@article{10902/27178,
year = {2021},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/27178},
abstract = {The high-pressure behavior of cubic Tb2O3 phase (C-type) has been investigated by in situ photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy up to 18 GPa and 22 GPa, respectively. The luminescence spectrum of Tb2O3 at ambient conditions shows its characteristic sharp-line emission bands with the most intense one corresponding to the 5D4 - 7F5 transition, responsible of the green emission. Excitation and emission spectra measured at low temperature and at different emission and excitation wavelengths suggest that photoluminescence is governed by the Tb3+ in the non-centrosymmetric site (C2). A phase transition between 7.2 and 8.6 GPa is observed by Raman and photoluminescence experiments and is associated to a cubic-to-monoclinic (B-type) structural transformation. From 14 GPa the predominant modes in the Raman spectrum correspond to those from the trigonal phase (A-type), indicating that the pressure-induced structural phase transition sequence of Tb2O3 is C → B → A. Upon pressure release, the starting cubic phase is not recovered, but the monoclinic one.},
organization = {M.T. Candela would like to thank University of Cantabria for her pre-doctoral grant “Concepción Arenal”, co-financed by the Government of Cantabria. Also, the authors acknowledge financial support from both, the European Research Council (ref NCLas H2020-EU829161) and the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PGC2018-101464-B-I00).},
publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
publisher = {Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 859, 157899},
title = {Modification of the spectroscopic properties of Tb2O3 phosphor under the high-pressure phase transitions sequence},
author = {Candela de Aroca, Marina Teresa and Aguado Menéndez, Fernando and González Lavín, Judith and González Gómez, Jesús Antonio and Valiente Barroso, Rafael},
}