Photoluminescence properties of LiBaPO4:M3+ phosphor for near‐UV light‐emitting diode (M = Eu and Dy) |
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| Authors: | S P Puppalwar S J Dhoble |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur, India;2. Department of Physics, R. T. M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India |
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| Abstract: | A novel phosphor LiBaPO4 doped with rare earths Eu and Dy prepared by high temperature solid‐state reaction method is reported. The phosphors were characterized by X‐ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence (PL). The emission and excitation spectra of these materials were measured at room temperature with a spectrofluorophotometer. The excitation spectra of LiBaPO4:Eu3+ phosphor can be efficiently excited by 394 nm, which is matched well with the emission wavelength of near‐UV light‐emitting diode (LED) chip. PL properties of Eu3+‐doped LiBaPO4 exhibited the characteristic red emission coming from 5D0 → 7 F1 (593 nm) and 5D0 → 7 F2 (617 nm) electronic transitions with color co‐ordinations of (0.680, 0.315). The results demonstrated that LiBaPO4:Eu3+ is a potential red‐emitting phosphor for near‐UV LEDs. Emission spectra of LiBaPO4:Dy3+ phosphors showed efficient blue (481 nm) and yellow (574 nm) bands, which originated from 4 F9/2 → 6H15/2 and 4 F9/2 → 6H13/2 transitions of the Dy3+ ion, respectively. The 574 nm line is more intense than the 481 nm lines, which indicates that the site Dy3+ is located with low symmetry. This article summarizes fundamentals and possible applications of optically useful inorganic phosphates with visible photoluminescence of Eu3+ and Dy3+ ions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | LiBaPO4 rare earths XRD SEM photoluminescence |
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