Effects of synthesizing time and Eu2+ concentration on photoluminescence properties of Ca2−xEuxMgSi2O7 phosphors

Abstract

Phosphors with the compositions of [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text], 0.015, 0.025, 0.035, and 0.045) are synthesized in a reduction atmosphere (5% H2 + 95% N2) using a solid-state reaction method. At first, the [Formula: see text] powder is synthesized at 1350[Formula: see text]C with a duration of [Formula: see text] h to find the optimum synthesizing time. SEM images show that the particle sizes increase with synthesizing time and as the synthesizing time is more than 4 h, the abnormal particles appear and the intensities at the emission peaks of photoluminescence excitation (PLE) and photoluminescence emission (PL) spectra decrease. Next, 1350[Formula: see text]C and 4 h are used as synthesized parameters, which are used to find the concentration quench effect of [Formula: see text] phosphors. As the concentration of [Formula: see text] ions of [Formula: see text] phosphors increases, the intensities at the emission peaks of PLE and PL spectra first increase and reach the maximum values at [Formula: see text], and then they decrease as the concentration of [Formula: see text] ions further increases. These results prove that the synthesizing time and concentration of [Formula: see text] ions are two important factors to affect the photoluminescence properties of [Formula: see text] phosphors.