Luminescence and energy transfer of warm white-emitting phosphor Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:Dy³⁺,Eu³⁺ for white LEDs

Abstract

A series of Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:Dy³⁺,Eu³⁺ phosphors were synthesized by the solid-state method. The luminescent properties and crystal structures of the Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:Dy³⁺,Eu³⁺ phosphors were analyzed. The XRD results show that the synthesized Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:Dy³⁺,Eu³⁺ phosphors are of pure phase. Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:Dy³⁺ can emit blue and yellow light under 367 nm light excitation; when doped with Eu³⁺, there is an obvious energy transfer from Dy³⁺ to Eu³⁺, and warm white light can be realized by adjusting the concentrations of Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ in Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂. A warm white LED device was fabricated by combining Mg₂Y_1.88Al₂Si₂O₁₂:0.05Dy³⁺,0.07Eu³⁺ and a UV LED chip (370 nm) under a voltage of 3.2 V and current of 5 mA, the characteristics of the white LED being CIE = (0.4071, 0.3944), CCT = 3500 K and CRI = 91.3.

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1. Introduction

The blue light may be inevitably harmful to the human body, and long-term use is not conducive to health. Therefore, a white light-emitting diode (LED) is obtained by exciting single matrix fluorescent powder with ultraviolet (UV) or near-UV light, and UV light will not affect white light.^1–5 Dy³⁺ ions have blue emission peaks (480 nm, ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_15/2) and yellow emission peaks (575 nm, ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_13/2). White light can be realized by coordinating the ratio of blue light and yellow light.^6–11 Sehrawat et al. prepared cold white light-emitting perovskite SrLa₂A1₂O₇:Dy³⁺ nanophosphors.¹⁰ Xu et al.¹¹ studied the luminescent properties of Sr₄Ca(PO₄)₂SiO₄:Dy³⁺. When the doping concentration of Dy³⁺ ion is equal to 0.04, the phosphor emits cold white light, and the luminescent intensity increases by 1.7 times when the charge compensation Li⁺ ion is added. Zhang et al.¹² prepared Ca₈ZnY(PO₄)₇:Dy³⁺; the photoluminescence of Ca₈ZnY(PO₄)₇:0.12Dy³⁺ was enhanced by adding Mg²⁺ and B³⁺, and the thermal stability was improved after introducing Mg²⁺. However, generally, a Dy³⁺ ion single-doped fluorescent material emits cold white light with low index, and hence red light needs to be added to improve the index. Up to now, Eu²⁺, Mn²⁺, Eu³⁺ and Mn⁴⁺ have been the most common red emission activators, but the emission spectra of Eu²⁺ and Mn²⁺ may extend to the deep red band, making it difficult to maintain high color purity.^13–17 Eu³⁺- and Mn⁴⁺-doped red phosphors have attracted extensive attention due to their narrow line emission and good color purity. Mn⁴⁺ has two broad excitation bands in the UV (300–400 nm) and blue (400–500 nm) regions. When a white LED is synthesized by Mn⁴⁺-activated red fluorescent powder and blue and green fluorescent powder, the excitation band in the blue region causes strong reabsorption and the output of white light will be affected.^17,18 Eu³⁺ can emit orange and red light, which is required by most lighting and display applications.^19–22 Leow et al.²¹ synthesized a series of Eu³⁺ and Dy³⁺ co-doped BaB₂Si₂O₈ by the solid-state method, realizing adjustable emission of white light to red light. Hussain et al.²² prepared K₃La(VO₄)₂:Dy³⁺/Eu³⁺ by the sol–gel method, and warm white light was observed as a result of an effective energy transfer.

