Influence of co-dopant in the europium reduction in SrAl2O4 host.

Xerogels of strontium chlorate and aluminium chlorate doped with europium (un-co-doped) and co-doped with rare earth ions (Ln = Gd, Dy, Er and Y) were prepared using the proteic sol-gel route. Synchrotron radiation was used to investigate the effect of different co-dopants on the Eu(3+) → Eu(2+) reduction process during the synthesis of the samples. Samples were excited at the Eu LIII-edge and the XANES regions were analyzed.