Afterglow materials are attracting widespread attention owing to their distinctive and long-
lived optical emission properties which create exciting opportunities in various fields. Recent …

Persistent luminescence (PL) is a distinctive optical phenomenon with long‐lasting afterglow
emissions after the cessation of excitation, thus emerging huge prospects in the applications …

Great progress has been made in inorganic persistent phosphors, especially in the recent
two decades, motivated by the discoveries of the SrAl 2 O 4: Eu 2+-Dy 3+ in the green and …

Anticounterfeiting is a highly required technique to protect the product and the consumer
rights in the modern society. The conventional luminescent anticounterfeiting is based on …

We report on the design of ultraviolet (UV) emitting persistent (PersL) materials.
Understanding the luminescence mechanism of Bi3+ ions, the occupation rules of sites, the …

Lanthanide-based luminescent anticounterfeiting materials are widely used in various kinds
of products. At present, the conventional lanthanide-based luminescent anticounterfeiting …

Using a solid-state approach, the persistent luminescence property in sodium yttrium silicate
which was single-doped or co-doped by europium or cerium was studied. The orthorhombic …

High power phosphor converted light emitting diodes (pc-LED) are thought to be the next
generation technology for lighting and high-tech electronics applications. To achieve optimal …

Developing chemically and thermally stable, highly efficient green-emitting inorganic
phosphors is a significant research field in solid-state lighting. In this work, we successfully …

High-quality phosphors with color tunability are urgently needed for the full-spectrum white
light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) with healthy and comfortable lighting like the solar spectrum …