적색 K2SiF6:Mn4+ 형광체는 SiO2 in/HF/KMnO4H2O solution 용액의 산화환원 반응에 의해 합성된다. 이 형광체 는 450 nm 이하의 파장에서 여기되어 Mn4+의 2Eg → 4A2g에 의해 반치폭이 10 nm인 약 634 nm의 적색 빛을 발광한다. 입자의 크기는 약 5 ㎛이고 결정구조는 Fm-3m (225)의 공간군을 가지는 입방정계이다 (JCPDS85-1382). 온도의존 발광 스펙트럼에서는 약 175 ℃에서의 발광강도가 상온에서보다 66 %까지 감소하였다. 이 형광체는 청색 발광을 하는 InGaN LED에 의해 효과적으로 여기 될 수 있어서 녹색이나 황색 형광체와 함께 사용하여 연색지수가 높은 백색 LED를 만들 수 있다.

Dy3+ and Eu3+-codoped SrWO4 phosphor thin films were deposited on sapphire substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering by changing the growth and thermal annealing temperatures. The results show that the structural and optical properties of the phosphor thin films depended on the growth and thermal annealing temperatures. All the phosphor thin films, irrespective of the growth or the thermal annealing temperatures, exhibited tetragonal structures with a dominant (112) diffraction peak. The thin films deposited at a growth temperature of 100 oC and a thermal annealing temperature of 650 oC showed average transmittances of 87.5% and 88.4% in the wavelength range of 500-1100 nm and band gap energy values of 4.00 and 4.20 eV, respectively. The excitation spectra of the phosphor thin films showed a broad charge transfer band that peaked at 234 nm, which is in the range of 200-270 nm. The emission spectra under ultraviolet excitation at 234 nm showed an intense emission peak at 572 nm and several weaker bands at 479, 612, 660, and 758 nm. These results suggest that the SrWO4: Dy3+, Eu3+ thin films can be used as white light emitting materials suitable for applications in display and solid-state lighting.

SrAl2O4: Eu2+ and Dy3+ phosphorescent phosphors were synthesized using the polymerized complex method. Generally, phosphorescent phosphors synthesized by conventional solid state reaction show a micro-sized particle diameter; thus, this process is restricted to applications such as phosphorescent ink and paint. However, it is possible to synthesize homogeneous multi-component powders with fine particle diameter by wet process such as the polymerized complex method. The characteristics of SrAl2O4: Eu2+ and Dy3+ powders prepared by polymerized complex method with one and two step calcination processes were comparatively analyzed. Temperatures of organic material removal and crystallization were observed through TG-DTA analysis. The crystalline phase and crystallite size of the SrAl2O4: Eu2+ and Dy3+ phosphorescent phosphors were analyzed by XRD. Microstructures and afterglow characteristics of the SrAl2O4: Eu2+ and Dy3+ phosphors were measured by SEM and spectrofluorometry, respectively.

To prepare Mn4+-activated K2TiF6 phosphor, a precipitation method without using hydrofluoric acid (HF) was designed. In the synthetic reaction, to prevent the decomposition of K2MnF6, which is used as a source of Mn4+ activator, NH5F2 solution was adopted in place of the HF solution. Single phase K2TiF6:Mn4+ phosphors were successfully synthesized through the designed reaction at room temperature. To acquire high luminance of the phosphor, the reaction conditions such as the type and concentration of the reactants were optimized. Also, the optimum content of Mn4+ activator was evaluator based on the emission intensity. Photoluminescence properties such as excitation and emission spectrum, decay curve, and temperature dependence of PL intensity were investigated. In order to examine the applicability of this material to a white LED, the electroluminescence property of a pc-WLED fabricated by combining the K2TiF6:Mn4+ phosphor with a 450 nm blue-LED chip was measured.

