title: Synthesis and luminescence properties of a novel blue emitting phosphor NaMgPO₄:Eu(2+).
abstract: A novel blue-emitting phosphor of Eu(2+)-activated NaMgPO(4) was prepared by combustion-assisted synthesis. Sodium dihydrogen phosphate and magnesium nitrate were used as the source of Na, P and Mg, respectively. The ratios of magnesium and phosphorus components that were dissolved into the combustion solution were changed from 1:1 to 1:1.3. Their effect on the crystallinities and photoluminescence spectra of the phosphor particles were investigated. The post-heated phosphor particles had a broad excitation wavelength that ranged from 240 to 410 nm. The phosphor particles prepared from the combustion solution with a 1:1.2 ratio of magnesium to phosphorus had maximum emission intensity under ultraviolet excitation. The effect of doped Eu(2+) concentration on the emission intensity of PO₄:Eu(2+) was also investigated.
authors.affiliation: Hubei Key Laboratory for Catalysis and Material Science, College of Chemistry and Material Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China. tangmailbox@126.com
authors.forename: Wanjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yingli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D005063:Europium / Q000737:chemistry*; D049449:Luminescence; D049408:Luminescent Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D017616:Magnesium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010756:Phosphoric Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D033362:Powder Diffraction
chemical_list: D049408:Luminescent Agents; D017616:Magnesium Compounds; D009566:Nitrates; D010756:Phosphoric Acids; D005063:Europium; C018330:magnesium nitrate; C030242:phosphoric acid