3? (1–9 mol%) samples excited with UV light source (361 nm) at room temperature 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500

9 mol%

7 mol%

5 mol%

3 mol%

% Transmittance (a.u)

Wavenumber (cm -1)

458552638

883 9341013 1071

2852

29173415

1 mol%

Figure 6. FTIR spectra of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3

nanophosphors.

Figure 7. Raman spectra of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3

nanophosphors.

Figure 8. Egof (inset: UV–Visible spectra and table showsEg

values) (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors.

360 370 380 390

8.0x106 1.2x107 1.6x107 2.0x107

375 nm

Intensity(cps)

Wavelength(nm) 361 nm

Figure 9. Excitation spectra of 5 mol% Fe3?-doped CdSiO3

nanophosphors.

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are shown in figure10. Maximum intense energy band at 715 nm and the intermediate band located at 615 nm were accredited to4T1(4G)?6A1(6S) and4T2(4G)?6A1(6S) transitions, respectively. Developed energy band located at 573 nm was related to 4E ?4A1(4G) ? 6A1(6S) transi- tions of Fe3?ions [17]. Fe3?emissions from greater excited states (in blue green region) were once in a while, but have been observed for each tetrahedral and octahedral site. The determined spectra have been related to spin-forbidden transitions of Fe3? tetrahedral coordinated by using O2- ligand anions.

The variant of PL intensity with Fe3?attention is shown in figure11. Figure explains that the luminescence intensities at 715 nm of the CdSiO3:Fe3?phosphors will increase with the increase of Fe3?ion concentration. The intensity is maximum for 3 mol% of Fe3?ion and then decreases with a further increase of concentration. Because of its energy transfer, the various excited Fe3?ions are at higher concentrations which is due to concentration quenching. As dopant concentration of Fe3?ions increases,4T1(4G)?6A1transition leads to the emission intensity. This may be attributed to the increasing distortion of the nearby field around the Fe3?ions. Moreover, there was a charge imbalance inside the host lattice because of incorporation of Fe3?cations. The reason is that after the concentration of Fe3?ions increase, the interaction among the dopant ions also increases, resulting in self-quenching and PL intensity decreases. The critical energy transfer dis- tance (Rc) was calculated as discussed. Non-radiative energy transfer distance (Rc) can be expected by using the relation proposed by Blasse [18].

Rc¼2 3V 4pXcN 1=3

; ð4Þ

where Xc is the critical concentration, N the number of cation sites and V the volume of the unit cell. For CdSiO3:Fe3?, the values ofN,VandXcwere 6, 379.65 A˚´3

and 0.03, respectively. Using these parameters, the expected Rcwas found to be 15.91 A˚´ . SinceRcwas not less than 5 A˚ , exchange interaction was not responsible for non-radiative energy transfer method from one Fe3?ions in to another.

According to Blasse theory, radiative exchange multi- pole–multipole interaction can be observed in Fe3? ion incorporation samples. In which the energy transfer process may also be due to multipolar interaction. In order to decide the type of interaction involved in the energy transfer, Van Uitert’s [19], the emission mechanism of Fe3? in CdSiO3 nanophosphors can be proposed as follows. The emission intensity (I) per activator ion follows the equation,

I

x¼kh1þbð Þxh=3i1

; ð5Þ

wherexwas the activator concentration,I/xwas the emis- sion intensity (I) per activator ion, kandbwere constants for a given host under the same excitation condition.

According to equation (5), h= 3 for the energy transfer among the nearest-neighbour ions (exchange interaction), while h= 6, 8 and 10 for dipole–dipole (d–d), dipole–

quadrupole (d–q) quadrupole–quadrupole (q–q) interac- tions, respectively. Assuming thatb(x)h/3[[1, equation (5) can be specified as follows:

logI

x¼k1 h

3 logx: ð6Þ

From the slope of equation (6), the electric multipolar character (h) can be obtained by the slope (-h/3) of the plot log(I/x) vs. log x. It was observed from figure12, Fe3?- doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors of log(I/x) on log x was

550 600 650 700

8.0x106 1.0x107 1.2x107 1.4x107 1.6x107

CdSiO3:Fe3+

687 nm

1 mol % 7 mol%

9 mol % 5 mol%

3 mol%

715 nm

615 nm 573 nm

Intensity (cps)

Wavelength (nm) λexci = 361 nm

Figure 10. PL emission spectra of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors.

0 2 4 6 8 10

Fe3+ Concentration (mol%) 615 nm

522 nm 687 nm 715 nm

PL Intensity (a.u)

Figure 11. Variation of PL intensity with (1–9 mol%) Fe3?- doped CdSiO3nanophosphors.

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linear. The slope and multipolar character ‘h’ was found to be-0.95625 and 6.19905, respectively, which was close to 6. Therefore, the concentration quenching in CdSiO3:Fe3?

phosphor occurred due to dipole–dipole interaction.

The Commission International De I’Eclairage (CIE) coordinates for (1–9 mol%) CdSiO3:Fe3?nanophosphors as a function of Fe3?concentration for the luminous colour was illustrated by the PL spectra. Red long-lasting phosphores- cence was witnessed in CdSiO3:Fe3?nanophosphor and its corresponding regions are marked in figure13a with stars in red region, theirXandYvalues are given in the table inset of figure12. Literature showed that the Fe3?doping outcome becomes stronger in the case of particles with greater crys- tallinity, resulting in an better activation degree of Fe3?. Therefore, the current phosphors were useful as a replace- ment for those of natural white light [20,21]. Also, average coordinated colour temperature (CCT; figure13b) of (1–9 mol%) CdSiO3:Fe3? nanophosphor was found to be 6177 K, shown in inset of figure13b.

4. Conclusions

The (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3nanophosphors were successfully prepared via solution combustion technique.

PXRD of all samples were well matched with JCPDF No.

35-0810 and shows monoclinic phase without any impurity peaks. Particle size ‘D’ was expected to be in the range 22–42 nm. FESEM and TEM show morphological study of (1–9 mol%) Fe3?-doped CdSiO3 nanophosphors with agglomerated, fluffy and uneven in size. The CdSiO3:Fe3?

nanophosphor is insulators withEg*5.2 eV. PL emission spectra display that there may be an increase in emission intensity with increase in Fe3?concentrations up to 3 mol%

and after that emission quenching was determined. Narrow red emissions, peak observed at 715 nm in CdSiO3:Fe3?is due to4T1?6A1transition from Fe3?ions. CIE and CCT co-ordinates are situated in the red regions, hence the pre- pared (3 mol%) nanophosphor might be useful in red component of white light-emitting diode’s, also can be used in solid-state display applications.

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