Abstract
Innovative materials for phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes (pc-LEDs) are much sought after due to the huge potential of the LED technology to reduce energy consumption worldwide. One of the main levers for further improvements are the conversion phosphors. The system Ca1-x Srx AlSiN3 :Eu2+ currently provides one of the most important red-emitting phosphors for pc-LEDs. We report the discovery of the new polymorph β-Ca1-x Srx AlSiN3 :Eu2+ which allows for significant improvements to LED efficacies. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbcn with lattice parameters a=982.43(10) pm, b=575.2(1) pm and c=516.12(5) pm. Compared to α-Ca1-x Srx AlSiN3 :Eu2+ , its emission shows a significantly reduced spectral full-width at half maximum (FWHM). With that, we demonstrated 3 % efficacy increase for white light-emitting pc-LEDs. The new polymorph can easily be industrialised, because the synthesis works on the same equipment as α-Ca1-x Srx AlSiN3 :Eu2+ .
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