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Title: Luminescent MOFs (LMOFs): recent advancement towards a greener WLED technology

Journal Article · · ChemComm
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc03330e· OSTI ID:2305676

The replacement of traditional incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lamps by white light emitting diodes (WLEDs) is expected to reduce the global electricity consumption by one-third by 2030, according to the US Department of Energy. The current WLED technology uses rare-earth element (REE) based phosphor materials, which, not only is cost-intensive but also constitutes an environmental concern. Hence, researchers are in a quest for a new-generation of opto-electronic materials that can replace the conventional phosphors in WLEDs and thus aim towards a cleaner and more energy efficient lighting technology for the future. Luminescent metal–organic frameworks (LMOFs) have recently emerged as a new sub-class of MOFs which have demonstrated enormous potential for applications in sensing, imaging, optoelectronics and in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. LMOFs could be game changers as lighting phosphors due to advantages such as high luminescence quantum yield, tunable excitation and emission which can be achieved by rational design and optimization of metal centers, linkers, and the guest molecules, facile fabrication into devices, and structural robustness. These clear advantageous features of LMOFs make them score over other contemporary materials, and enable them to be futuristic phosphor materials for WLED technology. Here, in this feature article, we will provide an overview of the most recent developments of LMOF-based phosphor materials for SSL with a special focus on WLED technology. The emphasis will be centered around REE-free LMOFs, as the aim is to direct the attention of the readers towards a more viable and greener lighting technology.

Research Organization:
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (United States); Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0019902
OSTI ID:
2305676
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1886727; OSTI ID: 1978855; OSTI ID: 2305678
Journal Information:
ChemComm, Vol. 58, Issue 77; ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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