Composite borate-phosphate compounds have always
attracted much attention for their structure diversity and interesting
properties. In this work, a new borate-phosphate CsNa
2Lu
2(BO
3)(PO
4)
2 (CNLBP) was found for the first time and its structure was characterized by
single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. It crystallizes in orthorhombic
system, space group
Cmcm with
a = 6.8750(5),
b = 14.6919(1),
c =
10.5581(7) Å,
V = 1066.44(1) Å
3,
Z = 4,
Mr = 777.58,
Dc = 4.843 g/cm
3,
F(000) =
1368,
μ(Mo
Kα) = 22.20 mm
-1,
R(
F2 > 2
σ(
F2)) =
0.0173 and
wR(
F2) = 0.0367. The structure of
CNLBP features a chain framework of [Lu
2(BO
3)(PO
4)
2]
∞ that delimits 1D tunnels filled by Na
+ and Cs
+ ions. Phosphors CNLBP:
xTb (
x = 0, 0.1, 0.2,
0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0) were prepared, and it can emit bright green light under
near-UV excitation due to the
5D
4→
7F
j (j = 6, 5, 4, 3) transition of Tb
3+. Due to the large separation of
Lu
3+ ions in CNLBP structure lattice, the optimal concentration of
Tb
3+ is 80%, and concentration quenching occurs only for the full Tb
3+ concentration.