Promising reddish-orange light as Eu3+ incorporated in zinc-borosilicate glass derived from the waste glass bottle

• Main Authors: Cheong, Wei Mun, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Matori, Khamirul Amin, Fen, Yap Wing, Tee, Tan Sin, Loh, Zhi Wei, Hilmi Mayzan, Mohd Zul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108731/1/108731.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108731/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16583655.2023.2260080

Eu3+ incorporated zinc-borosilicate glass was synthesized using melt-quenching method. XRD and FTIR verified the amorphous nature of the samples. The absorption spectra indicate the Eu3+ ions in the UV-visible region at ∼394 nm. The direct and indirect band gap decrease from 5.152 eV to 5.082 eV and...