Luminescent properties of magnesium thiogallate phosphor with green emission for LEDs

A magnesium thiogallate phosphor doped with europium was prepared by solid-state method. This phosphor has green emission near 535 nm due to the allowed transition from $4f^65d$ at an excitation state $(T_{2g})$ to $4f^7 (^8S_{7/2}) at a ground state of $Eu^{2+}$ ion. This phosphor shows a wide excitation spectrum from ultra violet (300 nm) to bluish green (515 nm).