A potential cyan phosphor for full spectrum light-emitting diodes: Bi3+ activated SrBaGdGaO5 phosphor

Bi 3+ activated phosphors show potential applications in white light emitting diodes. Here, Bi 3+ activated SrBaGdGaO 5 phosphors with different Bi 3+ concentrations were prepared. The phase and oxidation states, absorbance/excitation/emission spectra, decay characteristics, and thermostability were researched. Depending on excitation of NUV light, the Bi 3+ activated SrBaGdGaO 5 phosphors emit cyan light originating from the radiative 3 P 1  →  1 S 0 transitions of Bi 3+ . On the basis of temperature-dependence emission spectra, the activation energy was calculated as 0.305 eV. The warm white light with a correlated color temperature of 4106 K and a color rendering index of 89.2 was emitted by the WLED device consisting of near ultraviolet LED chips, SrBaGdGaO 5 :Bi 3+ and CaAlSiN 3 :Eu 2+ phosphors. The luminescence performance of the cyan SrBaGdGaO 5 :Bi 3+ phosphors indicates that they can remedy the cyan absence for full spectrum white lighting emitting diodes.