High quantum yield of the Egyptian blue family of infrared phosphors (MCuSi4O 10, M = Ca, Sr, Ba)
Abstract
The alkaline earth copper tetra-silicates, blue pigments, are interesting infrared phosphors. The Ca, Sr, and Ba variants fluoresce in the near-infrared (NIR) at 909, 914, and 948 nm, respectively, with spectral widths on the order of 120 nm. The highest quantum yield Φ reported thus far is ca. 10%. We use temperature measurements in sunlight to determine this parameter. The yield depends on the pigment loading (mass per unit area) ω with values approaching 100% as ω → 0 for the Ca and Sr variants. Although maximum quantum yield occurs near ω = 0, maximum fluorescence occurs near ω = 70 g m-2, at which Φ = 0.7. The better samples show fluorescence decay times in the range of 130 to 160 μs. The absorbing impurity CuO is often present. Good phosphor performance requires long fluorescence decay times and very low levels of parasitic absorption. In conclusion, the strong fluorescence enhances prospects for energy applications such as cooling of sunlit surfaces (to reduce air conditioning requirements) and luminescent solar concentrators.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Shepherd Color Company, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
- PPG, Coatings Innovation Center, Allison Park, PA (United States)
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1461151
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- OSTI ID: 1437520
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- AC02-05CH11231; EE0006347
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Berdahl, Paul, Boocock, Simon K., Chan, George C. -Y., Chen, Sharon S., Levinson, Ronnen M., and Zalich, Michael A. High quantum yield of the Egyptian blue family of infrared phosphors (MCuSi4O 10, M = Ca, Sr, Ba). United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5019808.
Berdahl, Paul, Boocock, Simon K., Chan, George C. -Y., Chen, Sharon S., Levinson, Ronnen M., & Zalich, Michael A. High quantum yield of the Egyptian blue family of infrared phosphors (MCuSi4O 10, M = Ca, Sr, Ba). United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5019808
Berdahl, Paul, Boocock, Simon K., Chan, George C. -Y., Chen, Sharon S., Levinson, Ronnen M., and Zalich, Michael A. Thu .
"High quantum yield of the Egyptian blue family of infrared phosphors (MCuSi4O 10, M = Ca, Sr, Ba)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5019808. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1461151.
@article{osti_1461151,
title = {High quantum yield of the Egyptian blue family of infrared phosphors (MCuSi4O 10, M = Ca, Sr, Ba)},
author = {Berdahl, Paul and Boocock, Simon K. and Chan, George C. -Y. and Chen, Sharon S. and Levinson, Ronnen M. and Zalich, Michael A.},
abstractNote = {The alkaline earth copper tetra-silicates, blue pigments, are interesting infrared phosphors. The Ca, Sr, and Ba variants fluoresce in the near-infrared (NIR) at 909, 914, and 948 nm, respectively, with spectral widths on the order of 120 nm. The highest quantum yield Φ reported thus far is ca. 10%. We use temperature measurements in sunlight to determine this parameter. The yield depends on the pigment loading (mass per unit area) ω with values approaching 100% as ω → 0 for the Ca and Sr variants. Although maximum quantum yield occurs near ω = 0, maximum fluorescence occurs near ω = 70 g m-2, at which Φ = 0.7. The better samples show fluorescence decay times in the range of 130 to 160 μs. The absorbing impurity CuO is often present. Good phosphor performance requires long fluorescence decay times and very low levels of parasitic absorption. In conclusion, the strong fluorescence enhances prospects for energy applications such as cooling of sunlit surfaces (to reduce air conditioning requirements) and luminescent solar concentrators.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5019808},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 19,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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FIG. 1: Temperature rise above air temperature observed in full sun for five samples, each 75 mm square. The white and black samples show low and high temperatures. The ESR is determined by interpolation from the calibrated samples adjacent to the blue coating under test.
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