title: A novel orange-yellow-emitting Ba3Lu(PO4)3:Eu2+,Mn2+ phosphor with energy transfer for UV-excited white LEDs.
abstract: Eu(2+)-Mn(2+) codoped orange-yellow-emitting Ba(3)Lu(PO(4))(3) phosphors were synthesized by a solid-state reaction. The synthesis, structure refinement, and luminescence properties of the obtained phosphor were first investigated in detail. The crystal structure was refined with a split-atom model, where the oxygen atoms are distributed over two partially occupied sites. The refinement confirmed that BLuP:0.005Eu(2+),0.06Mn(2+) has a cubic unit cell with space group I43d (no. 220), cell parameters a = b = c = 10.4025 Å and Z = 4. The luminescent properties reveal that the developed phosphor can efficiently convert UV photons in a broad range from 230 to 430 nm into orange-yellow emission. On the basis of the luminescence spectra and fluorescence decay curves, we confirm that the energy transfer process from the Eu(2+) to Mn(2+) ions takes place in the codoped Ba(3)Lu(PO(4))(3):Eu(2+),Mn(2+) phosphor, and the energy transfer efficiency increases with an increase in the Mn(2+) content. The possible energy transfer mechanism was proposed in terms of the experimental results and analysis. In particular, our developed phosphor contains a larger amount of the red-emitting component, compared with the commercial YAG:Ce phosphor, possessing favorable properties for application in warm white LEDs with low correlated color temperature.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ning
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authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yeju
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yongchao
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authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Wenzhen
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authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Qi
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authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
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authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Zhiguo
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authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Hongpeng
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