Synthesis and Characterization of YAG:Ce Phosphor by Microwave Induced Combustion Synthesis with Different Fuel Sources

Abstract:

White LEDs (WLEDs) have been produced from the combination of blue LED chips and phosphor converter. In the present work, considerable amount of yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) phosphor powders doped with 0.3 mol% of cerium (Ce) have been synthesized via Microwave Induced Combustion Synthesis (MICS) method with different fuel sources such as urea and mixed fuel of urea and glycine. The effects of different fuel sources on the crystallinity, structure, luminescent properties and Commision International de L’Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity was characterized and studied using high resolution X-ray diffraction (HR XRD), field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), electroluminescence (EL) and standard CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, respectively. The highest EL intensity can be observed from the sample prepared by mixed fuel technique. In contrast, the experimental enhancement in the aforementioned properties was demonstrated by the WLED synthesized using mixed fuel technique. Keywords: White LEDs, phosphor converter, microwave induced combustion, mixed fuel technique.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 301)
• Pages: 69-76
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.301.69
• Online since: March 2020
• Authors: Khai Shenn Lau*, Zainuriah Hassan, Way Foong Lim, Hock Jin Quah, Naser Mahmoud Ahmed, Husnen R. Abd
• Keywords: Microwave Induced Combustion, Mixed Fuel Technique, Phosphor Converter, White Light-Emitting Diode

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