Optical Properties of Phosphate and Pyrophosphate Compounds. Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Phosphate-Based Phosphors 2. Synthesis Techniques for Phosphate and Pyrophosphate-Based Phosphors 3. Rare Earth Ion Doped Mx(PO4) / MXY (PO4) Phosphate-Based Phosphors 4. Rare Earth Ion Doped AMPOx & XYZ(PO4)x Phosphate-Based Phosphors 5. Effect of Lanthanide (Eu, Dy, Ce, Mn) Doping on the Properties of MCaP2O7 (M= Sr, Ca) Pyrophosphate 6. RE Doped XZnP2O7 (X= Sr, Ba, Ca & RE=Eu, Dy and Ce) Pyrophosphate 7. Optical Properties of Sr2P2O7:RE (RE = Eu, Dy, Ce, Tb and Gd) Pyrophosphate 8. Luminescence in RE (Eu, Dy, Ce) Activated M2P2O7 (M = Zn and Ca) Pyrophosphate-Based Phosphors 9. Scope and Future Prospects of Pyrophosphate-Based Phosphors

Authors

Ritesh L. Kohale Assistant Professor and Head of Department, SGM College, Nag., India. Dr. Ritesh L. Kohale is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, SGM College, Nagpur, India. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of pyrophosphate-based phosphors for solid-state lighting, and on nanostructured materials for display technologies. He has published more than 40 research papers in international and national reviewed journals and also he has edited book in Nova Science Publisher. He is an editorial board member of American Journal of Optics and Photonics. Vijay B. Pawade Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Laximarayan Institute of Technology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. Dr. Vijay B. Pawade is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Laximarayan Institute of Technology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. His research focuses on rare earth-doped oxide materials and their applications in LEDs, solar cell devices and photocatalysis processes. He has published 36 research papers in refereed international peer reviewed journals and acts as a reviewer for journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, RSC, and ACS. He has contributed 12 book chapters on different themes like nonmaterial synthesis, characterization and their applications in energy conversion and storage devices, QDs, Spectroscopy of Lanthanide etc. Sanjay J. Dhoble Professor, Department of Physics, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. Prof. Sanjay J. Dhoble is presently working as a professor in the Department of Physics at R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. During his research career, he has worked on the synthesis and characterization of solid-state lighting materials, as well as the development of radiation dosimetry phosphors using thermoluminescence techniques and utilization of fly ash. Dr. Dhoble has more than 780 research publications in international and national peer-reviewed journals, more than 582 research papers are published in Scopus-indexed journals. Dr. Dhoble is an Editor of the journal Luminescence. Abdul Hakeem Deshmukh Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Abdul Hakeem Deshmukh is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. His research focuses on synthesis and characterization of inorganic luminescent materials for white light emitting diode applications, and the chemical development of novel nano/micro-sized inorganic luminescent materials.