A detailed investigation on photoluminescence properties and energy transfer (ET) dynamics of Ce³⁺, Pr³⁺-doped BaY₂Si₃O₁₀ is provided along with the potential X-ray excited luminescence application. The luminescence properties of Pr³⁺ are studied in VUV-UV-vis spectral range at low temperature, and the spectral profiles of Pr^{3+ 3}P₀ and ¹D₂ emission lines are determined using time-resolved emission spectra. Upon 230 nm excitation, the electron population from Pr³⁺ 4f5d state to its 4f² excited state is discussed in detail. As Pr³⁺ concentration rises, Pr^{3+ 3}P₀ and ¹D₂ luminescence possess different concentration-related properties. The incorporation of Ce³⁺ in the codoped sample produces the strong Ce³⁺ luminescence under 230 nm excitation, which is the combined result of Pr³⁺ 4f5d → Ce³⁺ 5d ET and Ce³⁺ intrinsic excitation. On the other hand, the increasingly strong ET of Ce³⁺ 5d → Pr³⁺ 4f² results in the decrease of Ce³⁺ emission intensity and the gradual deviation of Ce³⁺ luminescence decay from the single exponential in the system. By employing the Inokuti-Hirayama model, the dipole-dipole interaction is confirmed as the predominant multipolar effect in controlling this ET process, and the value of C_DA is determined to be 9.97 × 10^-47 m⁶·s^-1. Finally, the relatively low scintillation light yield of Ce³⁺-doped BaY₂Si₃O₁₀ material impedes its application potential in the scintillator field, and the cosubstitution of Pr³⁺ results in the observable decline of scintillation performance.

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A series of Ln-doped KSrPO₄ (Ln = Ce³⁺, Eu³⁺, Eu²⁺, Pr³⁺) phosphors are prepared through a high-temperature solid-state method. The KSrPO₄ compound is confirmed to possess a β-K₂SO₄ structure with the Pnma group by Rietveld refinement, and the temperature-dependent lattice parameters are investigated with the powder X-ray diffraction results at different temperatures. Ce³⁺ and Eu³⁺ ions are introduced to probe the crystal field strength (CFS) and the lanthanide site symmetry by using VUV-UV-vis spectroscopy. The temperature-dependent luminescence properties of KSrPO₄: Ce³⁺/Eu²⁺ exhibit an excellent thermal stability of Ce³⁺/Eu²⁺ luminescence. Based on the VUV-UV-vis spectra of Ce³⁺ and Eu³⁺ doped KSrPO₄, the vacuum referred binding energy (VRBE) scheme is constructed to understand the redox properties of Eu, the 5d energy levels of Pr³⁺ and the thermal quenching characteristics of Ce³⁺ and Eu²⁺ luminescence.

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The host structure and the synchrotron radiation VUV-UV luminescence properties of samples BaMg₂Si₂O₇ (BMSO):Ln (Ce³⁺, Eu²⁺) at different doping levels and different temperatures were investigated in detail. Three important aspects are studied to elucidate the luminescence properties of samples: (1) the vacuum referred binding energy (VRBE) scheme is constructed with the electron binding in the BMSO host bands and in the Ce³⁺ and Eu²⁺ impurity levels with the aim to explain the different thermal stabilities of Ce³⁺ and Eu²⁺ emissions; (2) the electron-vibrational interaction analysis on the narrow Eu²⁺ emission indicates a weak electron-phonon interaction in the current case; (3) by using three models (Inokuti-Hirayama, Yokota-Tanimoto, and Burshteǐn models) at different conditions, the energy transfer dynamics between Ce³⁺ and Eu²⁺ was analyzed. It reveals that the energy transfer from Ce³⁺ to Eu²⁺ via electric dipole-dipole (EDD) interaction is dominant while energy migration between Ce³⁺ is negligible. Finally, the X-ray excited luminescence spectra of samples BMSO:Ce³⁺/Eu²⁺ are collected to evaluate their possible scintillator applications.

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A series of Ba2-xEuxMgSi2O7 phosphors was prepared by a solid-state reaction method at high temperature. The theoretical density of the optimal Ba1.93Eu0.07MgSi2O7 material was calculated from the Rietveld refinement result. Eu L3-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectrum was measured to confirm the valence of Eu ions in Ba2MgSi2O7. The X-ray excited radioluminescence and the thermoluminescence after β-ray irradiation were investigated based on the VUV-vis photoluminescence. The light yield of the optimal Ba1.93Eu0.07MgSi2O7 sample under X-ray excitation was estimated to be ~29,000±6000 photons/M eV. So the temperature-dependent luminescence properties of this sample under X-ray and 344 nm excitation were further studied, and the charge traps in the scintillation process were discussed through thermoluminescence spectra. The high scintillation intensity together with an appropriate intrinsic decay time and its non-hygroscopicity endow the further optimized phosphor Ba1.93Eu0.07MgSi2O7 a promising scintillation material for X-ray detection.@en

A series of Ce³⁺-doped (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇ phosphors with different Ce³⁺ and Ca²⁺/Sr²⁺ concentrations were prepared by a high temperature solid-state reaction technique. To get insight into the structure-luminescence relationship, the impact of incorporation of Sr²⁺ on structure of (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇ was first investigated via Rietveld refinement of high quality X-ray diffraction (XRD) data, and then the VUV-UV excitation and UV-vis emission spectra of (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇:Ce³⁺ were collected at low temperature. The results reveal that the crystal structure evolution of (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇:Ce³⁺ has influences on band gaps and Ce³⁺ luminescence properties including 4f-5d_i (i = 1-5) transition energies, radiative lifetime, emission intensity, quantum efficiency, and thermal stability. Moreover, the influence of Sr²⁺ content on the energy of Eu³⁺-O^2- charge-transfer states (CTS) in (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇:Eu³⁺ was studied in order to construct vacuum referred binding energy (VRBE) schemes with the aim to further understand the luminescence properties of (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇:Ce³⁺. Finally, X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) spectra were measured to evaluate the possibility of (Ca,Sr)₂Al₂SiO₇:Ce³⁺ as a scintillation material.

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