Background::
Luminescence glass is a potential candidate for developing white light emitting
diode (W-LED) due to its good rare earth ion solubility, efficient luminescence, easy fabrication
and good mold ability. Pr3+ ion has various visible emission bands from blue to red spectral region,
and has attracted considerable attention for potential application to LEDs, ultraviolet laser, and scintillator.
The Dy3+ ions can exhibit emission in blue and greenish-yellow (4F9/2→6H15/2, 13/2 transitions of
Dy3+) spectral regions under excitation at near UV (ultraviolet). It is possible to obtain white luminescence
if Pr3+ ions and Dy3+ ions can be excited simultaneous, due to their multiple luminescence in the
visible region.
Methods:
The Pr, Dy doped ZnSiCa glass samples were prepared by the conventional melting quenching
procedure. The XRD, absorption spectra, emission spectra, and ICP-OES measurements were performed
to investigate the properties of the materials.
Results:
The Pr and Dy co-doped ZnSiCa glasses under 443 nm excitation show emission band peaking
at about 483 nm, 575 nm and 670 nm / 676 nm. The glass samples exhibit chromaticity coordinates
in the white light region in the CIE 1931 diagram, with a Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) at
about 7000 K.
Conclusion:
Pr, Dy codoped ZnSiCa glass samples show chromaticity coordinates in the white light
region in the CIE 1931 diagram, with a CCT at about 7000 K. It is suggested that the Pr, Dy codoped
ZnSiCa glasses might be considered as promising candidates for white light emitting sources.