Study on a Highly Thermostable Dy3+-Activated Borophosphate Phosphor

Constructing a phosphor with multifunctional applications is an imperative challenge. Especially, highly thermostable luminescence of phosphor is indispensable for stable white-light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Nevertheless, good thermal quenching resistance behavior is unfavorable for a fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR)-based optical temperature sensor. Herein, a highly thermostable Ba₃(ZnB₅O₁₀)PO₄ (BZBP)-based phosphor is successfully achieved via replacing Ba²⁺ with Dy³⁺, demonstrating simultaneously promising lighting and thermometry utilizations. Under the excitation of 350 nm, the title phosphor only loses 12% of the initial intensity when the temperature is up to 473 K, ensuring sufficient luminescence thermostability for white-LED lighting. The white-LED device fabricated using the title phosphor emits high-quality white light with a high color rendering index (R_a = 93) and low correlated color temperature (CCT = 3996 K). Meanwhile, the yellow and blue emission intensities demonstrate a downtrend difference with rising temperature. Temperature sensing properties are assessed through FIR technology. The maximal relative sensitivity reaches as high as 0.0379 K^-1 at 298 K. These results reveal that the title phosphor has a great potential for indoor lighting and thermometry applications.