Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 27, No 2: August 2022

Investigation of MAl2−xSixO4−xNx:Eu2+ phosphor for improving luminescence properties of white LEDs

Thanh Binh Ly (Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City)
Phan Xuan Le (Van Lang University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2022

Abstract

We implement a solid-state reaction technique to make MAl2−xSixO4−xNx (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) as well as its variant doped with Eu at 1300 – 1400°C in a nitrogen hydrogen environment. Then, we measure the solubility of (SiN)+ in MAl2O4. By replacing (AlO)+ with (SiN)+, whose solubility is dependent on M cations, nitrogen may be integrated into MAl2O4. (SiN)+ has poor solubility in CaAl2O4 (x ≈ 0.025) and SrAl2O4 lattices (x ≈ 0.045) but a considerable integrated quantity of (SiN)+ against BaAl2O4 (x ≈ 0.6). Because of the low solubility of (SiN)+, incorporation of (SiN)+ barely affects the luminescence characteristics of MAl2O4 when doped with Eu2+ (M = Ca, Sr), resulting in discharges in green as well as blue at nearly constant wavelengths measured at 440 as well as 515 nm, respectively. With certain concentrations of (SiN)+ as well as Eu2+, Eu2+-doped BaAl2−xSixO4−xNx emits one wide green discharge line under a maximum within the region 500 – 526 nm. Furthermore, once we add nitrogen, both the excitation as well as discharge lines for Eu2+ exhibit one substantial redshift. BaAl2−xSixO4−xNx: Eu2+ is a compelling transmuting phosphor that can be utilized for WLED devices because of its efficient stimulation in the range of 390–440 nm radiation.

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