The garnet structure has high structural stability and has potential application value for the research and development of the luminescence properties of fluorescent materials.^23–26 Pan et al.²⁶ obtained white light by doping Ce³⁺ in an Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂ matrix and exciting it with a blue LED. Tang combined Lu₃Mg₂GaSi₂O₁₂:0.015Ce and 0.03Sm samples with commercially available red phosphors and blue chips to obtain a warm white LED with a color rendering index of 86.6 and a color temperature of 3592 K.²⁵ Wei integrated a 450 nm LED chip with a Y_1.95Ce_0.05Mg₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂ phosphor.²⁷ The completed LED device emitted white light, with a CCT value of 4363 K and a CRI value of 83.7. Zhang reported Y₂Mg₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:Ce³⁺,Mn²⁺ phosphors for warm-color white LEDs, which are suitable for the current mainstream blue LED chips.²⁸ Therefore, in this work, a Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ co-doped Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂ (MYAS) phosphor was prepared, and its luminescent properties were studied in detail. By accurately adjusting the doping concentration and proportion of Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺, we have achieved high-quality warm white-light emission from a single substrate.

2. Experimental section

2.1 Materials and synthesis

MYAS:Dy³⁺/Eu³⁺ was synthesized by the high-temperature solid-state method. The raw materials were MgO (99.9%), Y₂O₃ (99.9%), Al₂O₃ (99.9%), SiO₂ (99.9%), Dy₂O₃ (99.9%) and Eu₂O₃ (99.9%). The precursors were thoroughly mixed and ground. Then, the mixed materials were transferred to a crucible and placed in a sintering furnace for synthesis reaction at 1500 °C for 3 hours. Finally, the sample was cooled to room temperature and ground completely.

2.2 Materials characterization

The crystal structure of the samples was characterized using a D8-A25 focusing diffractometer. A structural analysis system (GSAS) was used to analyze the structure. Photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectra were measured with a Hitachi F4600. The decay curve was obtained using a HORIBA FL-1057 device with a xenon lamp as excitation source. Color coordinates were measured with a PMS-80 color analyzer obtained commercially at room temperature.

3. Results and discussion

3.1 XRD patterns of Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺

Fig. 1(a) and (b) show the XRD results of MYAS:xDy³⁺ and MYAS:Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺. The diffraction peaks of all samples are consistent with the structure of the standard card Y₃Al₅O₁₂ (ICSD#20090) and there are no other miscellaneous peaks,²⁵ which indicate that the synthesized MYAS:xDy³⁺ and MYAS:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺ have garnet structure. Also, the diffraction peaks have no obvious shift, which indicates that the lattice distortion caused by Dy³⁺ replacing Y³⁺ is very small, and therefore it is proved that all the synthesized samples are in a single crystal phase.

Fig. 1 XRD patterns of Y₃Al₅O₁₂ (ICSD#20090) standard card and (a) MYAS:xDy³⁺ and (b) MYAS:Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺.

Fig. 2 shows an SEM image of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,Eu³⁺. It can be seen that the phosphor is composed of irregular particles with a particle size of 5–20 μm.

Fig. 2 SEM image of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺.

Analysis was conducted in order to further understand the influence of Dy³⁺ on the lattice parameters of MYAS after entering the lattice of the matrix. According to the standard card ICSD#20090, MYAS:xDy³⁺ (x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.07, 0.1, 0.15) is refined with GASA software, and the final result is shown in Fig. 3. From Fig. 3(a)–(d), it can be seen that the experimental data (red line) and the calculated data (black line) are very consistent. It can be seen that the χ², R_p and R_wp obtained by refinement are all within the experimental range (χ² < 10%, R_p and R_wp < 15%), proving that Dy³⁺ has successfully entered the matrix and is a pure phase. In the doping process, the radius difference between doped ions and substituted ions should be within 30%, as shown in eqn (1):^29–31

Fig. 3 Refinement result of MYAS:xDy³⁺: (a) x = 0, (b) x = 0.01, (c) x = 0.03, (d) x = 0.07.

The radius difference calculated by eqn (1) is shown in Table 1. From the results, it can be seen that the differences in ionic radii of the eight-coordinated Mg1, Y and the six-coordinated Mg2 are all less than 30%, so Dy³⁺ may replace the eight-coordinated Mg1 and the six-coordinated Mg2.

