Simultaneous enhancement of red luminescence and thermal stability of a novel red phosphor:A Li^(+)-Eu^(3+)co-occupied site strategy in BaAl_(2)Ge_(2)O_(8)lattices

The rapid development of phosphor-converted white light emitting diodes(pc-WLEDs)requires new red phosphors with efficient and thermally stable luminescence for high-quality warm-white lighting.However,it is still a challenge to discover red phosphors with facile synthesis,high internal quantum efficiency(IQE),excellent thermal stability and high color purity.Herein,a novel red-emitting Eu^(3+)activated barium dialuminum digermanate(BaAl_(2)Ge_(3)O_(8),EAGO)phosphor showing strong red emission at 610 nm was prepared.The IQE is improved from 32.91%to 78.84%by employing a charge compensation strategy.The lithium-ion co-dop ed BAGO:Eu^(3+)phosphor exhibits a nearly twofold increase in integral photoluminescence(PL)intensity and the high color purity reaches 94.17%.Impressively,the PL intensity of the BAGO:Eu^(3+),Li^(+)phosphor drops by only 2.6%at 150℃of that at room temperature.Finally,the pc-WLED using the red BAGO:Eu^(3+),Li^(+)phosphor exhibits white light with the chromaticity coordinate of(0.3515,0.3495),a high color-rendering index of 92 and a low correlated color temperature of 4746 K.All these results manifest that BAGO:Eu^(3+),Li^(+)phosphor is a suitable red phosphor for nearultraviolet(NUV)chip-based pc-WLEDs.