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A series of Ce3+-doped Gd2O3-GdF3-Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2 glass scintillators (GSCx and GLCx) were successfully synthesized in reducing atmosphere for future imaging application. The transmittance of GSCx glasses exceeds 85 % in range of 500–800 nm, and the cut-off edge red shifts as the Ce3+ concentration increases. In photoluminescence (PL), GSCx glass scintillators have a 360–600 nm broadband emission with a shoulder peak at around 450 nm. Meanwhile, the PL lifetime of GSCx glasses is close to the CeF3 crystals, and the PL QY of GSC3 glass scintillator reaches up 70.2 %. For scintillation application, the integral XEL intensity of GSC2 and GSC3 glasses is 31.3 % and 24.4 % of that of BGO crystal. GLC2 and GLC3 glasses exhibit similar spatial resolution of approximately 7 lp·mm−1. Moreover, the light yields of GSC2 and GSC3 glass scintillator are 1702 and 1690 ph/MeV excited by γ-ray, respectively. The nonproportionality of GSCx glasses is less than 3 % in the range of 100–1400 keV due to the large density and Zeff. As Ce3+ concentration increases, both the fast and slow components of the glasses decrease (103.7 ns–89.7 ns, 1454.4 ns–1012.8 ns), and the proportion of fast component also increased from 3.3 % to 4.7 %. For γ-ray imaging, the scintillation light events of the glass can be observed from SiPM array, and the central position (−2, −1) have the highest count rate of the system. The results show that GSCx and GLCx glass scintillators deserve further development for future applications. © 2025
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Ceramics International
ISSN: 0272-8842
Year: 2025
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