• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 10, 1123 (2022)
Mingqing LI1、2, Linwei WANG2, Dongzhou DING2、*, and He FENG1
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • 22. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20210804 Cite this Article
    Mingqing LI, Linwei WANG, Dongzhou DING, He FENG. Mechanism of Mg-codoping in Improving the Time Performance of Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce Scintillator [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(10): 1123 Copy Citation Text show less
    Photos of Gd3Al2.3Ga2.7O12:Ce,Mg crystals
    1. Photos of Gd3Al2.3Ga2.7O12:Ce,Mg crystals
    Transmission spectra of Gd3Al2.3Ga2.7O12:Ce, Mg crystals
    2. Transmission spectra of Gd3Al2.3Ga2.7O12:Ce, Mg crystals
    Energy spectra (a) and scintillation decay curves (b) of Mg co-doped GAGG:Ce crystals
    3. Energy spectra (a) and scintillation decay curves (b) of Mg co-doped GAGG:Ce crystals
    Schematic diagram of the scintillating procedure
    4. Schematic diagram of the scintillating procedure
    Absorption spectra (a) and PL excitation spectra (b) of GAGG:Ce,Mg crystals
    5. Absorption spectra (a) and PL excitation spectra (b) of GAGG:Ce,Mg crystals
    Concentration of antisite defect LuAl in single crystal LuAG:Ce vs Ce3+ concentration
    6. Concentration of antisite defect LuAl in single crystal LuAG:Ce vs Ce3+ concentration
    Schematic of the structure near the dodecahedral site (a), and the distortion of dodecahedral and octahedral sites caused by Ce doping (b)
    7. Schematic of the structure near the dodecahedral site (a), and the distortion of dodecahedral and octahedral sites caused by Ce doping (b)
    X-ray excited luminescence spectra of GAGG:Ce,Mg crystals with the inset showing the GdAl/Ga-related emission peak
    8. X-ray excited luminescence spectra of GAGG:Ce,Mg crystals with the inset showing the GdAl/Ga-related emission peak
    SampleLight yield/%Decay time/ns
    Mg-0100128.01
    Mg-190.191.79
    Mg-368.867.06
    Table 1. Relative light yield and scintillation decay time values of the Mg co-doped GAGG:Ce crystals. Scintillation decay is approximated by a single-exponential function
    CationIonic radii/nmCationIonic radii/nm
    Gd3+0.0938Na+0.1020
    Al3+0.0535Be2+0.0450
    Ga3+0.0620Mg2+0.0720
    Li+0.0760Ca2+0.1000
    Table 2. Ionic radii of the cations (coordination number: 6[20])
    Mingqing LI, Linwei WANG, Dongzhou DING, He FENG. Mechanism of Mg-codoping in Improving the Time Performance of Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce Scintillator [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(10): 1123
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