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人工晶体学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6): 910-929.DOI: 10.16553/j.cnki.issn1000-985x.2026.0037

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Mn4+掺杂K2Ge4O9单晶的生长、猝灭机制及其发光性能研究

宋青松1,2(), 刘坚2, 张帆1, 张超逸1,3, 王无敌1, 曹笑1, 钱新宇1, 唐慧丽1, 王庆国1, 张晨波1, 刘波1, 徐晓东2, 徐军1()   

  1. 1.同济大学物理科学与工程学院,上海 200092
    2.江苏师范大学物理与电子工程学院,徐州 221116
    3.内蒙古先进晶体材料产业研究院有限公司,呼和浩特 010111
  • 收稿日期:2026-03-09 出版日期:2026-06-20 发布日期:2026-07-07
  • 通信作者: 徐军,博士,教授。E-mail:15503@tongji.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:宋青松(1990—),男,重庆市人,博士研究生。E-mail:qingsong_song@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2023YFB3507401);国家自然科学基金(62275198);国家自然科学基金(12375181)

Growth, Quenching Mechanism, and Luminescent Properties of Mn4+∶K2Ge4O9 Single Crystals

SONG Qingsong1,2(), LIU Jian2, ZHANG Fan1, ZHANG Chaoyi1,3, WANG Wudi1, CAO Xiao1, QIAN Xinyu1, TANG Huili1, WANG Qingguo1, ZHANG Chenbo1, LIU Bo1, XU Xiaodong2, XU Jun1()   

  1. 1.School of Physical Science and Engineering,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China
    2.School of Physics and Electronic Engineering,Jiangsu Normal University,Xuzhou 221116,China
    3.Inner Mongolia Advanced Crystal Materials Industry Academy Co.,Ltd.,Hohhot 010111,China
  • Received:2026-03-09 Online:2026-06-20 Published:2026-07-07

摘要: 针对传统Mn4+掺杂多晶氧化物荧光粉体面临的严重热猝灭瓶颈,本研究采用提拉法生长了新型Mn4+∶K2Ge4O9(Mn∶KGO)单晶。结合密度泛函理论(DFT)计算,揭示了该体系中格位依赖的双重热猝灭机制:占据Ge1位点的Mn4+受宇称选律制约,触发了载流子自电离过程;而占据主发光中心Ge2位点的Mn4+与价带发生强烈共价杂化,迫使电荷迁移态能量显著下移。研究表明,相较于多晶粉体,单晶的连续晶格结构有效阻断了非辐射跃迁通道,将热猝灭温度提升了6.2 ℃,内量子效率实现了44%的大幅跃升,达到48.3%。器件应用评估显示,将该单晶集成于白光发光二极管(LED)封装后,系统的显色指数提升7.5,相关色温降低逾2 000 K,成功驱动了冷白光向暖白光的转变;同时,该系统的664 nm的深红光发射光谱与植物光敏色素的特征吸收带高度契合。本研究开发了低熔点Mn4+掺杂氧化物晶体,为大功率固态照明及植物生长照明应用提供了极具潜力的单晶红光材料。

关键词: Mn∶KGO晶体; 热猝灭; DFT; 白光LED; 植物生长照明

Abstract: Red-emitting luminescent materials constitute core components in solid-state lighting and display technologies,offering distinct advantages for high-color-rendering-index (CRI) white light-emitting diodes (wLEDs) and agricultural illumination. Commercial red phosphors currently rely heavily on rare-earth activators,such as Eu2+,Eu3+,and Sm3+. While these materials exhibit excellent luminescence via 4f-4f and 4f-5d transitions,inherent resource scarcity and complex extraction processes inflate costs,severely restricting their large-scale deployment. Consequently,developing efficient,rare-earth-free alternatives has emerged as a critical research frontier. In facility agriculture,specific light spectra precisely govern plant development. While blue light promotes vegetative growth,deep-red emission (~660 nm) is essential for flowering,fruiting,leaf expansion,and stem elongation,directly dictating crop maturation cycles and ultimate yields. Transition metal Mn4+ demonstrate exceptional suitability for agricultural applications,as their emission profile perfectly matches the peak absorption of plant phytochromes. Because the luminescent properties of Mn4+ depend heavily on the local crystal field,selecting an appropriate host lattice is paramount. K2Ge4O9 (KGO) represents an ideal matrix. Here,Ge4+ perfectly matches Mn4+ in both ionic radius and valence state. Furthermore,its unique tetrahedral-octahedral composite framework provides the requisite [GeO6] octahedral sites for Mn4+ incorporation. Despite these structural advantages,traditional Mn∶KGO polycrystalline phosphors suffer from poor photothermal stability,retaining less than 40% of their room-temperature emission intensity at 100 ℃,with underlying thermal quenching mechanisms remaining ambiguous. To address the severe thermal quenching bottleneck commonly observed in traditional Mn4+-doped polycrystalline oxide phosphors,a novel low-melting-point Mn∶KGO single crystal was successfully grown using the Czochralski method. Through density functional theory (DFT) calculations,a site-dependent dual thermal quenching mechanism within this system is elucidated. Specifically,Mn4+ occupying the Ge1 sites are restricted by parity selection rules,whereby a carrier autoionization process is triggered. Conversely,Mn4+ at the Ge2 sites,which serve as the primary luminescent centers,are subjected to strong covalent hybridization with the valence band,forcing the charge transfer state energy to be lowered significantly. Furthermore,it is demonstrated that non-radiative transition pathways are effectively suppressed by the continuous lattice structure of the single crystal. Consequently,the thermal quenching temperature of the crystal is elevated by 6.2 ℃,and the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) is substantially increased by 44%,reaching a remarkable value of 48.3%. In terms of device application evaluations,it was observed that upon the integration of this single crystal into wLED packages,the CRI is improved by 7.5,and the correlated color temperature (CCT) is reduced by over 2 000 K,successfully driving a transition from cool to warm white light. Simultaneously,the 664 nm deep-red emission spectrum of the crystal is found to be closely matched with the characteristic absorption bands of plant phytochromes. Ultimately,a low-melting-point Mn4+-doped oxide crystal is developed in this study,which provides a highly promising single-crystal red-emitting material for high-power solid-state lighting and plant growth illumination applications.

Key words: Mn:KGO crystal; thermal quenching; DFT; white LED; plant growth illumination

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