High-Performance NaK2Li[Li3SiO4]4:Eu Green Phosphor for Backlighting Light-Emitting Diodes

  • Mu Huai Fang
  • , Carl Osby M. Mariano
  • , Kuan Chun Chen
  • , Jia Cheng Lin
  • , Zhen Bao
  • , Sebastian Mahlik
  • , Tadeusz Lesniewski
  • , Kuang Mao Lu
  • , Ying Rui Lu
  • , Yu Jong Wu
  • , Hwo Shuenn Sheu
  • , Jyh Fu Lee
  • , Shu Fen Hu*
  • , Ru Shi Liu*
  • , J. Paul Attfield*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Narrowband green phosphors with high quantum efficiency are required for backlighting white light-emitting diode (WLED) devices. Materials from the A[Li3SiO4]4:Eu2+ family have recently been proposed as having superior properties to industry-standard β-SiAlON green phosphors. Here, we show that a cheap, easily synthesized host NaK2Li[Li3SiO4]4 (NKLLSO) doped with a mixture of Eu2+ and Eu3+ is an outstanding narrowband green phosphor, with an external quantum efficiency of 51% and superb thermal stability (97.1% of room-temperature performance at 150 °C). Structural studies reveal that green emission occurs from two Eu2+ sites, while Eu3+ introduces a high concentration of vacancies that may suppress quenching from energy transfer between Eu2+ sites. A WLED package constructed using our NKLLSO phosphor shows extremely high color vividness, competitive with a β-SiAlON comparator. This work will stimulate further research on efficient green phosphors for practical WLED devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1893-1899
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Mar 9

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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