Site-selective characterisation of electron trapping centres in relation to chemistry, structural state and mineral phases present in single crystal alkali feldspars

RIEDESEL, S, KUMAR, R, DULLER, GAT, ROBERTS, HM, BELL, AMT and JAIN, M (2021). Site-selective characterisation of electron trapping centres in relation to chemistry, structural state and mineral phases present in single crystal alkali feldspars. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54, p. 385107.

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Official URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-64...
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Abstract

Feldspars are ubiquitous natural dosimeters widely used in luminescence dating. Despite decades of research, the lattice defects as well as the mechanisms involved in luminescence production in feldspars remain poorly understood. The recently developed method of infrared photoluminescence (IRPL) excitation-emission spectroscopy has revealed the presence of two electron trapping centres emitting IRPL at 1.3 eV and 1.41 eV (IRPL1.3 and IRPL1.41 centres), and it enables detailed investigations into the ground and excited state energies of these centres. Here we make measurements of a range of single crystal alkali feldspars to understand the effects of feldspar chemical composition, crystal structure and framework disorder on the physical characteristics of IRPL1.3 and IRPL1.41 electron trapping centres. Measurements of our sample suite reveals IRPL and IR-radioluminescence (RL) emissions at 1.41 eV, 1.3 eV and, for the first time, at 1.2 eV. Our results show that whilst the IRPL1.3 trapping centre is unaffected by the M site cation occupancy, the presence of IRPL1.41 trapping centres seems to be linked to the presence of K+ ions on M sites. However, no clear trends in IRPL and IR-RL emission energies and signal intensities with chemical composition of the samples were found. Exploring the effect of framework disorder on IRPL1.3 and IRPL1.41 emissions revealed no significant changes to IRPL and IR-RL emission energies or ground state energies of the trapping centres, suggesting that the corresponding defects are not located on bridging O ions. Variations in ground state energies across the whole sample suite range from 2.04 eV to 2.20 eV for the IRPL1.3 centre and from 2.16 eV to 2.46 eV for the IRPL1.41 centre. Variations in trap depth seem to be driven by other factors than sample chemistry, degree of Al3+disorder and number of phases present in a single crystal feldspar. Interestingly, the IR resonance peak is invariant between samples. Regarding the use of IRPL in luminescence dating, we show that optical resetting differs for the three different emissions, with the emission at ∼1.41 eV not being reset in some samples even after 18 h of solar bleaching.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Applied Physics; 02 Physical Sciences; 09 Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac10d7
Page Range: p. 385107
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2021 13:05
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2022 01:18
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29008

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