Study on Luminescent Properties of YAG:Ce3+, Gd3+/La3+ Prepared by Co-Precipitation Method

The YAG:Ce3+, Gd3+/La3+ yellow phosphors were prepared by co-precipitation method with 0.1mol/L ammonium bicarbonate and aqueous ammonia as precipitants, and the crystal structure, morphology, luminescent properties were investigated. The results indicated that the emission peaks of the YAG:Ce3+, Gd3+/La3+ were redshifted from 535nm to 545.5nm /547nm, and the relative emission intensity declined from 330nm to 145/132 with doping content of Gd3+ /La3+ increased from 0 to 0.9mol at room temperature. Compared with Gd-doping phosphors, the redshift of La3+-doping phosphor was larger and the relative emission intensity declined more quickly. Compared with YAG:Ce3+, the thermal quenching characteristics of YAG:Ce,Gd and YAG:Ce,La were noticeably worse when the temperature increased, but the extents of peak wavelength redshifts were almost the same, about is 7-8nm in the experimental temperature range (50-200°C), have little relation with the doping concentration change. Doping concentrations of Gd or La couldn't be too high, and the suitable concentration was less than 0.6mol at the regulating color temperature and color index.