A broadband blue-emitting Srt-xCaxLu2O4∶Ce3+ (x =0-0.2) phosphors were synthesized,which can be used for near-UV pumped white light-emitting diodes (w-LEDs).The crystal structures,photoluminescence properties,external quantum efficiency,thermal stability and application performance of Sr1-xCaxLu2O4∶Ce3+,by partially substituting Sr2+ with Ca2+ (x =0-0.2),were studied by various analytical techniques.When the Ca/Sr ratio of Sr1-xCaxLu2O4∶Ce3+ gradually increases,the emission peak of Sr1-xCaxLu2O4∶Ce3+ red-shiftes from 459 to 465 nm,corrected external quantum efficiency increases from 31.8% to 42.9%,and the thermal stability is also improved.The mechanism of the changes of the photoluminescence emission and excitation spectra,external quantum efficiency and thermal stability properties was also investigated in detail.In addition,a w-LED was fabricated by using SrLu2O4∶Ce3+ (blue),β-sialon∶Eu2+ (green) and (Sr,Ca)AlSiN3∶Eu2+ (red) phosphors combined with a 405 nm near-UV LED chip,and its color rendering index(CRI) reaches 96.0.When Sr0.8Ca0.2Lu2O4∶Ce3+ is applied as blue phosphor to substitute SrLu2O4∶Ce3+,the obtained w-LED devices have high luminous efficiency,and CRI greater than 95.0.These results show that the Sr1-xCaxLu2O4∶Ce3+ can be potential blue phosphors for n-UV pumped high CRI w-LEDs application.