Broadband Yellow Phosphor Discovered by Single-Particle Analysis Based on Fluorescence Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Cathodoluminescence, and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy.
Ruijie JiTakatoshi SetoWenjing LiuYuhua WangPublished in: The journal of physical chemistry. A (2022)
The discovery of new, efficient, and stable inorganic phosphors excited by near-ultraviolet (n-UV) light is of great significance for the realization of high-performance healthy lighting and special lighting. The traditional methods to find new phosphors are usually time-consuming, laborious, and inefficient. Here, a simple and efficient method to find new phosphors using fluorescence microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cathodoluminescence (CL), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) is proposed. At the same time, a phosphor Ca 5 BaP 4 O 16 (CBPO): Eu 2+ found by this method is reported. Under 365 nm excitation, the optimal phosphor shows an ultrabroad yellow emission band with a peak at 573 nm and a full width at half-maximum of 164 nm. Compared with most phosphate phosphors, CBPO: Eu 2+ shows good thermal stability. The emission intensity at 150 °C can maintain 61.4% of the initial value at room temperature. Importantly, the quantum efficiency of the optimal CBPO: Eu 2+ sample is 66.2%. In addition, a WLED lamp was obtained by combining CBPO: Eu 2+ and BAM: Eu 2+ phosphors with a 365 nm n-UV chip, which generated high-performance white light with a correlated color temperature of 7115 K and a color rendering index of 89.4. It is certain that the new method is very effective and useful for the discovery of new phosphors.
Keyphrases
- electron microscopy
- energy transfer
- light emitting
- single molecule
- high resolution
- room temperature
- high throughput
- quantum dots
- photodynamic therapy
- ionic liquid
- high speed
- solid state
- solid phase extraction
- gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- magnetic resonance imaging
- single cell
- high intensity
- sensitive detection
- water soluble