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Crystal structures of the series of double perovskites Ca(2-x)BaxLaNbO6:Eu(3+) phosphors have been examined by powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinements. Ca2LaNbO6 has a monoclinic (P21/n) and Ba2LaNbO6 has a monoclinic (C2/m) structure. The structural phases of Ca(2-x)BaxLaNbO6:Eu(3+) samples are divided into three sections depending on different Ca/Ba ratios: (1) monoclinic phase (P21/n) as Ca2LaNbO6 in the range of x = 0-0.1, (2) mixed phases containing Ca2LaNbO6 and Ba2LaNbO6 between 0.15 and 1.2, and (3) monoclinic phase (C2/m) as Ba2LaNbO6 for x = 1.4-2. Eu(3+) ions act as the structural probes to study the structural phase transitions, and the evolution of the photoluminescence properties and thermal stability behaviours has been also comparatively investigated depending on different structural symmetries from Ca2LaNbO6 to Ba2LaNbO6 phase. The strong red emission from (5)D0-(7)F2 peaking at 618 nm can be found in Ca2LaNbO6:Eu(3+) phosphors, which is attributed to the low crystal field effect of the activator ions located in the highly distorted [LaO8] polyhedra sites. The composition-optimized phosphors can find applications in white light emitting diodes (LEDs).

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A novel near-infrared (NIR) downconversion (DC) phosphor KSrPO4:Eu2+, Pr3+ is synthesized by the conventional high temperature solid-state reaction. The Eu2+ acts as an efficient sensitizer for Pr3+ in the KSrPO4 host. With broadband near-ultraviolet light excitation induced by the 4f→5d transition of Eu2+, the characteristic NIR emission of Pr3+, peaking at 974 nm and 1019 nm due to 3P0→1G4 and 1G4→3H4 transitions, is generated as a result of the energy transfer from Eu2+ to Pr3+. The luminescence spectra in both the visible and the NIR regions and the decay lifetime curves of Eu2+ prove the energy transfer from Eu2+ to Pr3+. This Eu2+ and Pr3+ co-doped KSrPO4 phosphor may be a promising candidate to modify the spectral mismatch behavior of crystalline solar cells and sunlight.