Gevers, B.R. (Bianca)Roduner, EmilLabuschagne, F.J.W.J. (Frederick Johannes Willem Jacobus)2023-08-302023-08-302022-01Gevers, B.R., Roduner, E. & Labuschagné, F.J.W.J. 2022, 'Towards understanding photon absorption and emission in MgAl layered double hydroxide', Materials Advances, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 962-977, doi : 10.1039/d1ma00893e.2633-5409 (online)10.1039/d1ma00893ehttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/92110SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : The Rietveld refinement, the bandgap determination, the deconvolution of the MIR spectrum, more information on the MgAl-LDH luminescence reproducibility, the comparison of luminescence intensity with excitation at 5.0 eV and 3.8 eV, the linear combination of luminescence spectra, a thorough description of deconvoluted excitable states, the X-ray photoelectron analysis of MgAl-LDH (O 1s), additional data on the calcined MgAl-LDH (luminescence at 298 K and MIR spectra), and the full spectrum luminescence of MgAl-LDH to 1000 nm.Please read abstract in the article.en© 2022 The Author(s). This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Layered double hydroxides (LDHs)Photon absorptionCharge recombination behaviourLight absorptionStabilisation of separated chargesArticle