Improving the luminescence properties of Ba₃Eu(PO₄)₃ by doping Sm³⁺ as sensitizer

Abstract

For enhancing the emission intensity and broadening the excitation region of Ba₃Eu(PO₄)₃ (BEP), Sm³⁺ is doped as sensitizer in this paper. BEP:Sm³⁺ can produce an obvious red emission at near ultraviolet (n-UV) radiation. An effective energy transfer from Sm³⁺ to Eu3+ is proved. The commission international de I’Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates of BEP:Sm³⁺ locate at red region. When the environment temperature is 150 °C, the emission intensity of BEP:0.10Sm³⁺ is decreased to 76% of the initial one at room temperature, and the activation energy is calculated to be 0.164 eV, which can prove the good thermal stability of BEP:Sm³⁺. The results indicate that BEP:Sm³⁺ may have potential applications in white light emitting diodes (LEDs).

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