Eu2+ 이온이 도핑된 질화물 형광체 Sr2Si5N8:Eu2+는 탄소열 환원 질화법 (Carbothermal Reduction Nitridation, CRN)을 이용하여 제조된다. X-선 회절분석기를 이용하여 구조를 관찰할 수 있다. 흡수 밴드 피크인 470 nm 는 Photoluminescence Exitation (PLE) 측정을 통해 확인할 수 있다. 이러한 여기 광은 InGaN 기반으로 한 발광다이오 드에 적용시키기에 효과적일 것으로 기대되며, (Sr1-xEux)2Si5N8:Eu2+ 형광체는 Eu2+ 이온 도핑 농도에 따라 628 nm 부터 670 nm 까지의 피크 파장을 얻을 수 있다. Eu2+의 농도가 증가할수록 발광 파장이 길어지는 적색 편이 현상을 관찰할 수 있다. 청색 발광다이오드에 Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ 형광체와 함께 적용하여 우수한 연색성을 갖는 백색광을 얻을 수 있었다.

CaAl2O4:RE3+(RE = Tb or Dy) phosphor powders were synthesized with different contents of activator ions Tb3+ and Dy3+ by using the solid-state reaction method. The effects of the content of activator ions on the crystal structure, morphology, and emission and excitation properties of the resulting phosphor particles were investigated. XRD patterns showed that all the synthesized phosphors had a monoclinic system with a main (220) diffraction peak, irrespective of the content and type of Tb3+ and Dy3+ ions. For the Tb3+-doped CaAl2O4 phosphor powders, the excitation spectra consisted of one broad band centered at 271 nm in the range of 220-320 nm and several weak peaks; the main emission band showed a strong green band at 552 nm that originated from the 5D4→ 7F5 transition of Tb3+ ions. For the Dy3+-doped CaAl2O4 phosphor, the emission spectra under ultraviolet excitation at 298 nm exhibited one strong yellow band centered at 581 nm and two weak bands at 488 and 672 nm. Concentration-dependent quenching was observed at 0.05 mol of Tb3+ and Dy3+ contents in the CaAl2O4 host lattice.

BaMoO4:Tb3+ phosphor powders were synthesized with different concentrations of Tb3+ ions using the solid-state reaction method. XRD patterns showed that all the phosphors, irrespective of the concentration of Tb3+ ions, had tetragonal systems with two main (112) and (004) diffraction peaks. The excitation spectra of the Tb3+-doped BaMoO4 phosphors consisted of an intense broad band centered at 290 nm in the range of 230-330 nm and two weak bands. The former broad band corresponded to the 4f8 →4f75d1 transition of Tb3+ ions; the latter two weak bands were ascribed to the 7F2→ 5D3 (471 nm) and 7F6→ 5D4 (492 nm) transitions of Tb3+. The main emission band, when excited at 290 nm, showed a strong green band at 550 nm arising from the 5D4→ 7F5 transition of Tb3+ ions. As the concentration of Tb3+ increased from 1 to 10 mol%, the intensities of all the emission lines gradually increased, approached maxima at 10 mol% of Tb3+ ions, and then showed a decreasing tendency with further increase in the Tb3+ ions due to the concentration quenching effect. The critical distance between neighboring Tb3+ ions for concentration quenching was calculated and found to be 12.3 Å, which indicates that dipoledipole interaction was the main mechanism for the concentration quenching of the 5D4→ 7F5 transition of Tb3+ in the BaMoO4:Tb3+ phosphors.

In this study, we fabricated high quality color conversion component with green/red phosphor and low melting glass frit. The color conversion component was prepared by placing the green and red phosphor layer on slide glass via screen printing process. The properties of color conversion component could be controlled by changing coating sequence, layer thickness and heat treatment temperature. We discovered that optical properties of color conversion component were generally determined by the lowest layer. On the other hand, the heat treatment temperature also affected to correlated color temperature (CCT) and color rending index (CRI). The color conversion component with a green (lower) - red (upper) layer which was sintered at 550 oC showed the best optical properties: CCT, CRI and luminance efficacy were 3340 K, 78, and 56.5 lm/w, respectively.

