A new blue‐emitting phosphor of Eu2+‐activated hexa‐aluminate CaZrBAl9O18 was synthesized by a conventional solid‐state reaction method. The crystalline phase formation was confirmed by X‐ray powder diffraction (XRD) measurements. The photoluminescence excitation and emission spectra, the luminescence decay curves and the time‐resolved spectra of CaZrBAl9O18:Eu2+ were taken to investigate the luminescence characteristics. The dependence of CaZrBAl9O18:Eu2+ luminescence intensity on the Eu2+ doping concentrations was investigated. This phosphor can be efficiently excited by UV light and presents blue luminescence. There is one kind of Eu2+ luminescence center in the lattices, which was confirmed by the time‐resolved luminescence spectra. The temperature‐dependent luminescence intensity was measured and the activation energy (ΔE) for thermal quenching was reported. The phosphor shows high luminescence intensity and an excellent thermal stability on temperature quenching.
Eu2+‐doped hexa‐aluminate CaZrBAl9O18 presents bright blue‐emitting luminescence with high thermal quenching; only one Eu2+ center was confirmed in this hexa‐aluminate lattices.