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W-LED lighting is a green and environment-friendly lighting method in today's society, and red phosphors play an irreplaceable role in W-LED lighting. In this work, a series of rare-earth-doped phosphors, Ba2-aSiO4: aEu3+ (a = 0.02 ~ 0.10), Ba2-a-bSiO4: aEu3+, bBi3+ (b = 0.01 ~ 0.08) and Ba2-a-cSiO4: aEu3+, cSm3+ (c = 0.005 ~ 0.02), were successfully synthesized by traditional high-temperature solid-state reaction method. The experimental results showed that the concentration quenching occurred in the case of the doping concentration of Eu3+ exceeding 0.08 mol, and the main mechanism of concentration quenching was based on the multipole interaction. Under the excitation of 392 nm light, all phosphors emitted strong reddish orange light. The doping of Sm3+ and Bi3+ ions can effectively improve the luminescence properties of Ba2-aSiO4: aEu3+ phosphor, and the optimal doping concentration for Bi3+ and Sm3+ ions was 4 mol.% and 1 mol.%, respectively. The results mentioned above indicate that these phosphors have a potential application in the W-LED field.
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This work has been supported by the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20202BABL214007, No. 20212BAB204023, and No. 20192ACB20018), the Scientific Research Foundation for Universities from the Education Bureau of Jiangxi Province (GJJ190453), the Science and Technology Program of Ganzhou city, Jiangxi Province [2020]60, 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 has been supported by the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20202BABL214007, No. 20212BAB204023, and No. 20192ACB20018), the Scientific Research Foundation for Universities from the Education Bureau of Jiangxi Province (GJJ190453), the Science and Technology Program of Ganzhou city, Jiangxi Province [2020]60, 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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Z.L Xiao was involved in conceptualization, methodology, investigation, and writing–original draft. J.T. Ye was involved in conceptualization and investigation. B.K. Wu was involved in investigation, resources, and data curation. F.Z. Wang was involved in validation, investigation, and resources. J.H. Li was involved in conceptualization, investigation, and resources. B.H. Zhang was involved in resources and data curation. W.Z. Liu was involved in project administration and funding acquisition. L. Han was involved in supervision, writing–review & editing, project administration, and funding acquisition. W.X You was involved in writing–review & editing, project administration, and funding acquisition.
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Xiao, Z., Ye, J., Wu, B. et al. Study on the influence of Bi3+ and Sm3+ doping on the luminescence properties of Ba2SiO4: Eu3+ red phosphor. Appl. Phys. A 128, 120 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05218-w
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