본 논문은 녹색을 발광하는 가넷 형광체 (Lu1-xGdx)3(Al1-yGay)5O12:Ce3+에 관하여 연구하였다. 모든 시편은 입방구조를 가진다. x 증가에 따라 x = 0.20 일 때 559 nm의 peak에서 x = 0.40 일 때 576 nm의 peak로 발광 스펙트럼의 적색편이가 일어나고, x = 0 일 때와 비교하면 x = 0.40 일 때 휘도가 24 %정도 감소한다. 그리고 광여기스펙트럼 또한 유사한 적색편이를 보여준다. y 증가에 따라 y = 0.20 일 때 534 nm의 peak에서 y = 0.40 일 때 524 nm의 peak로 발광 스펙트럼의 청색편이가 일어나고, y = 0 일 때와 비교하면 y = 0.40 일 때 휘도가 46 %정도 감소한다. 그리고 광여기스펙트럼 또한 유사한 청색편이를 보여준다. 본 논문의 가넷 형광체 (Lu1-xGdx)3(Al1-yGay)5O12:Ce3+는 우수한 녹색과 노란색의 색채조정 능력으로 백색발광소자의 색변환 형광체로써 적용될 수 있다.

Flat panel display devices are mainly used as information display devices in the 21st century. The worldwide waste flat panel displays are expected at 2-3 million units but most of them are land-filled for want of a proper recycling technology More specifically, rare earth metals of La and Eu are used as fluorescent materials of Cold Cathode Flourscent Lamp(CCFL)s in the waste flat panel displays and they are critically vulnerable and irreplaceable strategic mineral resources. At present, most of the waste CCFLs are disposed of by land-filling and incineration and proper recovery of 80-plus tons per annum of the rare earth fluorescent materials will significantly contribute to steady supply of them. A dearth of Korean domestic research results on recovery and recycling of rare earth elements in the CCFLs prompts to initiate this status report on overseas research trends and noteworthy research results in related fields.

SrSnO3 phosphor powders were synthesized with two different contents of activator ions Eu3+ and Tb3+ using thesolid-state reaction method. The structural, morphological, and optical properties of the phosphors were investigated using X-ray diffractometry, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, and fluorescence spectrophotometry, respectively. All thephosphors showed a cubic structure, irrespective of the type and the content ratio of activator ions. For Eu3+-doped SrSnO3phosphors, the intensity of the 620nm red emission spectrum resulting from the 5D0→7F2 transition of Eu3+ was stronger thanthat of the 595nm orange emission signal due to the 5D0→7F1 transition in the range 0.01-0.05mol of Eu3+, but the ratio ofthe intensity was reversed in the range 0.10-0.20mol of Eu3+. The variation in the emission intensity indicates that the sitesymmetry of the Eu3+ ions around the host crystal was changed from non-inversion symmetry to inversion. For the Tb3+-dopedSrSnO3 phosphors under excitation at 281nm, one strong green emission band at 550nm and several weak bands wereobserved. These results suggest that the optimum red and green emission signals can be realized when the activator ion contentfor Eu3+- or Tb3+-doped SrSnO3 phosphors is 0.20mol and 0.15mol, respectively.

A spherical Sr4Al14O25:Eu2+ phosphor for use in white-light-emitting diodes was synthesized using a liquid-state reaction with two precipitation stages. For the formation of phosphor from a precursor, the calcination temperature was 1,100˚C. The particle morphology of the phosphor was changed by controlling the processing conditions. The synthesized phosphor particles were spherical with a narrow size-distribution and had mono-dispersity. Upon excitation at 395 nm, the phosphor exhibited an emission band centered at 497 nm, corresponding to the 4f65d→4f7 electronic transitions of Eu2+. The critical quenching-concentration of Eu2+ in the synthesized Sr4Al14O25:Eu2+ phosphor was 5 mol%. A phosphor-converted LED was fabricated by the combination of the optimized spherical phosphor and a near-UV 390 nm LED chip. When this pc-LED was operated under various forward-bias currents at room temperature, the pc-LED exhibited a bright blue-green emission band, and high color-stability against changes in input power. Accordingly, the prepared spherical phosphor appears to be an excellent candidate for white LED applications.

