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Luminescence properties of M3(VO4)2:Eu3+(M = Ca, Sr, Ba) phosphors

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In this paper, M3(VO4)2:Eu3+(M = Ca, Sr, Ba) phosphors have been synthesized by high-temperature solid-state method. The phase composition and luminescence properties of the synthesized phosphors were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and photoluminescence (PL) spectra, respectively. The influences of fluxing agent and doped concentration of rare-earth ions on PL properties of the phosphor were investigated. The results indicated that the energy transfers between VO4 3− and Eu3+ in the host occurred mainly via a dipole–dipole interaction mechanism. The increase in cation radius (from Ca2+ to Ba2+) in the host causes the emission peak originated from 5D0 → 7F2 transition of Eu3+ shifting from 615 to 621 nm, as well as decreasing the fluorescence lifetimes of Eu3+ from 0.77 to 0.19 ms and changing the CIE chromaticity coordinates from the orange-red region to the white region. Moreover, the emission colors of Ba3−x (VO4)2:xEu3+ can be firstly adjusted from cyan region to white light region via controlling the concentration of Eu3+. Temperature-dependent luminescence spectra proved the good thermal stability of the as-prepared phosphor. This work shows the potential application of europium-doped samples in UV converted pc-WLEDs.

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This project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 51332008, 51172227, 21221061), the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province (U1301242), the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB327704, 2014CB643803), and the Scientific and Technological Department of Jilin Province (Grant number 20130522176JH, 20130102016JC).

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Mi, X., Shi, H., Wang, Z. et al. Luminescence properties of M3(VO4)2:Eu3+(M = Ca, Sr, Ba) phosphors. J Mater Sci 51, 3545–3554 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9674-9

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