HF‐free molten salt route for synthesis of highly efficient and water‐resistant K <sub>2</sub> SiF <sub>6</sub> :Mn <sup>4+</sup> for warm white LED
Qiyun Wu, Chenxing Liao, Jinquan Pan, Xinyu Ye, Weixiong You, Libin Xia
Abstract
Abstract It has been one of the hot issues to prepare the red‐emitting Mn 4+ ‐doped fluoride phosphors with highly efficient and waterproofness for warm white‐light‐emitting diodes (WLEDs) by the green and environmentally friendly method. Herein, we design a novel green molten salt route to synthesize K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ red powder using molten NH 4 HF 2 salt instead of HF liquor as the reaction medium. The results show that KMnO 4 and MnF 2 could produce Mn 4+ in NH 4 HF 2 molten salt through a reduction reaction, and the resulting Mn 4+ ‐doped K 2 SiF 6 exhibited a bright red emission peaked at 632 nm under blue light excitation. The luminescence intensity of the as‐obtained product after immersing into water for 24 hours maintain nearly 100% of that before soaking and emission peak shape remains unchanged. The thermal stability of the sample was evaluated by temperature‐dependent luminescence spectral intensity during heating and cooling. Furthermore, a warm white‐light‐emitting diodes (WLEDs) with an excellent color rendering index (Ra = 87.1), lower correlated color temperature (CCT = 3536K), and high luminous efficacy (116.99 lm·W −1 ) was fabricated based on blue chip and K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ and commercial yellow phosphor (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce 3+ ).