Effects of Sm3+ Doping on the Photoluminescence Properties of Ca9Eu1-xSmx(VO4)7 Red-Emitting Phosphors

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This paper reports the photoluminescence properties of Ca9Eu1-xSmx(VO4)7 (x=0.2-0.4) synthesized at 1250 oC in air for 12 h using traditional solid-state reaction method. With the increase of Sm3+ substitution amount, purity Ca9Eu1-xSmx(VO4)7 phase was obtained even when the Eu3+ ions were totally substituted by Sm3+. The experimental results showed that when Sm3+ was codoped with Eu3+ into Ca9Eu1-xSmx(VO4)7 crystal structure, Sm3+ would act as a sensitizer and transfer the excitation energy to Eu3+ ions and finally enhance the emission intensity of Ca9Eu1-xSmx(VO4)7 under 405 nm excitation, which leads to more favorite of this kind of phosphor used in UV LED based white LEDs.

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