Weak thermal quenching of the luminescence in the Ca3Sc2Si3O12:Ce3+ garnet phosphor
Journal article, 2018

We report results of the luminescence properties of the three garnet type phosphors Ce3+-doped Ca3Sc2Si3O12(CSSO:Ce3+), Sr3Y2Ge3O12(SYG:Ce3+) and Y3Al5O12(YAG:Ce3+), investigated using optical spectroscopy techniques and vacuum referred binding energy (VRBE) diagram analysis. By monitoring the temperature dependence of the luminescence decay time we establish an excellent, intrinsic, thermal stability of luminescence in CSSO:Ce3+, with a nearly constant decay time (≈60 ns) up to, at least, T = 860 K. In comparison, SYG:Ce3+and YAG:Ce3+exhibit a significant reduction of the luminescence decay time upon heating, starting at around T = 280 K and T = 550 K, respectively, suggesting a lower internal thermal stability of luminescence in these two garnet phosphors. These findings are supported by the energy separation between the Ce3+5d1level and the conduction band (CB) of the respective hosts, which are found at 1.36 eV (CSSO:Ce3+), 0.45 eV (SYG:Ce3+), and 1.17 eV (YAG:Ce3+), respectively, as predicted by their VRBE diagrams. The performance of CSSO:Ce3+was evaluated by applying the phosphor on a blue InGaN LED. The system shows a luminous efficacy of optical radiation of 243 lm W-1and a linear response with increasing applied voltage, suggesting it is a highly promising phosphor for future technological applications, particularly at high temperature operating environments.

Author

Suchinder Sharma

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Yuan-Chih Lin

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Irene Carrasco

Verona University

University of Surrey

Tobias Tingberg

Chalmers, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

M. Bettinelli

Verona University

Maths Karlsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

20507526 (ISSN) 20507534 (eISSN)

Vol. 6 33 8923-8933

Subject Categories

Energy Engineering

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Physics Topics

DOI

10.1039/c8tc02907e

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