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White-Light-Emitting Single Phosphors via Triply Doped LaF3 Nanoparticles
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2013)
  • Chantal Lorbeer
  • Anja V. Mudring
Abstract

The production of high-quality phosphors for white-emitting applications is an important goal for the settlement of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the market and households. Single phosphors directly yielding white emission are advantageous in comparison to a mixture of individual red, green, and blue phosphors as these are hampered by reabsorption of the blue light. Here, a combined approach to uniform, nanoscale particles as single-white-emitting phosphor is realized via an ionic-liquid-based synthesis. LaF3 particles codoped with various amounts of Tm3+, Tb3+, and Eu3+ were synthesized, and their structural, morphological, and optical properties were studied. Small particles with a mean size of 6–8 nm were obtained with a narrow size distribution. At small dopant ion concentrations, white light emission close to standard daylight D65 is obtained under excitation of λex = 355 nm where simultaneous emissions of all three optically active ions occur.

Publication Date
2013
Publisher Statement
Reprinted with permission from J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117 (23), pp 12229–12238. Copyright (2013) American Chemical Society.
Citation Information
Chantal Lorbeer and Anja V. Mudring. "White-Light-Emitting Single Phosphors via Triply Doped LaF3 Nanoparticles" The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Vol. 117 Iss. 23 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anja_mudring/8/