Synthesis, structure and Eu2+-doped luminescence properties of bromosilicate compound Ca3SiO4Br2

The bromosilicate Ca3SiO4Br2 crystal has been grown, and this compound crystallizes in triclinic symmetry, space group P-1 (No. 2), with unit cell parameters: a=8.0051(18) Å, b=8.720(3) Å, c=11.749(3)Å, α=69.07(0)°, β=89.98(0)°, γ=75.46(0)°, and cell volume V=737.88(1 9 6)Å3, Z=3. The unit cell of the Ca3SiO4Br2 crystal is composed of the alternating layers of CaBr2 and Ca2SiO4, therefore, the luminescence of Ca3SiO4Br2:Eu2+ gives a broad emission band centered at 469 nm with some asymmetry on the long wavelength side with different coordination environment. Their detailed photoluminescence (PL) properties, PL decay curves and the temperature dependent PL behavior were also discussed.