TY - JOUR
T1 - Highly efficient and thermally stable blue-emitting AlN:Eu2+ phosphor for ultraviolet white light-emitting diodes
AU - Inoue, Kazuo
AU - Hirosaki, Naoto
AU - Xie, Rong Jun
AU - Takeda, Takashi
PY - 2009/5/28
Y1 - 2009/5/28
N2 - An Eu2+-activated AlN phosphor was synthesized by firing the powder mixture of AlN, R-Si3N4, and Eu2O 3at 1500-2050 °C for 4 h under 1.0 MPa N2. The phase purity, photoluminescent properties, thermal quenching, and quantum efficiency of the fired samples were investigated. A single AlN wurtzite phase was formed at low doping concentrations of Eu2+ (≤ 0.1 mol %) and Si (≤ 2.2 mol %). The introduction of Si is essential for the solubility of Eu 2+ in the AlN lattice. Intense blue luminescence with a peak emission wavelength of 465 nm was observed in AlN:Eu2+, when Si was doped simultaneously. This blue phosphor shows a small thermal quenching, retaining the luminance of 90% at 150 °C. The absorption and external quantum efficiencies of AlN:Eu2+ are 63%μ and 46% upon 365 nm excitation, respectively. These results indicate that AlN:Eu2+ has great potential as a blue phosphor for white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) utilizing UV chips as the light source.
AB - An Eu2+-activated AlN phosphor was synthesized by firing the powder mixture of AlN, R-Si3N4, and Eu2O 3at 1500-2050 °C for 4 h under 1.0 MPa N2. The phase purity, photoluminescent properties, thermal quenching, and quantum efficiency of the fired samples were investigated. A single AlN wurtzite phase was formed at low doping concentrations of Eu2+ (≤ 0.1 mol %) and Si (≤ 2.2 mol %). The introduction of Si is essential for the solubility of Eu 2+ in the AlN lattice. Intense blue luminescence with a peak emission wavelength of 465 nm was observed in AlN:Eu2+, when Si was doped simultaneously. This blue phosphor shows a small thermal quenching, retaining the luminance of 90% at 150 °C. The absorption and external quantum efficiencies of AlN:Eu2+ are 63%μ and 46% upon 365 nm excitation, respectively. These results indicate that AlN:Eu2+ has great potential as a blue phosphor for white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) utilizing UV chips as the light source.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp901327j
DO - 10.1021/jp901327j
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67649172591
VL - 113
SP - 9392
EP - 9397
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
SN - 1932-7447
IS - 21
ER -