Abstract
Rare-earth (Eu3+, Tb3+) ion co-doped YBO3 phosphors with a morphology of
uniform flower-like assembly are fabricated by a facile hydrothermal
method without the use of surfactant, organic ligands, or further
sintering treatment. Photoluminescence (PL) studies have demonstrated
that under the excitation of 365 nm ultraviolet (UV) light, YBO3: Tb3+,
Eu3+ emits a white light, including three emissions: a blue band
attributed to self-trapped excitons (STEs), a green band due to the Tb3+
transition of D-5(4)-F-7(j) (j = 6, 5, 4, and 3), and a red band due to
the Eu3+ transition of D-5(0)-F-7(j) (j = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4). Energy
transfers from host YBO3 to Tb3+, and Eu3+ and Tb3+ to Eu3+, as well as
tunable emission by varying the relative doping ratios are demonstrated.
The combination of blue emission from STEs with green and red emissions
from activators provides a novel and efficient technique to make white
light emitting diodes (WLEDs).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7202-7207 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry C |
| State | Published - 2013 |
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Zhang, X., Zhao, Z., Zhang, X., Marathe, A., Cordes, D. B., Weeks, B., & Chaudhuri, J. (2013). Tunable photoluminescence and energy transfer of YBO3:Tb3+, Eu3+ forwhite light emitting diodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7202-7207.