Sm3+ Activated Potassium Magnesium Pyrophosphate Nanophosphor: Synthesis, Structure, Optical and Luminescence Studies
摘要
K2Mg(1-x)P2O7Smx (x = 0.5–5 mol%) pyrophosphates were synthesized using a self-propagating solution combustion approach with the objective of generating luminous material for applications involving white light-emitting diodes. The structure formation of single-phase phosphor is validated, by the XRD and the presence of pyrophosphate (P2O7)4- group is validated, by the FTIR. The HRTEM and XPS validates the morphological and electronic studies of the synthesized nanophosphor, respectively. The optical bandgap is determined by plotting the Tauc’s plot using diffuse reflectance spectrum. In PL spectroscopy, at