A novel UV pumped yellow-emitting phosphor Ba2YAlO5:Dy3+ for white light-emitting diodes

A series of novel Dy3+ activated aluminate Ba2Y1-xDyxAlO5 (x = 0.01–0.30) red-emitting phosphors were synthesized through a high-temperature solid-state route at 1380°C. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed that the samples were well crystallized in the space group P21/c (No. 14). The spectrum analysis revealed that under UV light excitation, Ba2YAlO5:Dy3+ phosphor exhibited blue and yellow peaks corresponding to 4F9/2–6H15/2 transition and 4F9/2–6H13/2 transition, respectively. The optimum dopant concentration of Dy3+ ions is around 2 mol% and the critical transfer distance of Dy3+ is calculated as 29 Å. The concentration quenching mechanism between Dy3+ has been investigated. Results indicate that Ba2YAlO5:Dy3+ offers the excellent optical properties as a potential yellow-emitting phosphor candidate for n-UV LEDs