Effects of annealing atmosphere on the luminescent efficiency of ZnTe:O phosphors

Z. T. Kang; H. Menkara; B. K. Wagner; C. J. Summers; R. Durst; Y. Diawara; G. Mednikova; T. Thorson

doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.05.002

Effects of annealing atmosphere on the luminescent efficiency of ZnTe:O phosphors

Z. T. Kang, H. Menkara, B. K. Wagner, C. J. Summers, R. Durst, Y. Diawara, G. Mednikova, T. Thorson

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The effect of the annealing atmosphere on the luminescent efficiency of ZnTe:O phosphors for X-ray imaging applications was studied. The phosphors were doped by ball-milling bulk ZnTe crystals in an O₂ atmosphere and annealed in various atmospheres: vacuum, N₂ or forming gas (95%N ₂/5%H₂). All samples exhibited a deep red emission centered at 680 nm.The samples annealed in forming gas atmosphere exhibited an X-ray luminescent efficiency five times higher than the samples annealed in vacuum or N₂ atmospheres, which was attributed to the removal of surface tellurium oxides.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	156-162
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Luminescence
Volume	117
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.05.002
State	Published - Apr 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Luminescence
Phosphors
Scintillators
ZnTe

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Effects of annealing atmosphere on the luminescent efficiency of ZnTe:O phosphors

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