Papers by Keyword: Inorganic Phosphor

Abstract: Solid-state lighting (SSL) is emerging as a highly competent field and a possible alternative to existing lighting technologies. Development of a suitable phosphor is an important aspect of SSL. The aim of this review is to summarize status of Inorganic Phosphors towards SSL applications. Various examples have been taken from oxide, fluoride, nitride, sulfide and phosphate based host lattices. The important concepts like CIE coordinates and Color Correlated Temperature (CCT) will also be discussed. The sections encompasses of red, blue and green light emitting phosphors. The white light emitting phosphors will also be discussed in details.

Abstract: A unique method, so called, hydro-thermal synthetic method was applied to produce nano-sized inorganic blue (Y2SiO5:Ce) and red (Y2O2S:Eu+3) emitting phosphors. Electron microscopy revealed that the nano-sized emitting phosphor particles have spherical shape with 23-50nm in size. The particles can effectively change ultraviolet rays of 1-390 nm to infrared rays of 750nm -1mm, which are suitable to promote the growth of plants. The principle excitation and emitting spectrum of the red phosphor in 590-700 nm emitting spectrum were in the region of 308nm and 617nm, respectively, whereas, those of the blue phosphor in 420-470nm emitting spectrum were in the region of 254nm and 464nm, respectively. The addition of 0.1-0.2 wt% of the 2:1 mixed red and blue powders to a film showed the maximum emitting intensity of 537x1000 count/sec.