Research Article

Preparation of Compensation Ions Codoped SrTiO3:Pr3+ Red Phosphor with the Sol-Gel Method and Study of Its Luminescence Enhancement Mechanism

Table 1

Calculated Mulliken population analysis for SrTiO3:Pr3+: SrTiO3:Pr3+, Mg2+, and SrTiO3:Pr3+, Al3+ samples.

Mulliken bond population
SrTiO3:Pr3+SrTiO3:Pr3+, Mg2+SrTiO3:Pr3+, Al3+
BondPopulationLength (nm)BondPopulationLength (nm)BondPopulationLength (nm)

Sr–O−0.030.2760Sr–O−0.040.2765Sr–O−0.040.2764
Ti–O0.620.1952Ti–O0.650.1933Ti–O0.680.1919
Pr–O0.120.2700Pr–O0.150.2608Pr–O0.150.2609
0.660.19020.700.1893
Mg–O−0.100.2015Al–O0.400.1910

and are the atoms that are near the impurity atoms (Al and Mg).