[摘要]：Glasses in ZnO-SiO2-B2O3 ternary system with different ZnO/B2O3 ratios were studied as scintillating materials. Differential thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction patterns showed that nucleation of willemite and zinc oxide was considerably facilitated with.increasing the ZnO/B2O3 ratio. Photoluminescence spectra showed a reduction in intensity over the UV region upon this increment prior to the formation of crystalline phases. Optical basicity as a measure of nonbridging oxygens (NBOs) is elaborated in this study as a major cause of this effect. However, near band edge emission (NBE) after crystallization implied an increase in intensity upon the increment of the ZnO/B2O3 ratio which proved the key role of willemite and zinc oxide as UV emission centers. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
