Issue 12, 2019

Full visible light emission in Eu2+,Mn2+-doped Ca9LiY0.667(PO4)7 phosphors based on multiple crystal lattice substitution and energy transfer for warm white LEDs with high colour-rendering

Abstract

Designing two-step tuning based on substitution of multiple cation lattices and energy transfer successfully achieved versatile colour output for single-phase phosphor-converted white LEDs in this work. Herein, we chose whitlockite-type Ca9LiY0.667(PO4)7 compound as a host which provides multiple cation sites for Eu2+ occupation. Spectral results indicate that the Ca9LiY0.667(PO4)7:Eu2+ phosphor emits a cold white emission due to its multiple emission bands at about 420, 480, and 530 nm, which correspond to emissions from the M(3), M(1)/M(2) and M(5) cation sites as ascertained by the Rietveld refinement method. In order to enhance the red emission of CLYPO:Eu2+ phosphors, they were codoped with Mn2+. Warm white emission in a single-phase host based on energy transfer was successfully obtained in the CLYPO:Eu2+,Mn2+ phosphors. The excitation band of the CLYPO:Eu2+,Mn2+ phosphors in the 360 to 450 nm range perfectly coincides with that of commercial LED chips, implying that these phosphors are desirable for white LED applications. White LEDs with a higher color rendering index (Ra = 90.2) and a lower correlated color temperature (CCT = 3614 K) were achieved by using a single-phase CLYPO:0.03Eu2+,0.10Mn2+ phosphor and a 395 nm InGaN-LED chip.

Graphical abstract: Full visible light emission in Eu2+,Mn2+-doped Ca9LiY0.667(PO4)7 phosphors based on multiple crystal lattice substitution and energy transfer for warm white LEDs with high colour-rendering

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 jan 2019
Accepted
19 feb 2019
First published
21 feb 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 3644-3655

Full visible light emission in Eu2+,Mn2+-doped Ca9LiY0.667(PO4)7 phosphors based on multiple crystal lattice substitution and energy transfer for warm white LEDs with high colour-rendering

M. Cui, J. Wang, M. Shang, J. Li, Q. Wei, P. Dang, H. S. Jang and J. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 3644 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC00109C

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