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Novel blue-emitting KBaGdSi2O7:Eu2+ phosphors were designed and synthesized through solid-state reaction method. The structural properties, concentration, and temperature-dependent luminescence behaviors of these phosphors were investigated in detail in this paper. Studies revealed that KBaGdSi2O7:Eu2+ phosphors have an intense absorption in the broad wavelength ranging from 250 to 400 nm that is suitable for the commercial near-UV LED, and give out intense blue light peaked at 475 nm with a full-width half-maximum of 75 nm. The crystallographic information of KBaGdSi2O7 phase is revealed from XRD pattern by Rietveld refinement. Band gap is derived to be 3.93 eV through diffuse reflection spectra through Kubelka Munk function. The concentration quenching mechanism is identified as the dipole–dipole interaction. Moreover, the thermal quenching experiment was also conducted and the activation energy is calculated as 0.3069 eV, which indicates this novel KBaGdSi2O7:Eu2+ phosphor has good thermal stability. These properties exhibit its potential commercial application for near-UV white-light LEDs (w-LEDs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eu2+ doped strontium aluminate phosphors CaySr4−x−yAl2O7:xEu2+ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.1) were synthesized via a novel halide-assisted solid-state reaction method. The phase structure and photoluminescence properties of CaySr4−x−yAl2O7:xEu2+ were characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD) and fluorescence spectrophotometer. The XRD patterns indicate that the α-Sr4Al2O7 phase structure with negligible impurities were produced in the samples of CaySr4−x−yAl2O7:xEu2+ (x ≤ 0.1 and y ≤ 0.1) at 1450 °C. Photoluminescence results show that the CaySr4−x−yAl2O7:xEu phosphor with NH4I as reductant presents typical intense Eu2+ red emission bands centered at 610 nm while excited by 450 nm. Accordingly, samples without NH4I only exhibit two weak Eu3+ emission peaks located at 598 and 619 nm, respectively. It can be ascribed to the reduction characteristic of I− ion. Furthermore, by partial replacement of Sr2+ with Ca2+ in Sr4Al2O7 host, the emission intensity is enhanced up to 260% with emission peak red shifted by 5-10 nm. These results indicate that partial substitution of Sr2+ by Ca2+ is an efficient way to increase the proportion of longer wavelength emission and luminescence intensity for Sr4Al2O7:Eu phosphors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Herein, Ce3+ and Ce3+/Dy3+ co-doped Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 phosphors have been designed and synthesized via a facile citrate-based sol-gel technique, and their structural, photoluminescence properties and energy transfer phenomenon were investigated comprehensively. The XRD analysis indicated that pure Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 phase can be synthesized at low temperature (1000 °C) for merely 2 h. The photoluminescence spectra showed the dominant emission of Ce3+ singly doped phosphors is located in the blue region even at low Ce3+ doping level, which indeed favors the energy transfer from Ce3+ to other luminescent centers. When Dy3+ is co-doped into Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 :Ce3+ phosphors, the remarkable sensitizing effect of Ce3+ on Dy3+ is validated by comparatively analyzing the excitation, emission spectra and average lifetimes of the series of samples. Through the concentration quenching theory, the critical distance between Ce3+ and Dy3+ is calculated to be 13.50 Å. Furthermore, the energy transfer mechanism between them is most likely ascribed to electric dipole-dipole interaction. In virtue of the variation of the emission intensities of Ce3+ and Dy3+, the emitting colors of Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 :Ce3+, Dy3+ phosphors can realize tunable luminescence from deep blue to bluish-white region through controlling the Dy3+ content. Based on these analysis, Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 :Ce3+, Dy3+ phosphors could potentially be applied as a single-phase color-tunable phosphors pumped by near-ultraviolet (n-UV) radiation. • Developed a facile sol-gel method to prepare successfully Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 compound. • The blue emission of as-prepared Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 :Ce3+ phosphors dominates, which favors the energy transfer process. • The possible mechanism for the dominance of blue emission was discussed. • The energy transfer phenomenon in Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 :Ce3+, Dy3+ phosphors was investigated in detailed. • Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 :Ce3+, Dy3+ can serve as a single-phase color-tunable phosphors excited by near-ultraviolet radiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]