Table 1 Radius difference between Dy³⁺ ion and cation in matrix

Rm	Rd	Dr
Mg1 (0.89 Å, N = 8)	Dy (1.027 Å, N = 8)	14.3%
Y1 (1.019 Å, N = 8)	Dy (1.027 Å, N = 8)	0.8%
Mg2 (0.72 Å, N = 6)	Dy (0.912 Å, N = 6)	21.1%
Al1 (0.535 Å, N = 6)	Dy (0.912 Å, N = 8)	41.3%

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Because the radius (r = 1.03, CN = 8) of Dy³⁺ is larger than the radius³⁰ of Y³⁺ (r = 1.02, CN = 8), when Y³⁺is replaced by Dy³⁺, the cell parameter and cell volume will both become larger, but it can be seen from Fig. 4(a) and (b) that the cell parameter and cell volume first decrease and then increase with increasing Dy³⁺ concentration. This is because Mg²⁺ and Y³⁺ occupy the same lattice position in the MYAS crystal; hence the decrease in cell parameter and cell volume of MYAS:xDy³⁺ is caused by the partial substitution of Dy³⁺ for Mg²⁺(r = 0.89, CN = 8) in the same lattice position.

Fig. 4 (a) Cell parameters and (b) cell volume changes of MYAS:xDy³⁺.

In order to further determine the cell parameters and the reasons for the reduction of cell volume, Fig. 5 shows the refined results. The cell parameters and cell volume decrease with an increase of Dy³⁺ doping concentration. When Dy³⁺ is used to replace Mg²⁺ ions in the same lattice position, the charge is unbalanced, thus generating cation vacancies, as shown in eqn (2), and the generation of cation vacancies is helpful to the contraction of the unit cell:²⁹

2Dy³⁺ = 2Mg²⁺ + VMg²⁺ (2)

Fig. 5 Refinement results of M_2−xYAS:xDy³⁺: (a) x = 0.05, (b) x = 0.1. (c) Cell parameters and (d) cell volume of M_2−xYAS:xDy³⁺.

3.2 Luminescence characteristics of Mg₂Y₂Al₂Si₂O₁₂:xDy³⁺

Fig. 6(a) shows the excitation spectrum and emission spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺. For 588 nm emission, the excitation can range from 250 to 500 nm, and the maximum peak is at 367 nm, which mainly comes from the ⁶H_15/2 → ⁶P_5/2 transition of Dy³⁺,^31–34 and the excitation spectrum of Dy³⁺ covers almost all areas from UV light to blue light. In the emission spectrum, due to the transition of ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_J/2 (J = 11, 13, 15) of Dy³⁺, three emission peaks at about 486, 588 and 677 nm were obtained respectively, and the two main emission peaks were located in the blue (486 nm) and yellow (588 nm) regions.²¹ In general, the luminous intensity of ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_15/2 of Dy³⁺ is higher than that of ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_13/2, indicating that Dy³⁺ occupies an inverted symmetry center lattice position in the matrix.²² The intensity of the 486 nm emission is higher than that of 588 nm, as shown in Fig. 6(a), which indicates that Dy³⁺ occupies the lattice position of the inversion symmetry center in the MYAS matrix. The energy level diagram of Dy³⁺ is shown in Fig. 6(b).

Fig. 6 (a) Excitation spectrum and emission spectrum of MYAS:xDy³⁺ and (b) Dy³⁺ energy level diagram.

Fig. 7 shows the luminescence intensity of Dy³⁺ with various doping concentrations of Dy³⁺ under 367 nm excitation (x = 0.005, 0.007, 0.009, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.06, 0.07, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25). The emission intensity of Dy³⁺ increases continuously at 486 nm and 588 nm. When x = 0.05, the intensity reaches the maximum, and then as the concentration of Dy³⁺ continues to increase, the intensity decreases at 486 nm and 588 nm.

