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Preparation and luminescent properties of Y2Zr2O7:Eu3+ phosphor for W-LED application

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Tricolor phosphors play a pivotal role in the application of white-light-emitting diode (W-LED). Herein, we successfully prepared a series of Y2Zr2O7:Eu3+ phosphors via sol–gel method. Structural analysis showed that the phosphor was fluorite structure (space group Fm–3 m), and the elements of Y, Zr, O, and Eu were uniformly distributed within each particle. From the emission spectra, five distinctive peaks can be found in the wavelength of 500–700 nm excited by 393 nm UV light, and in the case of increase of Eu3+ contents, the luminescence intensities of phosphors increased first and then decreased. And the chromaticity coordinates fell into the reddish orange zone. For different calcination temperatures, they did not seriously affect the crystal structure, chromaticity coordinates, and CCTs except for crystallinity. Meanwhile, the phosphor has excellent thermal stability at working temperature of 150 °C. The above-mentioned excellent properties indicate that this phosphor has potential applications in W-LED devices.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20202BABL214007), the Science and Technology Program of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province [2020]60, the Scientific Research Foundation for Universities from the Education Bureau of Jiangxi Province (GJJ190475), the Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (No. 205200100425), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11864015).

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This work was supported by the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20202BABL214007), the Science and Technology Program of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province [2020]60, the Scientific Research Foundation for Universities from the Education Bureau of Jiangxi Province (GJJ190475), the Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (No. 205200100425), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11864015).

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    Zongliang Xiao, Zhen Zhang, Jianhang Li, Baohui Zhang, Binkui Wu, Fangzhe Wang, Weizhen Liu, Lei Han & Weixiong You

  2. College of Rare Earths, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000, China

    Zongliang Xiao & Lei Han

  3. School of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian, 463000, China

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Zongliang Xiao was involved in conceptualization, methodology, investigation, and writing—original draft. Zhen Zhang was involved in conceptualization and investigation. Jianhang Li was involved in investigation, resources, and data curation. Baohui Zhang was involved in validation, investigation, and resources. Binkui Wu was involved in conceptualization, investigation, and resources. Fangzhe Wang was involved in resources and data curation. Weizhen Liu contributed to project administration and funding acquisition. Lei Han contributed to supervision, writing—review and editing, project administration, and funding acquisition. Weixiong You contributed to writing–review and editing, project administration, and funding acquisition.

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Xiao, Z., Zhang, Z., Li, J. et al. Preparation and luminescent properties of Y2Zr2O7:Eu3+ phosphor for W-LED application. Appl. Phys. A 127, 866 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05024-4

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