CaWO4:Smx(x=0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0mol%) white phosphors with different concentrations of Sm3+ ions weresynthesized using the hydrothermal method. The crystal structure, surface, and optical properties of the CaWO4:Smphosphors were investigated using X-ray diffraction(XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM),photoluminescence(PL) and photoluminescence excitation(PLE). From the XRD results, the crystal structure of theCaWO4:Sm phosphors was found to be tetragonal. The CaWO4:Sm phosphors became more cohesive with increasing Sm3+-ion concentration. The photoluminescence excitation(PLE) peak of the phosphors, at around 250nm, was ascribed to thetransition from the 1A1 ground-state to the high-vibration level of 1T2 in the WO42− complex. The maximum emissionspectra of the phosphors were observed when the Sm3+ concentration was 0.5mol%. The luminescence intensity of theCaWO4 phosphors was decreased for Sm3+ concentrations greater than 0.5mol%.

In this study, green barium strontium silicate phosphor (BaSrSiO4:Eu3+, Eu2+) was synthesized using a solid-statereaction method in air and reducing atmosphere. Investigation of the firing temperature indicates that a single phase of BaSrSiO4is formed when the firing temperature is higher than 1400oC. The effect of firing temperature and doping concentration onluminescent properties are investigated. The light-emitting property was the best when the molar content of Eu2O3 was 0.025mol. Also, the luminescent brightness of the BaSrSiO4 fluorescent substance was the best when the particle size of the bariumwas 0.5µm. BaSrSiO4 phosphors exhibit the typical green luminescent properties of Eu3+ and Eu2+. The characteristics of thesynthesized BaSrSiO4:Eu3+, Eu2+ phosphor were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy.The maximum emission band of the BaSrSiO4:Eu3+, Eu2+ was 520nm.

phosphor powders were synthesized using a seed (average particle size: 5 ) by the polymer solution route. PVA solution was added to the sol precursors consisting of the seed powder and metal nitrate salts for homogeneous mixing in atomic scale. All dried precursor gels were calcined at and then heated at in atmosphere. The final powders were characterized by using XRD, SEM, PSA, PL and PKG test. All synthesized powders were crystallized to YAG phase without intermediate phases of YAM or YAP. The phosphor properties and morphologies of the synthesized powders were strongly dependent on the PVA content. Finally, the synthesized phosphor powder heated at , which is prepared from 12:1 PVA content and has an average particle size of 15 , showed similar phosphor properties to a commercial phosphor powder.

The quantum dots (QD) have unique electrical and optical properties due to quantum dot confinement effect. The optical properties of QDs are decided by various synthesis conditions. In a prior QDs study, a study on the QDs size with synthesis condition such as synthesis time and temperature is being extensively researched. However, the research on QDs size with composition ratio has hitherto received scant attention. In order to evaluate the ratio dependence of CdSe crystal, synthesis ratio of Se precursor is changed from 16.7 mol%Se to 44 mol%Se. As the increasing Se ratio, the band gap was increased. This is caused by red shift of emission. We confirmed optical property of CdSe QDs with composition ratio.

Green phosphors K2BaW2O8:Tb3+(1.0mol%) were synthesized by solid state reaction method. Differential thermalanalysis was applied to trace the reaction processes. Three endothermic values of 95, 706, and 1055oC correspond to the lossof absorbed water, the release of carbon dioxide, and the beginning of the melting point, respectively. The phase purity of thepowders was examined using powder X-ray diffraction(XRD). Two strong excitation bands in the wavelength region of 200-310nm were found to be due to the WO42− exciton transition and the 4f-5d transition of Tb3+ in K2BaW2O8. The excitationspectrum presents several lines in the range of 310-380nm; these are assigned to the 4f-4f transitions of the Tb3+ ion. The strongemission line at around 550nm, due to the 5D4→7F5 transition, is observed together with weak lines of the 5D4→7FJ(J=3,4, and 6) transitions. A broad emission band peaking at 530nm is observed at 10K, while it disappears at room temperature.The decay times of Tb3+ 5D4→7F5 emission are estimated to be 4.8 and 1.4ms, respectively, at 10 and 295 K; those of theWO42− exciton emissions are 22 and 0.92µs at 10 and 200K, respectively.

