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HF‐free molten salt route for synthesis of highly efficient and water‐resistant K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ for warm white LED
Author(s) -
Wu Qiyun,
Liao Chenxing,
Pan Jinquan,
Ye Xinyu,
You Weixiong,
Xia Libin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.17410
Subject(s) - phosphor , color rendering index , molten salt , luminescence , color temperature , analytical chemistry (journal) , light emitting diode , thermal stability , chemistry , doping , diode , luminous efficacy , materials science , emission intensity , optoelectronics , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , chromatography , layer (electronics)
It has been one of the hot issues to prepare the red‐emitting Mn 4+ ‐doped fluoride phosphors with highly efficient and waterproofness for warm white‐light‐emitting diodes (WLEDs) by the green and environmentally friendly method. Herein, we design a novel green molten salt route to synthesize K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ red powder using molten NH 4 HF 2 salt instead of HF liquor as the reaction medium. The results show that KMnO 4 and MnF 2 could produce Mn 4+ in NH 4 HF 2 molten salt through a reduction reaction, and the resulting Mn 4+ ‐doped K 2 SiF 6 exhibited a bright red emission peaked at 632 nm under blue light excitation. The luminescence intensity of the as‐obtained product after immersing into water for 24 hours maintain nearly 100% of that before soaking and emission peak shape remains unchanged. The thermal stability of the sample was evaluated by temperature‐dependent luminescence spectral intensity during heating and cooling. Furthermore, a warm white‐light‐emitting diodes (WLEDs) with an excellent color rendering index (Ra = 87.1), lower correlated color temperature (CCT = 3536K), and high luminous efficacy (116.99 lm·W −1 ) was fabricated based on blue chip and K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ and commercial yellow phosphor (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce 3+ ).