High efficiency and high color purity blue-emitting NaSrBO(3):Ce(3+) phosphor for near-UV light-emitting diodes

Abstract

A highly intense blue-emitting phosphor NaSrBO(3):Ce(3+), peaking at 400 nm was synthesized by a solid state reaction. The crystal structure, luminescence properties and quantum efficiency of NaSrBO(3):Ce(3+) phosphors, as well as their thermal quenching capabilities and the fabrication of a 370 nm UV-chip and R/G/B phosphors were investigated for the first time. The composition-optimized NaSrBO(3):1% Ce(3+) exhibited high external quantum efficiency of 89% of the blue-emitting, commercial compound, BaMgAl(10)O(17):Eu(2+) (BAM:Eu(2+)). The color purity of as-synthesized NaSrBO(3):1% Ce(3+) phosphor is much better than that of BAM:Eu(2+). By using a GaN-based UV-LED (370 nm) and a mixture of blue-emitting NaSrBO(3):Ce(3+), green-emitting (Ba,Sr)(2)SiO(4):Eu(2+) and red-emitting CaAlSiN(3):Eu(2+) phosphors as light converters, we constructed an intense white light emitting diode. The LED device exhibited an excellent color-rendering index R(a) of 93.13 at a correlated color temperature of 5763 K with CIE coordinates of (0.324,0.337) and a maximum lumen efficacy of 26.2 lmW(-1). Based on the results, we are currently evaluating the potential application of NaSrBO(3):Ce(3+) as a blue-emitting UV convertible phosphor.