The synthesis of lanthanide-activated phosphors is pertinent to many emerging applications,
ranging from high-resolution luminescence imaging to next-generation volumetric full-color …

Near-infrared (NIR) phosphors are fascinating photoluminescence materials with
applications in phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes (pc-LEDs) for night vision lighting …

The discovery of high efficiency narrow‐band green‐emitting phosphors is a major
challenge in backlighting light‐emitting diodes (LEDs). Benefitting from highly condensed …

The discovery of ultra-broadband VIS-NIR emission phosphors is a major challenge for
miniature/portable devices in special applications like bio-sensing. In different solid …

Site preferences of Eu 2+ ions on the Ba 2+ sites and the Ca 2+ sites were discovered in the
mixed cation borosilicate Ba 2 CaB 2 Si 4 O 14 (BCBSO). Eu 2+ ions are more likely to …

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations of various activators (ranging from transition
metal ions, rare-earth ions, ns 2 ions, to self-trapped and dopant-bound excitons) in …

In rare earth ions doped luminescent materials, the luminescence properties of rare earth
ions occupying different sites are often different. Phosphors Rb 1-x Na (Li 3 SiO 4) 2: xEu 2+ …

A novel blue phosphor KBaYSi 2 O 7: Ce 3+ was synthesized via a simple solid-state
reaction. Rietveld refinement results indicate that this compound crystallizes in a space …

It was recently reported that Ce-doped Ca6BaP4O17 displayed blue-green emission under
excitation in the near-ultraviolet (UV) region and that luminescence intensities can be greatly …

Cerium substituting gadolinium in Ca2Gd8 (SiO4) 6O2 occupies two intrinsic sites of distinct
coordination. The coexistence of an ionic bonding at a 4F site and an ionic–covalent mixed …