A novel high color purity yellow luminescent material NaBaBO3:Sm3+

Abstract

Yellow emitting Sm 3+-doped NaBa 1-x BO 3(0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.13) phosphors were synthesized by conventional solid state reaction method. The phase structure and luminescence properties of the as-prepared phosphors were investigated. These phosphors can be effectively excited by 403 nm near-ultraviolet light and feature a satisfactory yellow performance. The emission peaks are observed at 560 nm, 603 nm and 650 nm, originating from the transitions of 4G5∕2→6H5∕2, 4G5∕2→6H7∕2 and 4G5∕2→6H9∕2 respectively. Investigation of Sm 3+ concentration-dependent emission spectra indicates that the NaBa 0.95 BO 3:0.05 Sm 3+ phosphor shows the strongest yellow emission intensity and exhibits the CIE value of x = 0.4760 and y = 0.5090. Through the theoretical calculation, a high color purity of 96.0% was determined for the NaBaBO 3: Sm 3+ phosphor, and the color purity of NaBaBO 3: Sm 3+ is much higher than that of the commercial yellow phosphor YAG : Ce 3+. This work is highly relevant to the development of a new type of potential down-conversion (DC) yellow phosphor for near ultraviolet white or yellow light-emitting diodes (LEDs).