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Potential Use of Photo-Excited Phosphors in Energy-Efficient Plant Lighting

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Advanced Materials for Solid State Lighting

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Is energy-efficient plant lighting the way forward? Light, air, and water are the three key environmental factors that sustain life on earth, and plants are the pristine form of life that materializes the survival of every other species. By harnessing energy from the sun, they clean up the air and also act as a major source of food and fossil fuels. But the alarming escalation in climate extremes and associated floods, droughts, haze weather, pest attacks, and other diseases have threatened the global community. The resulting shortage in food supply forces them to explore the possibilities of indoor and vertical farming. Plant factories use LEDs to assist plant growth in controlled environments and permit year-round crop production, achieving a stable supply of food crops, including non-seasonal crops in harsh environmental conditions. Phosphor-converted LEDs (pc-LEDs) have gained significant attention since they could act both as an energy source for photosynthesis and a power source in sprouting, blossoming, fruiting, and other photomorphogenesis. The evolution of plant illumination and the advantages and disadvantages of various light sources as grow lights are briefly reviewed. A better understanding is made regarding the fine-tuning properties of various LED phosphors to match their emission with the photosynthetic action spectrum and their applicability in plant habitat-conscious LEDs to protect the endemic species of a particular geographical area. The future prospects of these phosphors in realizing emerging applications such as space agriculture, luminescent trees, plant disease reduction, algaculture, and plant imaging are also discussed.

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Krishnapriya, T., Jose, A., Biju, P.R. (2023). Potential Use of Photo-Excited Phosphors in Energy-Efficient Plant Lighting. In: Kumar, V., Sharma, V., Swart, H.C. (eds) Advanced Materials for Solid State Lighting. Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, vol 25. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4145-2_14

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