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Blue-Emitting K₂Al₂B₂O₇:Eu2+ Phosphor with High Thermal Stability and High Color Purity for Near-UV-Pumped White Light-Emitting Diodes

Inorganic Chemistry2015Vol. 54(7), pp. 3189–3195

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Wenge Xiao, Xia Zhang, Zhendong Hao, Guohui Pan, Yongshi Luo, Ligong Zhang, Jiahua Zhang

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Novel blue-emitting K2Al2B2O7:Eu(2+) (KAB:Eu(2+)) phosphor was synthesized by solid state reaction. The crystal structural and photoluminescence (PL) properties of KAB:Eu(2+) phosphor, as well as its thermal properties of the photoluminescence, were investigated. The KAB:Eu(2+) phosphor exhibits broad excitation spectra ranging from 230 to 420 nm, and an intense asymmetric blue emission band centered at 450 nm under λex = 325 nm. Two different Eu(2+) emission centers in KAB:Eu(2+) phosphor were confirmed via their fluorescence decay lifetimes. The optimal concentration of Eu(2+) ions in K2-xEuxAl2B2O7 was determined to be x = 0.04 (2 mol %), and the corresponding concentration quenching mechanism was verified to be the electric dipole-dipole interactions. The PL intensity of the nonoptimized KAB:0.04Eu(2+) phosphor was measured to be ∼58% that of the commercial blue-emitting BaMgAl10O17:Eu(2+) phosphor, and this phosphor has high color purity with the CIE coordinate (0.147, 0.051). When heated up to 150 °C, the KAB:0.04Eu(2+) phosphor still has 82% of the initial PL intensity at room temperature, indicating its high thermal stability. These results suggest that the KAB:Eu(2+) is a promising candidate as a blue-emitting n-UV convertible phosphor for application in white light emitting diodes.

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