Crystal structure, luminescence properties and thermal stability of Lu3+ ion-substituted BaY2Si3O10: Dy3+ phosphors

A series of Dy3+ activated Ba(YLu)2Si3O10 samples were prepared by high temperature solid-phase method. The purity of the phase was determined and the structural changes were analyzed. Under excitation at 350 nm, the BaY2Si3O10: Dy3+ phosphor shows two stronger luminescence peaks at 486 nm and 572 nm and weaker emission peak at 668 nm. In addition, with the continuous replacement of Y3+ in the matrix by Lu3+ ions, the chromaticity coordinates of samples in the system can be adjusted from the cold white region to the warm white region, and the luminescence performance of phosphors can be effectively improved. It was observed that the thermal stability of the phosphor was gradually enhanced with Lu3+ concentration increases, and the emission intensity of the BaLu2Si3O10: 0.04Dy3+ phosphor at 453 K could still maintain 83.78% of that at room temperature, which was discussed in conjunction with the Debye temperature and the rigid structure model to provide a reference for the improvement of the thermal stability performance. In addition, the increase of the concentration of Lu3+ ions doping will shorten the lifetime of phosphors due to the non-radiative energy transfer caused by the shortening of the ion distance in the lattice. •Ba(YLu)2Si3O10: Dy3+ phosphors with weak thermal quenching were synthesized.•The emission intensity of phosphor increased by 23.23% with increasing Lu3+ content from 0 to 2.•The chromaticity coordinates of samples can be effectively adjusted from the cold white region to the warm white region.•The emission intensity of the BaLu2Si3O10: 0.04Dy3+ could still maintain 83.78%.