Full-Spectrum White Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by an Efficient Broadband Green-Emitting CaY2ZrScAl3O12:Ce3+ Garnet Phosphor
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Li, Wei
Devakumar, Balaji
Ma, Nan
Huang, Xiaoyong
Lee, Adam F
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Phosphor-containing white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with low color-correlated temperatures (CCTs) and high color rendering indexes (CRIs) are highly desirable for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solid-state light sources. Here, we report a new and efficient blue light-excited, green-emitting Ce3+-activated CaY2ZrScAl3O12 phosphor, which underpins the fabrication of high-color quality and full-visible-spectrum warm-white LED devices with ultrahigh CRI values (Ra > 96 and R9 > 96). A family of CaY2ZrScAl3O12:Ce3+ phosphors with different Ce3+ dopant concentrations were prepared by high-temperature solid-state synthesis. X-ray diffraction and corresponding Rietveld refinement reveal a garnet structure with an Ia3̅d space group and crystallographic parameters a = b = c = 12.39645(8) Å, α = β = γ = 90°, and V = 1904.99(4) Å3. Luminescence properties were studied in detail as a function of Ce3+ with the optimal concentration 1% mol. Impressively, CaY2ZrScAl3O12:1%Ce3+ exhibits a broad excitation band from 370 to 500 nm, peaking at ∼421 nm, which is well matched with emission from commercial blue LED chips. Under 421 nm excitation, the CaY2ZrScAl3O12:1%Ce3+ phosphor produces dazzling green light in a wide emission band from 435 to 750 nm (emission peak: 514 nm; full width at half-maximum: 113 nm), with a high internal quantum efficiency of 63.1% and good resistance to thermal quenching (activation energy of 0.28 eV). A white LED device combining a 450 nm blue LED chip with CaY2ZrScAl3O12:1%Ce3+ green phosphor and commercial CaAlSiN3:Eu2+ red phosphor as color converters demonstrates bright warm-white light with excellent CIE color coordinates of (0.3938, 0.3819), low CCT of 3696 K, high CRI (Ra = 96.9, R9 = 98.2), and high luminous efficacy of 45.04 lm W–1 under a 20 mA driving current. New green phosphors enable the design and implementation of efficient luminescent materials for healthy solid-state lighting.
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Cao, L; Li, W; Devakumar, B; Ma, N; Huang, X; Lee, AF, Full-Spectrum White Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by an Efficient Broadband Green-Emitting CaY2ZrScAl3O12:Ce3+ Garnet Phosphor, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14 (4), pp. 5643-5652