Preparation, heat treatment and photoluminescence properties of V-doped ZnO–SiO2–B2O3 glasses

• Published in: Journal of luminescence Vol. 132; no. 5; pp. 1126 - 1132
• Main Authors: Hamnabard, Zohreh, Khalkhali, Zahra, Qazvini, Shamsi Sadat Alavi, Baghshahi, Saeid, Maghsoudipour, Amir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Amorphous materials, glasses and other disordered solids; Borosilicate glass; Borosilicate glasses; Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Emission; Exact sciences and technology; Glass; Heat treatment; Near band edge emission; Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation; Photoluminescence; Physics; Vanadium; Zinc; Zinc oxide; ZnO-based scintilator; Borosilicate glass; Near band edge emission; ZnO-based scintilator; Vanadium; Photoluminescence; Scanning electron microscopy; Impurity density; Ternary systems; Fluorescence; Liquid state quenching; Differential thermal analysis; XRD; Heat treatments; Vanadium additions; Ultraviolet radiation; Scintillator; Zinc oxide; Donor center; Microstructure

Four glasses in ZnO–SiO2–B2O3 ternary system were prepared by the melt quenching method with the objective of optimizing sub-nanosecond emission over the UV region of zinc borosilicate glasses used in superfast scintillators. The effect of vanadium addition and heat treatment on phase formation, mic...