The development of full-visible-spectrum phosphors is essential for next-generation light-emitting devices with better light quality. Herein, we report on a novel broad-band-emitting phosphor based on single-composition Al-doped ZnO phosphor. Under...

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Although extensively studied for decades; however, α-Al2O3:Cr3+ phosphor has been rarely investigated for horticulture lighting. In this work, it is the first time that a prototype of plant growth light-emitting...

Orange‐red‐emitting Eu3+‐doped Ca9Gd(PO4)7 phosphors have been obtained by a sol‐gel technique. These phosphors, excited by UV (270 nm) and near UV light (394 nm), emit orange‐red light in the range of 580–710 nm. The Ca9Gd(PO4)7:7 mol% Eu3+ phosphor annealed at 1100 °C shows the highest PL intensity. Judd‐Ofelt analysis reveals that the neighbor surroundings of Eu3+ ions are asymmetric, and the lowest asymmetry value is found at the dopant ratio of 7 mol%. The optimal phosphor excited by the wavelength of 394 nm displays an excellent thermal stability (∼76.4 % at 160 °C) with an activation energy of 0.163 eV. The corresponding CIE chromaticity coordinates (x; y) and color purity are calculated to be (0.5849; 0.3635) and 84.6 %, respectively. The quantum efficiency values of the Ca9Gd(PO4)7:Eu3+ phosphors coated on UV and near‐UV chips are 87.4 % and 5.1 %, respectively. It is the first time that the QE values of Ca9Gd(PO4)7:Eu3+‐based red and blue‐emitting LEDs are reported.