Insight into Tendentious Multisite Colonization, Site Environment Modulation, and Energy Transfer of Steady Ba2CaB2Si4O14: Ce/Tb/Sm/Sr/Na toward nUV-Pumped wLED Application
Pengju Xia, Yifeng Lei, Wanyuan Li, Kaiting Wu, Chengyu Ni, Man Xu, Wubin Dai
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Abstract
With the growing public awareness of protecting vision and prevention of hazardous effects, there is much-needed research on a “healthy” full visible spectrum under near-ultraviolet (nUV) excitation in phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes (pc-wLEDs) to fill the “cyan gap” and avoid employing a blue LED chip. Herein, a novel series of borosilicates Ba2CaB2Si4O14 (BCBS): Ce3+/Tb3+/Sm3+/Sr2+/Na+ phosphors, presenting color-tunable photoluminescence (PL), high quantum yield (QY), and thermal stability, were designed and synthesized via a facile solid-phase reaction. The Rietveld analyses, density functional theory (DFT) simulations, and theoretical calculations of bond energy together imply the site occupations of Ce/Tb/Sm on Ba2+/Ca2+ sites with a preferred location on Ca2+ over the Ba2+ site. The broad/bright cyan-PL from BCBS: Ce under nUV excitation is associated with the allowed f–d transitions of Ce3+ and dual-site occupancies. The forbidden f–f transitions of both the green-PL of Tb and the red-PL of Sm were insensitive to the site environment and helpful to PL color regulation. The cascading Ce → Tb → Sm energy transfer is confirmed, where Tb is regarded as an energy transfer (ET) bridge to avoid the metal–metal charge transfer (MMCT) effect. The introduction of Na+ as both flux and charge compensator is for the sake of decreasing defects from heterovalent substitutions and regulating morphology. Further incorporation of Sr2+ is to modulate the lattice environments of dopants for controlling the shift of PL. Finally, as a proof-of-concept implement, a pc-wLED assembled by BCBS: Ce/Tb/Sm/Sr/Na and an nUV LED chip via a remote “capping” packaging strategy show attractive performance.
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The aim of Crystal Growth & Design is to stimulate crossfertilization of knowledge among scientists and engineers working in the fields of crystal growth, crystal engineering, and the industrial application of crystalline materials.
Crystal Growth & Design publishes theoretical and experimental studies of the physical, chemical, and biological phenomena and processes related to the design, growth, and application of crystalline materials. Synergistic approaches originating from different disciplines and technologies and integrating the fields of crystal growth, crystal engineering, intermolecular interactions, and industrial application are encouraged.