Thermal stability and quantum efficiency improvement of Cr3+-activated garnet phosphors via regulating A/B sites for near-infrared LED applications

The discovery of phosphors with highly efficient broadband near-infrared emission is urgent for constructing NIR sources for various applications. Herein, we synthesized a series of near-infrared emitting garnet-type (A3B2C3O12) Lu2-xCaAl3.99Cr0.01SiO12:xGd/La and Lu2CaAl3.99-yCr0.01SiO12:ySc/Ga phosphors and systematically investigated the effect of A/B-site substitution on the crystal structure and luminescence properties. Structural and optical analyses revealed that the A/B-site substitution weakened the crystal field strength, further enhancing the broadband emission of the allowed 4T2 → 4A2transition and diminishing the narrow-peak emission of the forbidden 2E → 4A2 transition. As expected, NIR phosphors, exemplified by Lu1.7CaAl3.99Cr0.01SiO12:0.3Gd and Lu2CaAl3.49Cr0.01SiO12:0.5Sc, showed outstanding thermal stabilities at 423 K (150 °C) registering values of 103.02% and 94.91%, with high quantum efficiencies of 80.48% and 85.01%, respectively. In addition, pc-LEDs with broadband NIR output and good optoelectronic properties have been realized, demonstrating the great potential of broadband NIR pc-LEDs for applications. This work not only provides a series of high-efficiency phosphors for NIR pc-LED applications, but also provides a systematic idea and an efficient method to improve the luminescence performance of garnet-type phosphors.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) - 53(2024), 11 vom: 12. März, Seite 5274-5283

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Englisch

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Ma, Boxin [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Siyuan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Qingguang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaoguang [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Dawei [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1039/d3dt04238c

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NLM368972380