Advance in Red-emitting Mn4+-activated Oxyfluoride Phosphors

doi:10.15541/jim20190554

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The stable and reliable red phosphor with high-photon energy emission (620-650 nm) is critical for the fabrication of the phosphor-converted white light-emitting diode (WLED) with low correlated color temperature and high color rendering index. Mn ⁴⁺-activated phosphor is an emerging kind of red-emitting phosphor for WLED. Herein, the energy levels transition and photoluminescence characteristics of the Mn ⁴⁺ ion were introduced; then, the preparation, crystal structure and luminescent properties of as-far reported seven kinds of Mn ⁴⁺-doped oxyfluoride red phosphors (such as Na₂WO₂F₄:Mn ⁴⁺) containing d ⁰, d ¹⁰ or s ⁰ cations were reviewed. Currently, only in quite rare case of oxyfluoride, Mn ⁴⁺ was found to exhibit strong R-line emission, with local coordination remaining as either [MnF₆] or [MnO₆]. The studies on the chemical stability and quantum efficiency of Mn ⁴⁺-doped oxyfluoride phosphors are still insufficient. Finally, we prospected the future development of Mn ⁴⁺-doped oxyfluoride phosphor.

Key words: white LED, phosphor, Mn⁴⁺, oxyfluoride, review

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TQ174

JI Haipeng, ZHANG Zongtao, XU Jian, TANABE Setsuhisa, CHEN Deliang, XIE Rongjun. Advance in Red-emitting Mn⁴⁺-activated Oxyfluoride Phosphors[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(8): 847-856.

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Fig. 1 Energy levels arising from a d3 configuration for a free transition metal ion (C=4.5B) (a), Tanabe-Sugano diagram for the d3 electron configuration in an octahedral crystal field (C=4.5B) (b), orientation of the five d-orbitals with respect to the ligands of an octahedral complex (black dots showing the ligands around the transition metal ion) (c), and crystal field splitting for the d-orbitals in an octahedral crystal field (d)[16]

Fig. 2 Regular octahedron coordination and distorted octahedra coordination (a) Point symmetry of Oh; (b) Central cation shifting to a vertex, C4v; (c) Central cation shifting to an edge, C2v; (d) Central cation shifting to a face, C3v

Table 1 The reported Mn4+ activated oxyfluoride phosphors

Cation	Phosphor host	Peaking wavelength/nm	(R-line/ν₆ intensity ratio)/%	T_50%/K	Ref.
d⁰	Na₂WO₂F₄	619	125	340	[21-22]
	Cs₂WO₂F₄	632	5	350	[23]
	Cs₂NbOF₅	632	10	-	[24-25]
	BaNbOF₅	629	10	-	[26]
	Sr₂ScO₃F	690	-	320	[27]
	BaTiOF₄	632	5	-	[28]
d¹⁰	Mg₂₈Ge_7.55O₃₂F_15.04	657	-	700	[29]
s⁰	LiAl₄O₆F	662	5-10	-	[30]

Fig. 3 Unit cell of Na2WO2F4 (a), highly-distorted [WO2F4] octahedra (b), and emission spectrum of Na2WO2F4:Mn4+ (c) [21] with inset showing phosphor image under 460 nm light Na: yellow; W: blue; O: red; F: gray

Fig. 4 (a) Unit cell of Cs2WO2F4 which contains slightly- distorted [W(O,F)6] octahedra, with the bottom-right showing the local coordination of Mn4+ in K2MnF6; (b) Excitation and emission spectra of Cs2WO2F4:Mn4+ with inset showing the phosphor image under 365 nm light[23]

Fig. 5 PLE and DRS spectra of the Cs2NbOF5:Mn4+ phosphor (a) and temperature-dependent emission spectra of Cs2NbOF5:Mn4+ (b)[24] with the inset showing the intensity evolution of the integrated emission (Ie), the stokes emission (Is) and the anti-stokes emmission (Ia)

Fig. 6 The PLE (a) and PL (b) spectra of the BaNbOF5:Mn4+ phosphor at temperature of 78 and 298 K with insets showing the phosphor images under natural or UV light[26]

Fig. 7 Unit cell of Sr2ScO3F (a) and temperature-dependent emission spectra of Sr2ScO3F:Mn4+ (b)[27]Sr: yellow; Sc: blue; O: red; F: gray

Fig. 8 Excitation and emission spectra of BaTiOF4:Mn4+ at room temperature (a), emission spectra of BaTiOF4:Mn4+ at 77 K and 293 K (b), unit cell of BaTiOF4 (c), and distorted octahedron coordination of [Ti2OF4] (d)[28]Ba: yellow; Ti: blue; O: red; F: gray

Fig. 9 Comparison of the calculated Mn4+ energy levels in Mg28Ge7.55O32F15.04 for all possible Mn4+ positions in Ge/Mg sites with the measured spectrum[29]

Fig. 10 Unit cell of LiAl4O6F and coordination of Al3+/Li+ (a) and emission spectra of LiAl4O6F:Mn4+ at temperature of 298-523 K (b) [30]

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