As the need for infrared phosphors increases in the field of medical diagnosis, food analysis, biological imaging and machine vision, various infrared materials are being researched. Here, we reported CaAl12O19:Cr3+, Cr4+(CAO) phosphor that successfully synthesized by solid-state synthesis method. Among the five Al sites of CAO phosphor, two activators (Cr3+ and Cr4+) are doped into two different Al sites (Al4 (octahedral), Al3 (tetrahedral)). Excited by 414 nm or 577 nm, the CAO phosphor emits a two sharp spectrum (689, 1389 nm) and two broadband spectrum (700 to 1000, 1400 to 1800 nm). Each spectrum peaks were classified into an activator and its energy level transfer according to the Tanabe Sugano diagram. Through this, the luminescence mechanism of CAO was accurately analyzed and the energy level of Cr4+ hidden by Cr3+ luminescence was also confirmed.
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