Red phosphors Ca1-1.5xWO4:Eux3+ were synthesized with different concentrations of Eu3+ ions by using a solid-statereaction method. The crystal structure of the red phosphors was found to be a tetragonal system. X-ray diffraction (XRD) resultsshowed the (112) main diffraction peak centered at 2θ=28.71o, and the size of crystalline particles exhibited an overalldecreasing tendency according to the concentration of Eu3+ ions. The excitation spectra of all the phosphors were composedof a broad band centered at 275nm in the range of 230-310nm due to O2−→W6+ and a narrow band having a peak at 307nmcaused by O2−→Eu3+. Also, the excitation spectrum presents several strong lines in the range of 305-420nm, which areassigned to the 4f-4f transitions of the Eu3+ ion. In the case of the emission spectrum, all the phosphor powders, irrespectiveof Eu3+ ion concentration, indicated an orange emission peak at 594nm and a strong red emission spectrum centered at 615nm,with two weak lines at 648 and 700nm. The highest red emission intensity occurred at x=0.10mol of Eu3+ ion concentrationwith an asymmetry ratio of 12.5. Especially, the presence of Eu3+ in the Ca1-1.5xWO4:Eux3+ shows very effective use of excitationenergy in the range of 305-420nm, and finally yields a strong emission of red light.

Ce3+-doped yttrium aluminum gallium garnet (YAGG:Ce3+), which is a green-emitting phosphor, was synthesizedby solid state reaction using α-phase or γ-phase of nano-sized Al2O3 as the Al source. The processing conditions and thechemical composition of phosphor for the maximum emission intensity were optimized on the basis of emission intensity undervacuum UV excitation. The optimum heating temperature for phosphor preparation was 1550oC. Photoluminescence propertiesof the synthesized phosphor were investigated in detail. From the excitation and emission spectra, it was confirmed that theYAGG:Ce3+ phosphors effectively absorb the vacuum UV of 120-200nm and emit green light positioned around 530nm. Thecrystalline phase of the alumina nanoparticles affected the particle size and the luminescence property of the synthesizedphosphors. Nano-sized γ-Al2O3 was more effective for the achievement of higher emission intensity than was nano-sized α-Al2O3. This discrepancy is considered to be because the diffusion of Al3+ into Y2O3 lattice is dependent on the crystalline phaseof Al2O3, which affects the phase transformation of YAGG:Ce3+ phosphors. The optimum chemical composition, having themaximum emission intensity, was (Y2.98Ce0.02)(Al2.8Ga1.8)O11.4 prepared with γ-Al2O3. On the other hand, the decay time of theYAGG:Ce3+ phosphors, irrespective of the crystalline phase of the nano-sized alumina source, was below 1 ms due to theallowed 5d→4f transition of the Ce3+ activator.

Red phosphors of Gd1-xAl3(BO3)4:Eux3+ were synthesized by using the solid-state reaction method. The phasestructure and morphology of the phosphors were measured using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission-scanning electronmicroscopy (FE-SEM), respectively. The optical properties of GdAl3(BO3)4:Eu3+ phosphors with concentrations of Eu3+ ions of0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20mol were investigated at room temperature. The crystals were hexagonal with a rhombohedrallattice. The excitation spectra of all the phosphors, irrespective of the Eu3+ concentrations, were composed of a broad bandcentered at 265nm and a narrow band having peak at 274nm. As for the emission spectra, the peak wavelength was 613nmunder a 274nm ultraviolet excitation. The intensity ratio of the red emission transition (5D0→7F2) to orange (5D0→7F1) showsthat the Eu3+ ions occupy sites of no inversion symmetry in the host. In conclusion, the optimum doping concentration of Eu3+ions for preparing GdAl3(BO3)4:Eu3+ phosphors was found to be 0.15mol.