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Enhanced Optical Properties of Bredigite-structure Ca13.7Eu0.3Mg2[SiO4]8 Phosphor: Effective Eu Reduction by La Co-doping
SCI Impact Factor
3.784
Authors
S. J. Kim, H. S. Jang, S. Unithrattil, Y. H. Kim, and W. B. Im*
Journal
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.
Status
published
Vol
99
Page
557-563
Year
2016

A green phosphor, La0.4Ca13.3Eu0.3Mg2Si8O31.6+δN0.4−δ (LaCMSN:Eu2+), was prepared by a solid-state reaction and an efficient green emission was observed at 506 nm under near-ultraviolet (NUV) excitation. The structural and optical properties of LaCMSN:Eu2+ phosphors as well as their thermal quenching were investigated. The partial substitution of La3+ and N3− in Ca13.7Eu0.3Mg2Si8O32 led to a considerable enhancement in the peak emission intensity by as much as 194%. This demonstrates not only that the total number of Eu2+ activators increased, but also that the probability of a nonradiative transition between Eu2+ and Eu3+ could be reduced as the increase in concentration of the former is at the expense of the later. The white light-emitting diode (LED) was fabricated using phosphor with a NUV LED chip. The LED showed warm white light with an excellent color rendering index of 91. The LaCMSN:Eu2+ is thus a potential green-emitting phosphor for white LEDs.