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. 2013 Jul 12;6(7):2789–2818. doi: 10.3390/ma6072789

Table 4.

Known non-Eu2+-based persistent luminescent glasses.

Host material Activators Emission maximum (nm) Afterglow emission Afterglow duration reference
Ca4Al6Si3O19 Ce3+ ? (blue) (identical) >1 h [233]
Pr3+ ? (red) (identical) >1 h [233]
Tb3+ 350–600 (green) identical >1 h [233]
Ca59Al54Si7Mg7O161 Mn2+ 540 (yellow) (identical) >1 h [234]
Pr3+ 493 + 610 (red) (identical) >1 h [234]
Tb3+ 543 (green) (identical) >2 h [234,235,236]
GeO2 intrinsic 465 (blue) identical (~20 min) [237,238]
SiO2 defects 290 + 390 (blue) identical ~1 h [239]
Na2AlB15O25 Mn2+ 590 (reddish) identical ~5 min [240]
Na4CaGa8Si3O21 Tb3+ 542 (green) identical ~1 h [241]
Na4CaSi7O17 Cu+/Cu2+ 510 (blue green) identical >30 min [242]
Sr7B26O46 Eu2+, Ce3+ 350, 430 (blue) mainly 430 (>2 min) [243]
ZnGe3O7 Mn2+ 534 (green) identical >1 h [244]
Zn2GeO4 Mn2+ 540 (green) identical (>10 s) [245]
Zn3B2SiO8 Pr3+ 495 + 603 (reddish) identical (>30 min) [246]
Tb3+ 542 (green) identical ~1 h [247,248]
Zn11B8Si5O33 Mn2+ 525–606 (green/yellow) identical ~12 h [249]
Zn11B10Si4O34 Mn2+ 590 (red) identical (~20 min) [250]
Mn2+, Sm3+ 600 (red) identical ~10 h [251,252]
Mn2+, Yb3+ 605, 980 (red/IR) identical (~10 min) [253]
Zn60B40Si17Ge3Al4O160 defects 410 (blue) identical ~2 h [254]