Effect of light conversion agent on luminous properties of a new down-converting material SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+/light conversion agent

A new luminous material SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+/light conversion agent that can emit red light in the darkness after being excited was fabricated by combining light conversion agent on to SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+ particles through YsiX3. The morphology of the luminous materials was analyzed by scan electron microscopy (SEM). The emission behavior was evaluated by fluorescence spectrophotometric analysis and the results demonstrated that the emission spectra of samples had a redshift compared to SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ and the emission intensity rose dramatically at first and then decreased when the ratio of light conversion agent doping was over 1.4 wt.%. And the emission color of SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+/light conversion agent was tuned from green (SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+) to orange-red. Furthermore, the afterglow property was also investigated, and the results indicated that the afterglow brightness reached 6.5 cd/m(2), and as the light conversion agent concentration increased the brightness intensity decreased.