Rare-Earth-Doped Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting, Optical Sensing, and Plant Growth
This community develops luminescent materials that convert electrical or laser energy into specific colors of light, primarily for LED lighting, laser illumination, and horticultural applications.
The research focuses on synthesizing ceramic and glass phosphors activated by rare-earth ions such as europium, terbium, and chromium. Key materials include garnets, double perovskites, and silicates, engineered for specific emission properties like red light, near-infrared, or broadband white light. The work emphasizes thermal stability, energy transfer mechanisms, and crystal structure optimization to ensure consistent performance. Applications span solid-state lighting, laser-driven light sources, optical thermometry for temperature sensing, and specialized lighting for plant growth.
The largest share of the community's output is found in europium research, accounting for 9.8% of all europium research, and 1,172 papers here. Yttrium contributes the highest paper count within this group, with 1,465 papers, representing 5.3% of yttrium research.
The community comprises 20,982 papers, publishing most frequently in the Journal of Luminescence, Ceramics International, and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
Recent work continues to refine near-infrared garnet phosphors for high-efficiency lighting and laser applications, alongside developing thermally stable materials for optical thermometry and fingerprint visualization.
Papers behind this description
- Evolutionary Generation of Phosphor Materials and Their Progress in Future Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes — Chemical Reviews, 2022 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00952
- Advances in Chromium‐Activated Phosphors for Near‐Infrared Light Sources — Laser & Photonics Review, 2022 — doi:10.1002/lpor.202200380
- A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting — Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 — doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00605-6
- Super Broadband Emission Across NIR‐I and NIR‐II Under Blue Light Excitation of Cr 3+ , Ni 2+ Co‐Doped Sr 2 GaTaO 6 Phosphor Achieved by Two‐Site Occupation and Effective Energy Transfer — Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024 — doi:10.1002/lpor.202400105
- Full-Visible-Spectrum White LEDs Enabled by a Blue-Light-Excitable Cyan Phosphor — ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024 — doi:10.1021/acsami.4c12244
- Anti‐Counterfeiting Application of Persistent Luminescence Materials and Its Research Progress — Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 — doi:10.1002/lpor.202300751
- Phosphor‐in‐Ceramic‐Converted Laser‐Driven Near‐Infrared Light Sources for Multiple Intelligent Spectroscopy Applications — Advanced Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1002/adma.202413857
- A review of recent developments in rare earth-doped nanophosphors for emerging technological applications — RSC Advances, 2025 — doi:10.1039/d5ra03126e
- Compositional engineering of phase-stable and highly efficient deep-red emitting phosphor for advanced plant lighting systems — Light Science & Applications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01679-9
- Interplay of defect levels and rare earth emission centers in multimode luminescent phosphors — Nature Communications, 2022 — doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35366-3
- Valence conversion and site reconstruction in near-infrared-emitting chromium-activated garnet for simultaneous enhancement of quantum efficiency and thermal stability — Light: Science & Applications, 2023 — doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01283-3
- Recent Advances in Chromium‐Doped Near‐Infrared Luminescent Materials: Fundamentals, Optimization Strategies, and Applications — Advanced Optical Materials, 2022 — doi:10.1002/adom.202201739
- Recent trends in rare earth doped luminescent materials: A review — Journal of Molecular Structure, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2025.143190
- Investigations on photoluminescence properties, quantum and Judd-Ofelt analysis of novel NaSrY(BO3)2:Eu3+ phosphor for lighting applications — Materials Research Bulletin, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2025.113562
- Developing a Near-Infrared Garnet Phosphor with Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency and Wide-Range Spectral Tunability — ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acsami.5c14814
- Glass network engineering of yellow-emitting Ba 2 Sc 2 B 4 O 11 :Ce 3+ glass ceramics for full-spectrum lighting — Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2025 — doi:10.26599/jac.2025.9221169
- Innovative Microstructure Design of Phosphor‐in‐Glass Film Converter for Efficient and High‐Brightness Laser Lighting — Advanced Optical Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adom.202502398
- Ultra-broadband near-infrared emission and enhanced thermal stability in Lu3Ga3MgSiO12:Cr3+, Yb3+ garnet phosphor via chemical unit co-substitution and energy transfer — Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137933