Issue 2, 2017

Color tunable emission and energy transfer in LaSi3N5:Ce3+,Tb3+ phosphors for UV white LEDs

Abstract

A series of new blue-green emitting LaSi3N5:Ce3+,Tb3+ phosphors were obtained through a high temperature solid-state method. The crystal structure, photoluminescence properties and energy transfer from Ce3+ to Tb3+ were investigated. The doped ions Ce3+ and Tb3+ were confirmed to occupy the same crystallographic sites as La3+ using a Rietveld structure refinement method. The emission spectra of these phosphors was composed of a blue emission band attributed to the d–f transition of Ce3+, together with several sharp lines ascribed to the emission of Tb3+ under UV light excitation. Thus a color tunable emission from blue to green was obtained via controlling the doping concentration of Tb3+. In addition, the mechanism of energy transfer, efficiency of energy transfer, chromaticity coordinates and thermal stability of these phosphors were investigated. The results indicated that the Ce3+,Tb3+ co-activated LaSi3N5 phosphors with color-tunable blue-green emission and high quantum efficiency may have potential for UV white LEDs.

Graphical abstract: Color tunable emission and energy transfer in LaSi3N5:Ce3+,Tb3+ phosphors for UV white LEDs

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 10 2016
Accepted
29 11 2016
First published
04 1 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 1075-1081

Color tunable emission and energy transfer in LaSi3N5:Ce3+,Tb3+ phosphors for UV white LEDs

F. Du, W. Zhuang, R. Liu, Y. Liu, J. Zhong, P. Gao, X. Zhang, W. Gao and L. Shao, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 1075 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA25915D

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