Tunable Narrow-Band Cyan-Emission of Eu 2+ -doped Nitridomagnesophosphates Ba 3-x Sr x [Mg 2 P 10 N 20 ] : Eu 2+ (x=0-3).

Tetrahedron-based nitrides offer a wide range of properties and applications. Highly condensed nitridophosphates are examples of nitrides that exhibit fascinating luminescence properties when doped with Eu 2+ , making them appealing for industrial applications. Here, we present the first nitridomagnesophosphate solid solution series Ba 3-x Sr x [Mg 2 P 10 N 20 ] : Eu 2+ (x=0-3), synthesized by a high-pressure high-temperature approach using the multianvil technique (3 GPa, 1400 °C). Starting from the binary nitrides P 3 N 5 and Mg 3 N 2 and the respective alkaline earth azides, we incorporate Mg into the P/N framework to increase the degree of condensation κ to 0.6, the highest observed value for alkaline earth nitridophosphates. The crystal structure was elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and solid-state NMR. DFT calculations were performed on the title compounds and other related highly condensed nitridophosphates to investigate the influence of Mg in the P/N network. Eu 2+ -doped samples of the solid solution series show a tunable narrow-band emission from cyan to green (492-515 nm), which is attributed to the preferred doping of a single crystallographic site. Experimental confirmation of this assumption was provided by overdoping experiments and STEM-HAADF studies on the series as well on the stoichiometric compound Ba 2 Eu[Mg 2 P 10 N 20 ] with additional atomic resolution energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) mapping.