Effect of Sr/Ca substitution on phase structure and photoluminescence properties of micro-Sr x Ca 1−x AlSiN 3 : Eu 2+ phosphor for high CRI white LEDs

Abstract Sr x Ca 1−x AlSiN 3 : Eu 2+ phosphors were prepared by using the high temperature solid state reaction in a 1.1 Mpa N 2 atmosphere. The phase structures, photoluminescence (PL) properties, and chromaticity properties of the phosphors affected by Sr/Ca Substitution have been investigated in detail. With increasing Sr content (x value), the crystal grain became bigger and the average grain size increased from 5 µm to 10 µm. PL emission bands of Sr x Ca 1−x AlSiN 3 : Eu 2+ showed a blue-shift from 660 (x=0) to 617 nm (x=0.8), the shoulder of the excitation spectra around 550 nm showed a slightly blue-shift and decay lifetime shortened from 776.96 (x=0.2) to 642.35 ns (x=0.8). Both the emission and excitation intensity of peak position increased with Sr content increased. The ideal white light with high CRI (Ra>88) can be obtained by mixing the Sr x Ca 1−x AlSiN 3 : Eu 2+ phosphors and commercial green phosphors with appropriate proportion of the components.