Site occupation and energy transfer in full color emitting phosphor Ba2Ca(BO3)2:Ce3+(K+),Eu2+,Mn2+

White light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) fabricated by single-phase full color emitting phosphor are an emerging solution for health lighting. The crystallographic site occupation of activators in a proper host lattice is crucial for sophisticated design of such phosphor. Here, we report a high quality white light-emitting phosphor Ba 2 Ca(BO 3 ) 2 :Ce 3+ (K + ),Eu 2+ ,Mn 2+ with spectral distribution covering whole visible region. Blue light emission originates from Ce 3+ ions occupying preferentially Ba 2+ site by controlling synthesis conditions. Green and red lights are obtained from Eu 2+ occupying Ba 2+ (and Ca 2+ ) site and Mn 2+ occupying Ca 2+ site, respectively. In this triple-doped phosphor, strong red emission with a low concentration of Mn 2+ is realized by the efficient energy transfer from Ce 3+ and Eu 2+ to Mn 2+ . Furthermore, high quality white light is accomplished by properly tuning the relative doping amount of Ce 3+ (K + )/Eu 2+ /Mn 2+ based on efficient simultaneous energy transfer. The results indicate that Ba 2 Ca(BO 3 ) 2 :Ce 3+ (K + ),Eu 2+ ,Mn 2+ is a promising white light-emitting phosphor in WLEDs application.