Luminescence Quenching via Deep Defect States: A Recombination Pathway via Oxygen Vacancies in Ce-Doped YAG

Linderälv, Christopher; Åberg, Daniel; Erhart, Paul

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02449

Title: Luminescence Quenching via Deep Defect States: A Recombination Pathway via Oxygen Vacancies in Ce-Doped YAG

Journal Article · 22 December 2020 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02449 · OSTI ID:1822595

Linderälv, Christopher ^[1]; Åberg, Daniel ^[2];

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Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (Sweden)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Luminescence quenching via nonradiative recombination channels limits the efficiency of optical materials such as phosphors and scintillators and therefore has implications for conversion efficiency and device lifetimes. In materials such as Ce-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Ce), quenching shows strong dependence on both temperature and activator concentration, limiting the fabrication of high-intensity white-light emitting diodes with high operating temperatures. Here, we reveal by means of first-principles calculations an efficient recombination mechanism in YAG:Ce that involves oxygen vacancies and gives rise to thermally activated concentration quenching. We demonstrate that the key requirements for this mechanism to be active are localized states with strong electron-phonon coupling. These conditions are commonly found for intrinsic defects such as anion vacancies in wide band gap materials. The present findings are therefore relevant to a broad class of optical materials and shine light on thermal quenching mechanisms in general.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1822595

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--808840; 1014657

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 33; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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