Strong Green Emission of Erbium(III)-Activated La<sub>2</sub>MgTiO<sub>6</sub> Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting and Optical Temperature Sensors
Yongbin Hua, Jae Su Yu
Abstract
In this work, novel green-emitting La2MgTiO6:Er3+ (LMTO:Er3+) phosphors were successfully synthesized. The phase structure, electronic structure, morphology, luminescence behaviors, and other optical characteristics were investigated in detail. Besides, the optical sensing properties of the thermal-coupled levels (2H11/2, 4S3/2) were investigated based on the fluorescence intensity ratio principle, and the maximum absolute and relative sensing sensitivities were found to be as high as 0.963% and 1.107% K–1, respectively. The packaged light-emitting diode (LED) emitted the near-white light with a color-rendering index of 77.12 and a proper correlated color temperature of 4989 K, respectively. Finally, the novel polydimethylsiloxane film-converted LED structure was fabricated. All the above results suggest that the novel LMTO:Er3+ phosphors are proposed for solid-state lighting and luminescent thermometers.