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(Invited) Data-Mining, a New Sr2LiAlO4:Eu2+/Ce3+ Phosphor for Solid-State Lighting Applications

Wednesday, 3 October 2018: 10:30
Universal 11 (Expo Center)
W. B. Im (School of Materials Science and Engineering), Y. H. Kim, H. J. Kim (Chonnam National University), Z. Wang (University of California, San Diego), J. Ha, J. McKittrick (University of California San Diego), and S. P. Ong (University of California, San Diego)
There is a critical need for new earth-abundant phosphors to enable next-generation, highly efficient solid-state lighting. Here, we report the discovery of Sr2LiAlO4, the first known Sr-Li-Al-O quaternary crystal, via a carefully-targeted data-driven structure prediction and screening effort using density functional theory calculations. Sr2LiAlO4 is predicted and experimentally confirmed to be a thermodynamically and thermally stable phosphor host that can be excited with near-UV/blue sources. The Eu2+ and Ce3+-activated Sr2LiAlO4 phosphors exhibit broad emissions at lmax~ 512 nm (green-yellow) and lmax ~ 434 nm (blue), respectively, with excellent thermal quenching resistance of > 88% intensity at 150°C. A prototype phosphor-converted white LED utilizing Sr2LiAlO4-based phosphors yields an excellent color rendering index exceeding 90. Sr2LiAlO4 therefore exhibits great potential for industrial applications in low-cost, high-color-quality WLEDs.