(Ba,Sr)LaZnTaO6:Mn4+ far red emission phosphors for plant growth LEDs: structure and photoluminescence properties

摘要： It is necessary to develop novel high-efficient red or far-red-emitting in order to facilitate the phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes (pc-LEDs) for plant growth. This work reports a series of novel far-red emitting (Ba,Sr)LaZnTaO6:xMn4+ phosphors with double perovskite structure synthesized by traditional high-temperature solid-state reaction (SSR) process. The crystal structure and morphology of (Ba,Sr)LaZnTaO6 are investigated by high-resolution TEM, SEM, and XRD Rietveld refinement. The photoluminescece properties are systematically explored and analyzed by diffuse reflection (DR) spectra, photoluminescence emission (PL) and excitation (PLE) spectra, decay curves and temperature-dependent spectra. Mn4+ ions occupy Ta5+ sites located at [TaO6] octahedral emitting red light with peak at 698 nm in BaLaZnTaO6:Mn4+ and 695 nm in SrLaZnTaO6:Mn4+ under n-UV and blue light excitation. The critical quenching concentration of Mn4+ was determined to be 0.008. The concentration quenching mechanism could be a dipole-dipole interaction between Mn4+ ions. In addtion, the PL intensity of (Ba,Sr)LaZnTaO6:xMn4+ phosphors decrease with increasing temperature. The SrLaZnTaO6:xMn4+ sample has better thermal stability than BaLaZnTaO6:xMn4+. Interestingly, (Ba,Sr)LaZnTaO6:0.008Mn4+ exhibits outstanding internal quantum efficiency (IQE ≥ 80 %). Fianally, the fabricated of LEDs are combined with SrLaZnTaO6:0.008Mn4+ phosphors combined with 460 nm InGaN chips, which emit blue and red light. Based on above properties, the rare-earth-free (Ba,Sr)LaZnTaO6:xMn4+ phosphors have great potentials to be serviced as far-red emitting phosphors in high-power plant growth LEDS.