The
Ce3+ → Tb3+ → Eu3+ energy-transfer
process enables Eu3+5D0 → 7F
J
line emission to be sensitized
by the allowed Ce3+ 4f1 → 5d1 absorption transition in near-ultraviolet (NUV) and violet spectral
regions. This energy-transfer strategy is applied in Y2SiO5:Ce3+, Tb3+, Eu3+ powders, leading to line-emitting red phosphors that can be excited
by short-wavelength InGaN LEDs. The blue, green, and red colors can
be tuned by the ratio of Ce3+/Tb3+/Eu3+. Furthermore, the energy-transfer efficiencies and corresponding
mechanisms are discussed in detail, and the thermal stability is evaluated.
The results suggest that the optimal composition phosphor Y2SiO5: 0.01Ce3+, 0.50Tb3+, 0.01Eu3+, which exhibits an intense Eu3+ red 4f–4f
sharp emission with a strong 4f–5d absorption band of Ce3+ at the NUV region, could serve as a potential broadband-excited
and narrow line red phosphor for NUV LEDs.
Ba 1.8−x Sr x SiO 4 :0.1Ce 3+ ,0.1Na + (x = 0−1.8) phosphors were prepared by a high-temperature solid-state reaction. The emission peaks of Ba 1.8−x Sr x SiO 4 :0.1Ce 3+ ,0.1Na + shift from 391 to 411 nm with increasing Sr 2+ content under excitation by a UV light at around 360 nm. Ba 0.4 Sr 1.4 SiO 4 :0.1Ce 3+ ,0.1Na + phosphor exhibits the best performance of luminescence, whose absolute quantum efficiency is 97.2%, and the emission intensity at 150 °C remains 90% of that at room temperature. The effect of replacing Ba 2+ by Sr 2+ on the red shift of the emission band and the increase of quantum efficiency (QE) and thermal stability (TS) was investigated in detail based on the Rietveld refinements, Raman spectra, thermoluminescence, and decay curves, etc. The performance of UV chip-based pc-LEDs indicates that Ba 0.4 Sr 1.4 SiO 4 :0.1Ce 3+ ,0.1Na + can be a promising blue phosphor for white-emitting pc-LEDs.
A series of NaCaBO3:Ce(3+),Tb(3+),Mn(2+) borate phosphors were prepared via a high-temperature solid-state reaction. The obtained phosphors exhibit a strong excitation band between 250 and 400 nm, matching well with the dominant emission band of a NUV light-emitting-diode (LED) chip. The phosphors can generate light from blue to green, and from blue to red by Ce(3+)→Tb(3+) and Ce(3+)→Mn(2+), respectively. Furthermore, a wide-range-tunable white light emission was obtained by precisely controlling the contents of Ce(3+), Mn(2+), Tb(3+). The results show that this phosphor has potential applications as a single-phased phosphor for NUV white LEDs.
There is a challenge
for noncontact temperature-sensing techniques
and the related materials, in which a highly reliable contactless
thermometer probe with low cost and high sensitivity is in demand.
Here, the Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+/Mn4+ phosphor has been designed and prepared for the
high-performance fluorescence temperature-sensing application in a
novel one-pot, self-redox, solid-state process. Benefiting from the
different electron–lattice/phonon interactions of Ce3+ and Mn4+, two distinguishable emission peaks with significantly
different temperature responses originating from Ce3+ and
Mn4+ are realized. Applying the fluorescence intensity
ratio of Mn4+ versus Ce3+ and the decay lifetime
of Mn4+ emission as the temperature readout, a dual-mode
optical temperature-sensing mechanism was proposed and studied in
the temperature range of 100–350 K. The maximum relative sensitivities
(S
r) are derived as 4.37 and 3.22% K–1 respectively, as well as a large chromaticity shift
visible to naked eyes (ΔE = 153 × 10–3 in 100–350 K) is observed. This is the first
report of a Ce3+,Mn4+ co-doped dual-emitting
phosphor, and its unique optical thermometric features demonstrate
the high potential of Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+/Mn4+ as an accurate and reliable thermometer
probe candidate.
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