Color tuning of (K1-x, Nax)SrPO4:0.005Eu2+, yTb3+ blue-emitting phosphors via crystal field modulation and energy transfer
Color tuning of (K1-x, Nax)SrPO4:0.005Eu2+, yTb3+ blue-emitting phosphors via crystal field modulation and energy transfer
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DOI:
10.1039/c3tc30128a
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Wang, Xiaojun
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作者:
Dai, Pengpeng;Zhang, Xintong;Wang, Xiaojun
Two series of K1-xNaxSrPO4:0.005Eu(2+) and K0.4Na0.6Sr0.995-yPO4:0.005Eu(2+), yTb(3+) phosphors are synthesized via a high-temperature solid-state reaction. Their emission color can be tuned from deep blue to blue-green by modulating the crystal field strength and energy transfer. Partial substitution of K+ with Na+ results in a contraction and distortion of the unit cell of the K1-xNaxSr0.995PO4:0.005Eu(2+) host, tuning the emission from 426 to 498 nm. The red-shifted emission is attributed to an increased crystal field splitting for Eu2+ in a lowered symmetry crystal field. The tunable emission is further demonstrated in the cathodoluminescence spectra, which indicates that the luminescence distribution of the K1-xNaxSr0.995PO4:0.005Eu(2+) phosphor is very homogenous. Additionally, utilizing the principle of energy transfer, the emission color can be further tuned by co-doping with Tb3+. The chromaticity coordinates for the co-doped phosphor, K0.4Na0.6Sr0.995-yPO4:0.005Eu(2+), yTb(3+), can be adjusted from (0.202, 0.406) for y = 0 to (0.232, 0.420) for y = 0.09. The energy transfer processes from the sensitizer (Eu2+) to the activator (Tb3+) are studied and demonstrated to have a resonance-type dipole-dipole interaction mechanism, with the critical distance of the energy transfer calculated to be 12.46 angstrom using a concentration quenching method.