Dopant distribution and influence of sonication temperature on the pure red light emission of mixed oxide phosphor for solid state lighting

Abstract In this study, europium doped yttrium gadolinium (Y 1.4 Gd 0.5 Eu 0.1 O 3 ) mixed oxide phosphors were synthesized by a sonochemical method at different growth temperatures (50 °C, 100 °C, 150 °C and 200 °C) for pure red light emission applications. The compositional identification, presence of dopants and the distribution of doping materials in the crystal lattice was studied by TOF-SIMS. The formation and growth mechanisms in the sonochemical synthesis of Y 1.4 Gd 0.5 Eu 0.1 O 3 nanophosphors are discussed in detail. Different spectral and Judd–Ofelt parameters were estimated from photoluminescence data. Optical gain and efficiency parameters were calculated with the variation of synthesis environment and an efficient synthesis method to make good red emitting phosphors for solid-state lighting and display applications were proposed.