Funct. Mater. 2018; 25 (3): 490-495.

doi:https://doi.org/10.15407/fm25.03.490

Oxidation states and microstructure of manganese impurity centers in nanosized Al2O3 obtained by combustion method

I.V.Berezovskaya1, O.V.Khomenko1, N.I.Poletaev2, M.E.Khlebnikova2, I.V.Stoyanova1, N.P.Efryushina1, V.P.Dotsenko1

1A.Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 86 Lustdorfskaya Doroga Str., 65080 Odessa, Ukraine
2Institute of Combustion and Advanced Technologies, Mechnikov Odessa National University, 2 Dvoryanskaya Str., 65082 Odessa, Ukraine

Abstract: 

Nanosized (10-70 nm) Al2O3 doped with manganese ions (Mn3+) was obtained by combustion method. It was found that the resulting powder consists of a mixture of transition aluminas (δ*, δ, θ), among which δ*-phase is dominant. It was shown that a part of Mn ions exists in the oxidation state +2 and occupies tetrahedral positions in δ*-Al2O3, causing a broadband luminescence with a maximum at ~ 520 nm. Annealing in air at temperatures ≤1130 °C results in the formation of stable α-polymorph. It is shown that the δ*, θ -> α-Al2O3 phase transition is followed by oxidation of Mn2+/Mn3+ ions and the stabilization of some amount of manganese ions in the oxidation state +4 on octahedral Al positions.

Keywords: 
nanoparticles, aluminum oxide, manganese, luminescence.
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