Synthesis and luminescence studies of Dy3+ doped Li3Sc(BO3)2 polycrystalline powder for warm white light

Li3Sc(BO3)2, an orthoborate polycrystalline compound, was synthesised using the solid-state synthesis method as a pure and Dy2O3-doped material. Dy3+ ions were used in various concentrations (from 1 to 6 mol. %). The experimental powder X-ray diffraction data and calculated Rietveld refined data are found to be in good agreement, verifying the effectiveness of the synthesis procedure. The luminescence studies were performed under the excitations of X-ray, proton beam, and UV light. The success of radioluminescence studies verifies the prospects of the Dy3+-doped compound for its application as a radiation scintillator in imaging. The experimental study of cross-relaxation processes confirms the lack of potential evidence of the quenching of the emission peak at 765 nm through the absorption via 6H15/2 → 6F3/2 electronic transition cross-relaxation channel −1. The CIE 1931 colour coordinates and correlated colour temperatures were determined for all doped samples under X-ray, proton beam, and photoluminescence excitations. The obtained combined emission colour appeared in the warm white region, unlike many other Dy3+-doped phosphors that suffer suppression of luminescence through the cross-relaxation process.