Design and Synthesis of Tb3+-doped KGW
Crystal for the Exploration
of Scintillation Performance with X-ray Imaging
XU Hui, XU Wei-Wei, XU Liu-Wei, WANG Zhi-Lin, WANG Shuai-Hua*, SU Qing, ZHANG Bi-Sheng, ZENG Qing-You and WU Shao-Fan
Chin.
J. Struct. Chem. 2021, 40, 1023-1030 DOI: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-3134
August 15, 2021
KGW, X-ray scintillators, light
yield, high stability, X-ray imaging
ABSTRACT
X-ray scintillators
have been widely used in many fields owing to their strong penetrating ability,
including security inspection, medical imaging, nuclear cameras, high energy
physics and so forth. To explore new scintillation materials, we designed and
synthesized KGW:Tb bulk scintillation crystals with monoclinic phase structure.
We explored the fluorescence performance of KGW:Tb by testing the
photoluminescence spectrum and fluorescence decay curve and observed strong
green light emission in the visible light range at room temperature. Moreover,
our crystal has a high stability under X-ray irradiation, a good sensitivity
response and an appreciable light output (3424 ph/MeV) that is approximately
twenty times more than PbWO4. Moreover, we used a 0.98 mm thickness
polished crystal sheet for X-ray imaging applications and observed excellent
results. Therefore, KGW:Tb crystal may be an important direction for X-ray
scintillation detection.