All-inorganic color
converters are promising luminescent materials
for high-power white lighting due to their excellent heat resistance
and high thermal conductivity. However, the low color rendering of
converters limits their applications in high-quality lighting. Herein,
a broad-band and stable phosphor-in-glass (PiG) was developed for
high-power white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs). This PiG converter
was fabricated by sintering a green/red phosphor glass film on a glass
plate with a patterned metal layer. The green Y3Al3.08Ga1.92O12:Ce3+ phosphor
has a broad emission, which compensates for the cyan cavity between
blue and green emission spectra, and then produces full-spectrum white
light combined with the red CaAlSiN3:Eu2+ phosphor.
The all-inorganic WLEDs were realized by welding the PiG on a substrate.
The optical performance of PiG-based WLEDs was optimized by varying
the film thickness. At the film thickness of 150 μm, the fabricated
WLEDs achieve ultrahigh color quality of color rendering index (CRI)
values (R
a = 95.4, R
9 = 95.1, and R
13 = 97.3) and fidelity/gamut
index values (R
f = 91 and R
g = 102). The corresponding luminous efficacy (LE) and
correlated color temperature (CCT) are 65 lm/W and 5260 K, respectively.
After aging at 100 °C for 200 h, the PiG-based WLEDs exhibit
low efficiency loss and stable color quality compared with the traditional
phosphor-in-silicone (PiS)-based WLEDs. The prepared PiG is a broad-band
and stable converter enabling ultrahigh color rendering for high-power
white lighting.