A europium (Eu)-doped di-calcium magnesium di-silicate phosphor, Ca2MgSi2O7 :Eu(2+) , was prepared using a solid-state reaction method. The phase structure, particle size, surface morphology, elemental analysis, different stretching mode and luminescence properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) and mechanoluminescence (ML). The phase structure of Ca2MgSi2O7:Eu(2+) was an akermanite-type structure, which belongs to the tetragonal crystallography with space group P4̅21 m; this structure is a member of the melilite group and forms a layered compound. The surface of the prepared phosphor was not found to be uniform and particle distribution was in the nanometer range. EDX and FTIR confirm the components of Eu(2+)-doped Ca2MgSi2O7 phosphor. Under UV excitation, the main emission peak appeared at 530 nm, belonging to the broad emission ascribed to the 4f(6) 5d(1) → 4f(7) transition of Eu(2+). The ML intensity of the prepared phosphor increased linearly with increasing impact velocity. A CIE color chromaticity diagram and ML spectrum confirmed that the prepared Ca2MgSi2O7:Eu(2+) phosphor would emit green color and the ML spectrum was similar to that of PL, which indicated that ML is emitted from the same center of Eu(2+) ions.
Keywords: Ca2MgSi2O7:Eu2+; FTIR; XRD; mechanoluminescence; photoluminescence.
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