Issue 10, 2019

Photoluminescence properties and energy transfer in a novel Sr8ZnY(PO4)7:Tb3+,Eu3+ phosphor with high thermal stability and its great potential for application in warm white light emitting diodes

Abstract

Terbium and europium co-doped Sr8ZnY(PO4)7 phosphors are successfully prepared through a high temperature solid-state reaction (SSR). The crystal structure of the as-prepared samples was identified to be Sr8ZnY(PO4)7 (SZYP) pure phase by an X-ray powder diffraction technique. Under near-ultraviolet light excitation (378 nm), the SZYP:Tb3+ and SZYP:Eu3+ phosphors show green and red emission peaking at 545 and 618 nm, respectively. Moreover, an effective energy transfer process from Tb3+ to Eu3+ could be verified by the concentration dependence of emission intensity and lifetime. The energy transfer mechanism between Tb3+ and Eu3+ is determined to be governed by dipole–dipole interactions. The internal quantum efficiency (IQE) is evaluated to be as high as about 91%. The temperature-dependent spectra indicate that the SZYP:Tb3+,Eu3+ phosphor shows a high thermal stability. Furthermore, the as-fabricated white LED devices exhibit an excellent correlated color temperature (CCT) of 3223 K, a color rendering index (Ra) of 85.8 and a luminance efficiency of 37.4 lm W−1. All results imply that the SZYP:Tb3+,Eu3+ phosphors have a great potential for application in white LEDs.

Graphical abstract: Photoluminescence properties and energy transfer in a novel Sr8ZnY(PO4)7:Tb3+,Eu3+ phosphor with high thermal stability and its great potential for application in warm white light emitting diodes

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Des 2018
Accepted
29 Jan 2019
First published
30 Jan 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 2927-2935

Photoluminescence properties and energy transfer in a novel Sr8ZnY(PO4)7:Tb3+,Eu3+ phosphor with high thermal stability and its great potential for application in warm white light emitting diodes

M. Xia, X. Wu, Y. Zhong, H. T. (. Hintzen, Z. Zhou and J. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 2927 DOI: 10.1039/C8TC06235H

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