A facile way to synthesis KMgF3 and its luminescent property with Eu doping

KMgF3 and KMgF3: Eu samples were firstly fabricated by molten salt synthesis (MSS) method in NH4HF2 flux without any surfactants. The NH4HF2 flux was utilized as both the reactant and the fluxing agent. The products with uniform and regular morphologies were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal stability (TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. The luminescent properties show that the obtained KMgF3 sample got a broad band blue emission at about 430 nm arising from the trace oxygen and the color center, and the KMgF3: Eu sample exhibited fantastic emission under the excitation of different wavelengths.