Influences of the Sm3+ -Eu3+ codoped Ba2Gd(BO3)2Cl phosphors on the commercial white light emitting diodes

The color quality of current commercial white light emitting diodes (wLEDs) suffers low performance owing to the lack of the red-emission component. Developing quality and stable red-emission phosphors is feasible among various approaches to obtain the red spectral supplement for the w-LEDs in the pursuit of color quality improvement. In this paper, the Sm<sup>3+</sup>-Eu<sup>3+</sup> codoped Ba2Gd(BO¬3)2Cl (BGBC:Sm-Eu) red phosphor was proposed for using in commercial w-LEDs. Its luminescence and influences on w-LED properties were simulated and presented. The solid-phase method was utilized for the fabrication of the phosphor. The results indicated that the phosphor emitted the strong emission in orange-red region with a peak centering at 593 nm. It can be caused by the proficient power shift between Sm3+ and Eu<sup>3+</sup>. In the w-LED package, the presence of BGBC:Sm-Eu phosphor stimulated the scattering efficiency to promote the blue-light conversion and extraction. The orange emission spectrum of the w-LED increased with the higher BGBC:Sm-Eu doping amount. The luminous strength of the w-LED was enhanced and so was the color temperature uniformity. The color rendering properties declined with high BGBC:Sm-Eu phosphor concentration owing to the red-light dominance over the light spectrum. The BGBC:Sm-Eu phosphor is a promising red phosphor for improving commercial w-LED color-temperature stability and luminosity. It also helps to obtain full-spectrum w-LED with high color rendition when combined with other blue-to-green luminescent materials.