Abstract

Spray pyrolysis was applied to prepare M_3MgSi_2O_8:Eu2+ (M=Ca, Sr, Ba) blue phosphor powder. The library of a Ca-Sr-Ba ternary system was obtained by a combinatorial method combined with the spray pyrolysis in order to optimize the luminescent property under vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) excitation. 10 potential compositions were chosen from the first screening. The emission shifted to longer wavelength as Ca became a dominant element and the emission intensity was greatly reduced in the composition region at which Ba is dominant element. On the base of the first screening result, the second fine tuning was carried out in order to optimize the luminescence intensity under VUV excitation. The optimal composition for the highest luminescence intensity was (Ca_1.7,;Sr_0.3,;Ba_1.0)Si_2O_8:Eu2+ which had the color coordinate of (0.152, 0.072) and about 64% emission intensity of BaMgAl_10O_17 (BAM) phosphor.

• Keywords: Phosphor;Spray pyrolysis;Combinatorial method;Vacuum ultraviolet;