Fig. 7 (a) Emission spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺ under different excitation wavelengths. (b) Emission spectrum of MYAS:xDy³⁺ (x = 0–0.25) under 367 nm excitation. (c) Normalized emission spectrum of MYAS:xDy³⁺ (x = 0–0.25) under 367 nm excitation. (d) Variation of emission intensity of MYAS:xDy³⁺.

In order to study the influence of Dy³⁺ doping concentration on the luminescent color of MYAS:xDy³⁺, the relative intensity ratio of yellow (588 nm) and blue (486 nm) regions under 367 nm UV excitation was determined. As shown in Table 2, it can be seen that with the increase of Dy³⁺ doping concentration, the Y/B ratio increases first.

Table 2 Y/B ratio of MYAS:xDy³⁺

Concentration	Y/B	Concentration	Y/B
0.005	0.61	0.06	0.66
0.007	0.63	0.07	0.66
0.009	0.63	0.10	0.66
0.01	0.64	0.15	0.65
0.03	0.66	0.20	0.65
0.05	0.67	0.25	0.65

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The reason why the emission intensity of Dy³⁺ increases first and then decreases is that concentration quenching occurs between Dy³⁺, which involves the energy transfer of activator ions at high concentration.^35–38 Fig. 8 explains the concentration quenching of Dy³⁺. As the doping concentration of Dy³⁺ ions increases, the distance between ions decreases continuously, and the exchange interaction between Dy³⁺ ions is strengthened. When the center distance between Dy³⁺ ions is less than the critical distance, the tunneling effect is easy to occur, resulting in cascade energy transfer, resulting in luminescence quenching.^38,39

Fig. 8 Schematic diagram of concentration quenching process of Dy³⁺.

In order to further explore the concentration quenching mechanism of Dy³⁺, one can consider the Blasse formula:^38–40

R_c = 2[3V/4πX_cN]^1/3 (3)

For the MYAS matrix, the value of V is 1721.583, N = z = 6, X_c = 5%, and calculated R_c = 22.21, which is far greater than 5. Therefore, the concentration quenching mechanism of Dy³⁺ involves a multipolar interaction.

According to the theories of Dexter and Van Uitert, the luminous intensity I of Dy³⁺ ions follows the following formula:^37–40

As shown in Fig. 9, θ is 4.68, which is close to 6, indicating that the concentration quenching mechanism of Dy³⁺ in the MYAS matrix involves dipole–dipole interaction.

Fig. 9 Graph of log(I/x) and log(x) for MYAS:xDy³⁺.

The increase of Y/B ratio is due to the change of dodecahedron symmetry. The yellow emission of Dy³⁺ results from supersensitive transition and is related to local symmetry. With an increase of Dy³⁺ doping concentration, the average bond length of dodecahedron Y/Mg(1)O₈ gradually becomes longer because the radius of Dy³⁺ is larger than that of Y³⁺ (r = 1.02) (Fig. 10). The bond length between the luminescent center and the surrounding ligand changes, and the twist degree of the polyhedron in which it is located also changes. The twist degree of the crystal can be calculated by formula (5):^38,39

Fig. 10 MYAS:xDy³⁺: changes in bond length and twist of Y/Mg(1)O₈.

Fig. 10 shows the twist degree of crystal Y/Mg(1)O₈. As the doping concentration of Dy³⁺ increases, the twist degree of the crystal gradually increases, causing the yellow light in the emission spectrum of Dy³⁺ to increase, resulting in an increase in the Y/B ratio.

Fig. 11 depicts the reason why the symmetry of dodecahedron Y/Mg(1)O₈ decreases. By comparing the bond lengths of dodecahedron Y/Mg(1)O₈, it is found that the shorter bond lengths are getting shorter and the longer bond lengths are getting longer, which leads to the reduction of symmetry of dodecahedron Y/Mg(1)O₈. The symmetry of dodecahedron Y/Mg(1)O₈ decreases, indicating that the proportion of yellow light is gradually increasing (Table 2).

