Mechanisms of Energy Transfer and Enhanced Stability of Carbidonitride Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting

Autor: Anne Leugers, Lora Brehm, John B. Asbury, Michael M. Romanelli, Britt A. Vanchura, Andrew T. Heitsch, Hirsekorn Kurt F, Christopher Grieco, Mark H Mcadon, Anatoliy N. Sokolov, Alan C. Thomas
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9:12547-12555
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
Popis: Phosphor-converted light emitting diodes (pcLEDs) produce white light through the use of phosphors that convert blue light emitted from the LED chip into green and red wavelengths. Understanding the mechanisms of degradation of the emission spectra and quantum yields of the phosphors used in pcLEDs is of critical importance to fully realize the potential of solid-state lighting as an energy efficient technology. Toward this end, time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy was used to identify the mechanistic origins of enhanced stability and luminescence efficiency that can be obtained from a series of carbidonitride red phosphors with varying degrees of substitutional carbon. The increasing substitution of carbon and oxygen in nitrogen positions of the carbidonitride phosphor (Sr2Si5N8–[(4x/3)+z]CxO3z/2:Eu2+) systematically changed the dimensions of the crystalline lattice. These structural changes caused a red shift and broadening of the emission spectra of the phosphors due to faster energy transfer f...
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