Rare-Earth-Doped Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting, Thermal Sensing and Plant Growth
This community develops inorganic materials that convert light into specific colors, primarily for LED lighting, temperature sensing, and agricultural illumination.
The research focuses on synthesizing and characterizing phosphors, often using rare-earth activators like Eu³⁺ and Eu²⁺, to achieve specific emission properties. Key materials include garnets, double perovskites, and transparent ceramics, with a strong emphasis on thermal stability and energy transfer mechanisms. Applications span white LEDs, red phosphors for full-spectrum lighting, and persistent luminescence for anti-counterfeiting. The work also addresses optical thermometry and the specific spectral requirements for plant growth lighting.
This community represents 6.2% of all europium research and 1.9% of strontium research. It contains 4,188 papers related to yttrium, which is the element with the highest paper count within this group.
The community comprises 34,894 papers, publishing most frequently in the Journal of Luminescence, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and Ceramics International.
Recent work continues to explore novel host structures, such as double-perovskite phosphors and lead-free perovskites, while refining near-infrared emission and thermal stability for advanced lighting and sensing applications.