Investigation of luminescence properties and energy transfer mechanism in Sm3+ and Eu3+ co-doped BaY2ZnO5 red phosphors

In this investigation, the photoluminescence properties, energy transfer phenomenon of BaY 2 ZnO 5 :Sm 3+ /Eu 3+ doped/co-doped phosphor are reported and synthesized by high temperature solid state reaction method. The crystal structure, micromorphology, optical diffuse reflectance and photoluminescence properties of the samples were studied. The results show that concentration quenching phenomenon is found. With the increase of Eu 3+ ion concentration, the emission peaks of Sm 3+ gradually decrease, indicating that energy transfer between Sm 3+ and Eu 3+ . The optimal concentrations are 0.05 mol and 0.2 mol for single doping Sm 3+ and Eu 3+ , respectively. The energy transfer efficiency is calculated to be 78.47–95.19 %. The BaY 2 ZnO 5 phosphors have potential application value in the fields of white light LEDs and anti-counterfeiting.