Synthesis and optical properties of red/blue-emitting Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3þ/Eu2þ phosphors for white LED

Abstract

Phosphor-converted white light emitting diodes (white LEDs) have received great attention in recent years since they have several excellent features such as high lumen output, low power consumption, long lifetime and environmentally friendly. In this work, we report the co-precipitation synthesis of red/blue Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3þ/Eu2þ phosphors with various Eu doping concentration. The results show that the ob- tained Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3þ/Eu2þ phosphors have good crystallinity and emit strong red (Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3þ) and blue (Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu2þ) emissions under near UV light excitation. The sharp emission peaks at 577, 590, 612, 653, and 701 nm corresponded to the typical 5D0 /7Fj (j ¼ 0,1,2,3,4) transitions of Eu3þ, and the blue emission peaking at 460 nm is attributed to the typical 4f65d1-4f7 transition of Eu2þ in the same Sr2MgSi2O7 host lattice. Both phosphors can be well excited in the wavelength range of 260e400 nm where the near UV-LED is well matched. The above results suggest that the Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3þ/Eu2þ phosphors are promising red/blue-emitting phosphors for the application in near UV pumped phosphor- converted white LEDs.