Structure and Luminescence Studies of a Ce-Activated BaLaMgAlO Green-Emitting Phosphor.

Novel green-emitting BaLaMgAlO:Ce (BLMAO:Ce) is successfully obtained by a solid-state reaction. In this study, BLMAO, which is inspired from the BaLaAFeO crystal structure, shows a green emission approximately peaked around 500 nm under near-ultraviolet light excitation at 412 nm by Ce doping. Moreover, internal and external quantum efficiencies of BLMAO:0.02Ce are found to be 27 and 22%, respectively. The emission peak deconvolution and Dorenbos model calculation reveal that the Ce ion occupies on two different crystallographic sites. The potential of BLMAO:Ce for phosphor-converted white LEDs (pc-wLEDs) is systematically evaluated from the results of Rietveld refinement and luminescence measurement.