Luminescence investigations of novel orange‐red fluorapatite KLaSr3(PO4)3F: Sm3+ phosphors with high thermal stability |
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| Authors: | Qingfeng Guo Chenglong Zhao Libing Liao Stefan Lis Haikun Liu Lefu Mei Zhouqing Jiang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Sciences and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China;2. Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;3. Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Rare Earths, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland;4. National Engineering Research Center for Rare Earth Materials, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, and Grirem Advanced Materials Co., Ltd., Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | Single‐phase KLaSr3(PO4)3F: Sm3+ phosphors with fluorapatite structure were prepared via high‐temperature solid‐state method in air atmosphere for the first time. The X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, diffuse reflectance spectra, photoluminescence spectra, and temperature‐dependent emission spectra, as well as lifetimes were measured to characterize the as‐prepared phosphors. Phase results indicated that KLaSr3(PO4)3F: Sm3+ belongs to hexagonal system with a space group of P‐6. Photoluminescence measurements showed the emission spectrum was composed of four sharp peaks at about 564, 602 (the strongest one), 646, and 702 nm, corresponding to the 4G5/2‐6HJ (J=5/2, 7/2, 9/2, and 11/2) transitions of Sm3+ ions. The optimum doping concentration of Sm3+ ions was turned out to be 0.03 (mol), and the mechanism of energy transfer among Sm3+ ions was considered to be dipole‐dipole interaction by using Dexter's theory. In addition, the critical distance Rc for energy transfer among Sm3+ ions were calculated to be 9.97 Å according to Blasse concentration quenching method. The selected KLa0.97Sr(PO4)3F: 0.03Sm3+ exhibited high thermal stability with an activation energy of 0.163 eV. Besides, the Commission International de l'Eclairage chromaticity coordinate of the phosphor were located in the orange‐reddish light region. |
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| Keywords: | KLaSr3(PO4)3F orange‐reddish phosphor Sm3+ |
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