Luminescence characteristics of ultra-broadband near-infrared emission Li3Mg2SbO6:Cr3+ phosphors and their applications in light-emitting diodes

In this study, a Li3Mg2SbO6:Cr3+ phosphor was prepared by high-temperature solid-phase reaction. The phosphors doped with 0.03Cr3+ showed broadband emission at 805 nm, a wide spectral band of 200 nm at 435 nm excitation, an internal quantum efficiency of 80.8%, and the integrated emission intensity at 423 K of Li3Mg2SbO6:Cr3+ is about 50% of that at room temperature. The phosphors conversion (pc) - light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission were prepared using the Li3Mg2SbO6:Cr3+ phosphor coating on blue LED chips. They achieved 10.4% photoelectric efficiency and 60.2 mW NIR output power at 210 mA. All results showed that the Li3Mg2SbO6:Cr3+ phosphors had considerable potential in NIR spectroscopy applications. •Under 435 nm excitation, the peak position is 805 nm, and the half-height width is about 200 nm.•Internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of 80.8%, and absorption efficiency (AE) of 50.5%.•The manufactured pc-LED device achieves 10.4% photoelectric efficiency and 60.2 mW NIR output power at 210 mA.•An emission intensity maintained at 50% at room temperature at 423 K.