Luminescence of a new class of UV–blue-emitting phosphors MSi2O2–δN2+2/3δ:Ce3+(M = Ca, Sr, Ba)

• DOI: 10.1039/b507735d
• Publication Date: 2005-09-07T14:27:07Z
• Authors: Y. Q. Li; G. de With; H. T. Hintzen
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

The luminescence properties of Ce3+,Na+-codoped MSi2O22dN2+2/3d (M 5 Ca, Sr, Ba) are reported. The undoped and Ce3+,Na+-codoped MSi2O22dN2+2/3d powders were prepared by a solid-state reaction at temperatures between 1300–1400 uC under N2–H2 (10%) atmosphere in the system MO–SiO2–Si3N4 (M 5 Ca, Sr, Ba). MSi2O22dN2+2/3d (M 5 Ca, Sr, Ba) crystallizes in the monoclinic system with different crystal structures. For excitation in the 300–360 nm range, MSi2O22dN2+2/3d:Ce3+ shows typical broad emission bands peaking at about 392, 473 and 396 nm forM5 Ca, Sr and Ba, respectively. In particular, CaSi2O22dN2+2/3d:Ce3+ shows an unusual shortwavelength emission (y392 nm) with a very small Stokes shift of 2200 cm21; BaSi2O2N2:Ce3+ shows an interesting white-light emission in the visible range 350–600 nm for excitation at 365 nm.