Crystal structure and luminescence properties of novel Sr10−x(SiO4)3(SO4)3O:xEu2+ phosphor with apatite structure

In this paper, a series of novel luminescent Sr10−x(SiO4)3(SO4)3O:xEu2+ phosphors with apatite structure were synthesized by a high temperature solid-state reaction. The phase structure, photoluminescence (PL) properties, as well as the PL thermal stability were investigated. Sr9.92(SiO4)3(SO4)3O:0.08Eu2+ phosphor exhibits better thermal quenching resistance, retaining the luminance of 66.55% at 150 °C compared with that at 25 °C. The quenching concentration of Eu2+ in Sr10(SiO4)3(SO4)3O was about 0.08 (mol) with the dipole–quadrupole interaction. The Sr10−x(SiO4)3(SO4)3O:xEu2+ phosphors exhibited a broad-band green emission at 538 nm upon excitation at 396 nm. The results indicate that Sr10−x(SiO4)3(SO4)3O:xEu2+ phosphors have potential applications as near UV-convertible phosphors for white-light UV LEDs.