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Structural, optical, and morphological properties of BaWO4:Sm3+ phosphor thin films grown at different deposition temperature

서로 다른 증착 온도에서 성장된 BaWO4:Sm3+ 형광체 박막의 구조, 광학, 표면 형상의 특성

  • Cho, Shinho (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Silla University)
  • 조신호 (신라대학교 신소재공학과)
  • Received : 2022.03.03
  • Accepted : 2022.03.15
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

The effects of the growth temperature on the structural, optical, and morphological properties of BaWO4:Sm3+ phosphor thin films were investigated. The BaWO4:Sm3+ thin films were grown on quartz substrates at several growth temperatures by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. All the thin films crystallized in a tetragonal structure with a main BaWO4 (112) diffraction peak. The 830 nm-thick BaWO4:Sm3+ thin films grown at 300 ℃ exhibited numerous polygon-shaped particles. The excitation spectra of BaWO4:Sm3+ thin films consisted of a broad excitation band in the 200-270 nm with a maximum at 236 nm due to the O2--Sm3+ charge transfer and two small bands peaked at 402 and 463 nm, respectively. Under 236 nm excitation, the BaWO4:Sm3+ thin films showed an intense red emission peak at 641 nm due to the 4G5/2→6H9/2 transition of Sm3+, indicating that the Sm3+ ions occupied sites of non-inversion symmetry in the BaWO4 host lattice. The highest emission intensity was observed for the thin film grown at 300 ℃, with a 51.8% transmittance and 5.09 eV bandgap. The average optical transmittance in the wavelength range of 500-1100 nm was increased from 53.2% at 200 ℃ to 60.8% after growing at 400 ℃. These results suggest that 300 ℃ is the optimum temperature for growing redemitting BaWO4:Sm3+ thin films.

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이 논문은 2020년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 기초연구사업임(NRF-2020R1I1A3A04037942).

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