The copper-doped lithium borate glass as a thermoluminescent (TL) material (100−x)B 2 O 3 -xLi 2 O : Cu 2+ (x = 20, 50 and 80 mol%) was prepared by the combustion method. The formation of (100−x)B 2 O 3 -xLi 2 O : Cu 2+ after doping 2, 3 and 5 ppm Cu 2+ , was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The TL characteristics of the synthesized material were studied at different parameters. The synthesized glass 50B 2 O 3 -50i 2 O : Cu 2+ with 3 ppm of doped Cu 2+ , exhibited the superior TL properties than other glasses prepared in the current study. The spin-Hamiltonian parameters were assessed using the electron spin resonance spectra of 50B 2 O 3 -50Li 2 O : Cu 2+ doped with 3 ppm Cu 2+ . The spinHamiltonian parameter values in the case of Cu 2+ revealed that the ground state of Cu 2+ was dx 2 -y 2 orbital ( 2 B 1g ) and the site symmetry around Cu 2+ ion was distorted octahedral. TL glow curves were recorded with different heating rates (1, 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 • C s −1 ) at the fixed dose 10 × 10 3 Gy. The results revealed that the glow peak position shifted to higher temperature with heating rate and the heating rate of 10 • C s −1 showed the superior TL response with highest glow peak which is very good for dosimetry purposes.