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Synthesis and luminescent properties of novel thermal-stable orangish-red-emitting LnNbO4: Sm3+ (Ln=La, Y) phosphors

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Sm3+-doped LnNbO4 (Ln=La, Y) phosphors were obtained by high-temperature solid-state reaction. The crystal structure of LnNbO4:Sm3+ (Ln=La, Y) was characterized by X-ray diffraction. Luminescent properties of those phosphors were investigated by diffuse reflection spectra, excitation spectra, as well as emission spectra. The emission spectra of those phosphors consisted of several orangish-red emission bands around 550–670 nm upon the excitation at 405 nm, and the luminescent emission intensity of LaNbO4: Sm3+ was much stronger than that of YNbO4: Sm3+. The 87.0% energy transfer efficiency from the host to Sm3+ ions was observed in LaNbO4: Sm3+ phosphor. Furthermore, the critical transfer distance was calculated and the CIE chromaticity coordinates of LaNbO4: Sm3+ samples were in the range of orangish-red. The fluorescence lifetimes of as-prepared LaNbO4: Sm3+ samples were within the millisecond range and the temperature-dependent luminescence indicated LaNbO4: Sm3+ was highly thermal-stable. Our results indicated that novel orangish-red-emitting LnNbO4: Sm3+ (Ln=La, Y) phosphors were expected to have great potential in white LEDs.

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This work has been supported by Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.2020J01130847), Xiamen University of Technology (XPDKT18006), and the Science Technology innovation project of Xiamen (3502Z20173040).

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    F. B. Xiong, F. X. Xu, H. F. Lin, Y. P. Wang & W. Z. Zhu

  2. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Technology and Devices, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, 361024, China

    F. B. Xiong

  3. Fujian Institute of Research On the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Science, Fuzhou, 350002, China

    E. Ma

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Xiong, F.B., Xu, F.X., Lin, H.F. et al. Synthesis and luminescent properties of novel thermal-stable orangish-red-emitting LnNbO4: Sm3+ (Ln=La, Y) phosphors. Appl. Phys. A 126, 908 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-04090-4

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