Issue 36, 2023

Highly efficient green-emitting ZnO:Cu2+ phosphors for NUV-pumped white-emitting diodes

Abstract

Phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) have received significant attention; however, the leaked light from their blue InGaN chips has an undesirable effect on human health. Hence, it is necessary to develop red, green, and blue-emitting phosphors, which can be excited by an NUV chip instead of a blue chip. Herein, green-emitting ZnO:Cu2+ phosphors have been successfully synthesized by a simple and facile thermal diffusion method. The obtained powder shows a broad emission band peaking at 525 nm and a strong absorption peak at 377 nm. The ZnO:5%Cu2+ phosphor annealed at 800 °C in 2 hours revealed a lifetime of 0.57 ms, an activation energy of 0.212 eV, and the highest emission intensity with (x, y) CIE colour coordinates (0.3130, 0.5253). A WLED prototype has been fabricated by coating the ZnO:5%Cu2+ phosphor on an NUV 375 nm LED chip, where this coated phosphor shows a high quantum efficiency (QE) of 56.6%. This is, so far, the highest reported QE value for ZnO-based phosphors. These results suggest that the ZnO:Cu2+ phosphor could be an excellent candidate for NUV-pumped phosphor-converted WLED applications.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient green-emitting ZnO:Cu2+ phosphors for NUV-pumped white-emitting diodes

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Jun 2023
Accepted
09 Aug 2023
First published
09 Aug 2023

Dalton Trans., 2023,52, 12704-12716

Highly efficient green-emitting ZnO:Cu2+ phosphors for NUV-pumped white-emitting diodes

M. T. Tran, D. Quang Trung, N. Tri Tuan, N. T. Tuan, N. Tu, N. Van Du, N. Duy Hung, N. Van Quang, T. Thi Hao Tam, N. D. Trung Kien, N. M. Hieu and P. T. Huy, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 12704 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT01663C

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