Fig. 11 MYAS:xDy³⁺ (x = 0.01, 0.05): Y/Mg(1)O₈ bond length change.

3.3 Luminescence properties of Mg₂Y_1.95Al₂Si₂O₁₂:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺

Fig. 12(a) shows the emission spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺ and the excitation spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,0.05Eu³⁺. It can be seen that the emission spectrum of Dy³⁺ and the excitation spectrum of Eu³⁺ obviously overlap, which indicates that there may be energy transfer from Dy³⁺ to Eu³⁺. Fig. 12(b) shows the emission spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ (y = 0–0.1) excited at 367 nm. The emission spectrum includes not only blue and yellow emission of Dy³⁺ (⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_15/2 and ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_13/2), but also characteristic emission of Eu³⁺ (⁵D₀ → ⁷F_J (J = 2, 3, 4)). The emission peaks at 611 nm, 633 nm and 714 nm correspond to the ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₂, ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₃ and ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₄ electron transitions of Eu³⁺, respectively.^22,24 From the normalized emission spectrum, it can be clearly seen that the proportion of yellow light is increasing significantly (Fig. 12(c)). As the concentration of doped Eu³⁺ ions increases, the emission intensity at 486 nm and 588 nm (Dy³⁺) decreases, and the emission intensity of Eu³⁺ (611 nm) increases (Fig. 12(d)). The emission intensity of Dy³⁺ decreases continuously, and the reason why the emission intensity of Eu³⁺ increases continuously may be that Dy³⁺ transfers more and more energy to Eu³⁺, which proves that energy transfer from Dy³⁺ to Eu³⁺ does occur.

Fig. 12 (a) Emission spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺ and excitation spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,0.05Eu³⁺. (b) Emission spectrum of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ (y = 0–0.1) under 367 nm excitation. (c) Normalized emission spectrum of MYAS:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺ under 367 nm excitation. (d) Variation of emission intensity of MYAS:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺.

That there is energy transfer between Dy³⁺ ions and Eu³⁺ ions can be verified by Fig. 13(a) and (b).

Fig. 13 Fluorescence attenuation curves of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ (y = 0–0.1): (a) detection at 486 nm (Dy³⁺); (b) detection at 612 nm (Eu³⁺). (c) Calculated MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ (y = 0–0.1) lifetime. (d) Energy transfer efficiency from Dy³⁺ to Eu³⁺.

Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ lifetimes τ can be calculated by formula (6):^24,25,28

The lifetimes of Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ calculated by formula (6) are shown in Fig. 13(c) in the form of a line chart. With an increasing doping concentration of Eu³⁺, the lifetimes of Dy³⁺ become shorter and shorter (1.84, 1.62, 1.51, 1.47, 1.38, 1.34, 1.30 ms), which verifies that there is indeed energy transfer between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ ions.

The energy transfer efficiency between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ can be calculated by formula (7):³⁹

η_T = 1 − τ_s/τ_s0 (7)

Fig. 13(d) shows the energy transfer efficiency between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺. The energy transfer efficiency between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺gradually increases with an increase of Dy³⁺ ion concentration in the MYAS matrix. When y = 0.10, the energy transfer efficiency can reach 30%.

In order to determine the type of interaction between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺, the critical distance between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ can be obtained from eqn (3). The calculated value of the critical distance R_c between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ is greater than 5, so the energy transfer mechanism between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺ involves a multilevel interaction.

