A novel material for radiation detection application of zinc bismuth lithium borotellurite glass doped with Dy2O3

Radiation detection glass with the following chemical composition B2O3-TeO2-Li2O3-Bi2O3-ZnO doped with Dy2O3 where x = 0.00, 0.10, 0.50, 1.00, 1.50 and 2.00 mol%, was developed for the characterization of physical properties such as density, molar volume (V-m), and refractive index, optical absorption, luminescence, CIE's diagram, and radiation detection properties. The density and refractive index of glass samples increase with the increase of Dy2O3 composition. The optical property of glass shows eight strongest peaks from H-6(15/2) centering at 263 nm (I-4(13/2) + F-4(7/2)), 298 nm ((4)G(11/2)), 357 nm (I-4(15/2)), 803 nm (F-6(5/2)), 897 nm (F-6(7/2)), 1090 nm (H-6(7/2) + F-6(9/2)), 1272 nm (F-6(11/2) + H-6(9/2)) and 1671 nm (H-6(11/2)), respectively. The emission peaks are r (F-4(9/2)), 481 nm (H-6(15/2)), 575 nm (H-6(13/2)), 664 nm (H-6(11/2)), and 751 nm (H-6(9/2)) under excited at 453 nm (F-4(9/2)), respectively. The excitation peaks under emission at 575 nm from H-6(15/2) centering at 350 nm (P-6(7/2)), 365 nm (P-4(3/2)), 388 nm (K-4(17/2)), 425 nm ((4)G(11/2)), 453 nm (I-4(15/2)), and 471 nm (F-4(9/2)) respectively. The study of luminescence characteristics, which includes emission, excitation, and CIE diagrams, reveals white emission bands that coincide with the CIE diagram. Furthermore, measuring the parameters of the thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) recorded with a heating rate of 5 degrees C/s in the temperature up to a maximum of 400 degrees C yields good results in low dose radiation detection. Based on all the results, it was determined that this glass can be a candidate for radiation detection materials in the future.