Issue 31, 2018

Efficient and controllable photoluminescence in novel solid solution Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+ phosphors with high thermal stability for white light emitting diodes

Abstract

To explore a new family of phosphate phosphors for application in ultraviolet-based light emitting diodes (LEDs), novel promising blue emission solid solution phosphors, Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+, with efficient and controllable photoluminescence were synthesized and characterized in the full range of 0 ≤ x ≤ 1. To deeply understand the relationship between the structure and properties of the phosphors, the phase purities, crystal structures and linear structural evolutions of Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+ solid solutions were investigated in detail by FT-IR spectroscopy and Rietveld structure refinement of their powder XRD patterns and verified by high transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The linear structural evolutions induced controllable blue emission with high quantum efficiency and excellent thermal stability in the Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+ solid-solution phosphors. Moreover, the photoluminescence properties in Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+ can be optimized by adjusting the components. The mechanism of the controllable luminescence properties was also investigated in detail. Excellent thermal stability was obtained in Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+, and the thermal quenching mechanism was investigated. Finally, white LEDs were fabricated and their electroluminescence properties were investigated. This simple and effective method to optimize the photoluminescence properties of phosphors can be used for designing other novel solid-solution phosphors.

Graphical abstract: Efficient and controllable photoluminescence in novel solid solution Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+ phosphors with high thermal stability for white light emitting diodes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 May 2018
Accepted
04 Jul 2018
First published
04 Jul 2018

CrystEngComm, 2018,20, 4383-4394

Efficient and controllable photoluminescence in novel solid solution Ca1−xSrxHf4(PO4)6:Eu2+ phosphors with high thermal stability for white light emitting diodes

S. Xin, M. Gao, C. Wang, X. Wang, G. Zhu, F. Zhou, Z. Li and Y. Wang, CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 4383 DOI: 10.1039/C8CE00898A

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