Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.103, No.19, 3845-3853, 1999
Luminescent homoatomic exciplexes in dicyanoargentate(I) ions doped in alkali halide crystals. 2. "Exciplex tuning" by varying the dopant concentration
The dependence of the dicyanoargentate(I) luminescence on the dopant concentration in [Ag(CN)(2)(-)]/KCl single crystals is reported. Three crystals with different Ag content have been studied. The photoluminescence spectrum of the doped crystal that has the lowest silver content (0.17%) is dominated by a high-energy band at similar to 295 nm, while the spectrum with the highest silver content (4.3%) is dominated by a low-energy luminescence band at similar to 400 nm. The crystal with an intermediate Ag content (2.7%) shows strong emissions from both the high-energy and low-energy bands. Time-resolved luminescence measurements indicate that the excitation energy is transferred between different [Ag(CN)(2)(-)], oligomers and, thus, leads to the tunable emission observed in the [Ag(CN)(2)(-)]/KCl system. The mechanisms of the radiative and nonradiative processes have been described by a kinetic model that describes the experimental lifetime and time-resolved data.
Keywords:CHARGE-TRANSFER SENSITIZERS;SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES;ENERGY-TRANSFER;COMPLEXES;PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;TL ;THALLIUM(I);ELECTRODES;CONVERSION;REDUCTION