Published May 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

A novel blue-emitting silica-coated KBaPO4:Eu2+ phosphor under vacuum ultraviolet and ultraviolet excitation

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, P.O. Box 102, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-600 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

An intense blue-emitting phosphor KBaPO4:Eu2+ was synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. The crystal structure of KBaPO4:Eu2+ was refined using neutron diffraction data by Rietveld refinement for the first time. KBa0.99Eu0.01PO4 composition shows intense blue emission (peak wavelength, 420 nm) with relative intensity vs commercial BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ blue phosphor (Nichia) 65%, 122% and 108% under 147, 254 and 365 nm excitation, respectively. In addition, by applying a nano-sized silica coating on the phosphor surface, excellent moisture resistance of KBP:Eu2+ was obtained. Due to its intense blue emission and excellent color purity (0.1606, 0.0271), it is very potent as a blue-emitting phosphor for PDPs, CCFLs, and pc-white LEDs based on near UV LED

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2008.11.050

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.matchemphys.2008.11.050;
PII
S0254-0584(08)00956-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Chemistry and Physics
Journal Volume
115
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 161-164
ISSN
0254-0584
CODEN
MCHPDR

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.