Abstract
In this paper, a cyan-emitting phosphor Ca3(PO4)2:Eu2+ (TCP:Eu2+) was synthesized and evaluated as a candidate for white light emitting diodes (WLEDs). This phosphor shows strong and broad absorption in 250–450nm region, but the emission spectrum is prominent at around 480nm. The emission intensity of the TCP:Eu2+ was found to be 60% and 82% of that of the commercial BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ (BAM) under excitation at 340nm and 370nm, respectively. Upon excitation at 370nm, the absolute internal and external quantum efficiencies of the Ca3(PO4)2:1.5%Eu2+ are 60% and 42%, respectively. Moreover, a white LED lamp was fabricated by coating TCP:Eu2+ with a blue-emitting BAM and a red-emitting CaAlSiN3:Eu2+ on a near-ultraviolet (375nm) LED chip, driven by a 350mA forward bias current, and it produces an intense white light with a color rendering index of 75.
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