To further determine the energy transfer mechanism between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺, the following formula can be used for calculation:⁴⁰

η_s0/η = C^α/3 (8)

Since quantum efficiency is difficult to obtain, formula (9) can be used instead:^39,40

(I_s0/I) = C^α/3 (9)

As can be seen from Fig. 14(a)–(c), for MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺, when α = 6, a best fitting line can be obtained, and R² for this case is 0.96717. Therefore, the energy transfer mechanism of Dy³⁺ → Eu³⁺ involves dipole–dipole interaction.

Fig. 14 Diagram of I_s0/I and C^α/3 of MYAS:0.07Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ for (a) α = 6, (b) α = 8, (c) α = 10.

In order to further understand the mechanism of energy transfer between Dy³⁺ and Eu³⁺, Fig. 15 shows the mechanism diagram of energy transfer. For MYAS:Dy³⁺,Eu³⁺, there is overlap between the emission spectrum of Dy³⁺ and the excitation spectrum of Eu³⁺. Part of the emission of Dy³⁺ will be reabsorbed by Eu³⁺, resulting in ⁵D₀ → ⁷F_J (J = 1, 2, 3, 4) electron transition of Eu³⁺.

Fig. 15 Energy transfer mechanism diagram of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺.

Fig. 16 shows the color coordinates of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺(y = 0–0.1) and the warm white LEDs. The specific values are shown in Table 3. With an increase of Eu³⁺ concentration, the color coordinates of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ (y = 0–0.1) gradually transition from yellow to white and then to red. MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ emitted white light with color coordinates of (0.4071, 0.3944) and color temperature of 3500 K. The warm white LED device was fabricated by combining the MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,0.07Eu³⁺ and a UV LED chip (370 nm) under a voltage of 3.2 V and current of 5 mA, and the CIE, CCT and CRI are (0.4071, 0.3944), 3500 K and 91.3, respectively.

Fig. 16 Color coordinates of MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺ (y = 0–0.1), and the warm white LED device (MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,0.07Eu³⁺ + 370 nm UV LED chip) under a voltage of 3.2 V and current of 5 mA (CIE = (0.4071, 0.3944), CCT = 3500 K, CRI = 91.3).

Table 3 Color coordinate values of MYAS:xDy³⁺ and MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,yEu³⁺(y = 0–0.1)

Concentration	MYAS:xDy^3+	Concentration	MYAS:0.05Dy^3+,yEu^3+
0.005	(0.3231, 0.3785)	0	(0.3485, 0.4068)
0.01	(0.3265, 0.3871)	0.005	(0.3530, 0.4053)
0.03	(0.3311, 0.3882)	0.01	(0.3562, 0.4047)
0.05	(0.3378, 0.3967)	0.03	(0.3777, 0.4037)
0.7	(0.3392, 0.3965)	0.05	(0.3882, 0.3971)
0.10	(0.3374, 0.3959)	0.07	(0.4071, 0.3944)
0.15	(0.3359, 0.3936)	0.10	(0.4258, 0.3890)

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4. Conclusions

A series of MYAS:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺ phosphors were prepared by a high-temperature solid-state method. The fluorescent material of MYAS:xDy³⁺ can absorb UV light in the range of 250 nm to 400 nm. Under excitation of 367 nm UV light, MYAS:xDy³⁺ shows yellow emission, the optimal doping concentration is 0.05, and its concentration quenching mechanism involves dipole–dipole interaction. Through energy transfer, the luminous color of MYAS:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺ can gradually change into warm white light with CIE chromaticity coordinates of (0.4071, 0.3944) and relative color temperature of 3500 K. A warm white LED device was fabricated by combining MYAS:0.05Dy³⁺,0.07Eu³⁺ and a UV LED chip (370 nm), and the CIE, CCT and CRI are (0.4071, 0.3944), 3500 K and 91.3, respectively. Therefore, the MYAS:xDy³⁺,yEu³⁺ phosphors have potential application prospects in white LEDs.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts to declare.

Acknowledgements

The work is supported by the Tangshan science and technology planning project (no. 19130201) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 51672066) and Foundation of Tangshan Normal University (2020A09).

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