Synthesis and photoluminescence characteristics of Ln3+ (Ln = Sm, Er and Dy)-doped BaGd2(MoO4)4 phosphors

• BaGd2(MoO4)4:Ln3+(Ln = Sm, Er and Dy) phosphors were prepared.
• Energy-level diagrams explain the luminescence mechanism of the phosphors.
• Concentration quenching of Dy3+ was explained by the d–d interaction mechanism.
• The Sm3+, Er3+ and Dy3+ show strong orange–red, green and white emissions.

BaGd2(MoO4)4 phosphor powders activated with the trivalent rare-earth Ln3+ (Ln = Sm, Er and Dy) were synthesized by a traditional high temperature solid-state reaction. The resulted phosphors were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. XRD results demonstrate that Ln3+-doped samples can be well indexed to the pure monoclinic scheelite-type structure BaGd2(MoO4)4. The photoluminescence investigations revealed that the phosphors exhibit apparent characteristic emissions from the 4G5/2 to 6H5/2, 7/2, 9/2 state for Sm3+, 2H11/2 and 4S3/2 state to the 4I15/2 ground state for Er3+, 4I15/2, 4F9/2 to 6H15/2 and 4F9/2 to 6H13/2 for Dy3+ under near ultraviolet excitation. BaGd1.95(MoO4)4:0.05Sm3+, BaGd1.93(MoO4)4:0.07Er3+ and BaGd1.90(MoO4)4:0.10Dy3+ emit bright orange–red, green and white light with the CIE coordinates of (0.5381, 0.4544), (0.2307, 0.6096) and (0.3314, 0.3853) respectively. The sharp emission peaks and excellent luminescence properties show that BaGd2(MoO4)4 is a suitable host for rare earth doped phosphors, which may be potentially applied in the applications of the optical materials.

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