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Research demonstrates a 15.7-fold increase in quantum yield by engineering bond angle variance in eu2+-doped phosphors, suggesting a new design approach.
Rational design of inorganic luminescent materials with high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) has long been constrained by the absence of precise structural descriptors. Here, we realizes a giant 15.7‐fold PLQY enhancement in apatite‐type La 9− x Lu x Bi(SiO 4 ) 6 O 3 :Eu 2+ phosphors and demonstrates that bond angle variance (Bav, δ 2 ) can be used as a universal crystallochemical metric. By decoupling the contributions from structural rigidity, thermal quenching (TQ), and cation disorder, we identify isovalent Lu 3+ substitution‐driven Bav engineering, and further establish a predictive Bav‐PLQY linear relationship ( R 2 > 0.95) via a generalized distortion quantification model for irregular polyhedra (CN = 7). Local structure characterization and bond valence sum (Bvs) analyses reveal that δ 2 modulation optimizes the coordination environments for Eu 2+ incorporation while enhancing radiative transitions. This work bridges lattice distortion to PLQY via the Bav descriptor, offering a predictive route toward designing inorganic phosphor and advancing material design from trial‐and‐error to database approaches.
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