Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 51, Issue 12, 1216002(2022)

Preparation and Luminescence Properties of Color-tunable Emission Cs3Gd1-x-yLuyGe3O9:xBi3+ Solid Solution Phosphor

Xinwei KANG and Pengpeng DAI*
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  • Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Luminescence Minerals and Optical Functional Materials,School of Physics and Electronic Engineering,Xinjiang Normal University,Urumqi 830054,China
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    Phosphor-converted White Light-Emitting Diodes (pc-WLEDs) have energy-saving, environmental protection and other excellent performance. At present, the commercial WLEDs are composed of blue LED chip combined with Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ yellow phosphor. However, due to the lack of red components in the emission spectrum, the white light generated by this method has a low color rendering index (CRI<75) and a high correlation color temperature (CCT>4 500 K), which cannot satisfy the needs of indoor lighting. Researchers at home and abroad have proposed an improved method to generate white light by excitation of red, green and blue phosphors by a near-ultraviolet LED chip. Although this method can produce warm white light for indoor illumination, there is a significant cyan gap in the cyan region of the visible spectrum (480~520 nm), which makes it challenging to achieve full spectral illumination. Therefore, it is desirable to obtain a cyan luminescent material that can achieve full spectrum illumination by mixing phosphors. It is well known that rare-earths Eu2+ and Ce3+ have been widely used as activator ions in inorganic phosphors. However, Eu2+/Ce3+ activated phosphors have spectral overlap in the visible region, resulting in low luminescence efficiency and color drift of the synthesized devices. Compared with rare earth ions, Bi3+ hardly absorbs in the visible region, so Bi3+ activated phosphors can effectively avoid the spectral reabsorption problem encountered by rare earth Eu2+/Ce3+. At the same time, the outermost electrons 6s and 6p of Bi3+ are exposed and sensitive to the changes of crystal field environment, so Bi3+ is considered as an activator ion that can realize the color-tunable of phosphors luminescence. Therefore, the abundant optical properties of bismuth ions have attracted extensive attention. In this paper, a series of Cs3Gd1-xGe3O9:xBi3+ (0.02≤x≤0.1) blue phosphors were synthesized by the traditional high-temperature solid-state method. The local environment around Bi3+ is regulated by replacing Gd3+ in the matrix with Lu3+. A series of Cs3Gd0.96-yLuyGe3O9:0.04Bi3+ (0.1≤y≤0.9) solid solution phosphors with color-tunable were prepared. The phase structure, luminescence properties, fluorescence lifetime, and thermal stability of the phosphors were characterized by X-ray diffraction, steady-state/transient fluorescence spectra and variable temperature spectra. The results showed that a series of pure phase Cs3Gd0.96-yLuyGe3O9:0.04Bi3+ compounds were successfully synthesized. Under the excitation of the ultraviolet light wavelength of 330 nm, the emission peak of Cs3Gd1-xGe3O9:xBi3+ phosphor is located at 452 nm, showing blue emission. The broadband emission peak originates from the 3P11S0 transition of Bi3+. When the Bi3+ doping concentration is 0.04 mol, the luminescence intensity of Cs3Gd1-xGe3O9:xBi3+ phosphor reaches the maximum value. Under the optimal Bi3+ doping concentration, by substituting Lu3+ for Gd3+, the emission peak of Cs3Gd0.96-yLuyGe3O9:0.04Bi3+ gradually redshifted. With the gradual increase of Lu3+ doping concentration, the emission peak gradually redshifted from 453 nm at x=0.1 mol to 483 nm at x=0.9 mol, the corresponding half-peak width is widened from 88 nm to 116 nm, and the color coordinates transition from the blue region (0.168 5, 0.160 2) to the cyan region (0.217 9, 0.300 7). The change of spectral behavior is attributed to the increase of crystal field splitting degree and stokes shift displacement. The luminescence thermal stability of x=0.04 mol and y=0.5 mol samples was investigated,and the luminescence intensity of the samples remained 55% of the initial value when the temperature was raised to 423 K. A series of solid solution phosphors with adjustable luminescence color obtained have potential applications in the fields of full spectrum lighting and plant lighting.

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    Xinwei KANG, Pengpeng DAI. Preparation and Luminescence Properties of Color-tunable Emission Cs3Gd1-x-yLuyGe3O9:xBi3+ Solid Solution Phosphor[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(12): 1216002

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    Received: Jun. 29, 2022

    Accepted: Aug. 15, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 6, 2023

    The Author Email: DAI Pengpeng (daipp614@nenu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20225112.1216002

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