Abstract:
A series of Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Dy
3+,Eu
3+ phosphors were synthesized via a solid-state reaction method. XRD, FE-SEM, and photoluminescence spectra were exploited to characterize the crystal structure and luminescence properties of the prepared phosphors. The XRD results indicated that the pure Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Dy
3+,Eu
3+ phase can be obtained at 1 500℃. However, when a small amount of boric acid was used as co-solvent, the pure Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Dy
3+,Eu
3+ phase can be obtained at 1 400℃. Further XRD check indicates that there is no crystal lattice perturbation induced by co-doping Dy
3+ and Eu
3+ in Ba
3La(PO
4)
3 host lattice. Under the excitation of ultraviolet light, the Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Dy
3+ phosphors show a cold white luminescence, corresponding to the characteristic transitions of
4F
9/2→
6H
15/2 and
4F
9/2→
6H
13/2 of Dy
3+ at 487 and 578 nm. With the excitation of NUV light, the Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Eu
3+ phosphors show an orange-red luminescence, corresponding to the characteristic transitions of
4F
9/2→
6H
15/2 and
4F
9/2→
6H
13/2 of Eu
3+ at 487 and 578 nm. For Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Dy
3+,Eu
3+ phosphor, with the excitation of UNV light, it shows not only the characteristic luminescence of Dy
3+, but also the characteristic luminescence of Eu
3+, and its luminescence color can be tuned from cold-white, through warm-white, to orange-red by changing the doping concentration and relative ratio of Dy
3+ and Eu
3+. Due to their excellent luminescent properties, the obtained Ba
3La(PO
4)
3:Dy
3+,Eu
3+ phosphors have potential application in UV-pumped white light-emitting devices.