JPS6323987A - Electroluminescent phosphor - Google Patents

Electroluminescent phosphor

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JPS6323987A
JPS6323987A JP61166635A JP16663586A JPS6323987A JP S6323987 A JPS6323987 A JP S6323987A JP 61166635 A JP61166635 A JP 61166635A JP 16663586 A JP16663586 A JP 16663586A JP S6323987 A JPS6323987 A JP S6323987A
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phosphor
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hydrophobic
fine particles
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Takeshi Takahara
武 高原
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
及川 充広
Yuji Sugimoto
裕司 杉本
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Toshiba Corp
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electroluminescent phosphor having high EL luminescent brightness and good life characteristics of luminescent brightness, by coating the surfaces of phosphor particles with fine particles of hydrophobic silica. CONSTITUTION:Fine silica particles are treated with dimetyldichlorosilane, hexamethyldisilazane, etc. to replace hydrophilic silanol groups on the sufaces thereof with hydrophobic groups, thus obtaining hydrophobic fine silica particles having a degree of hydrophobicity of 50-70 in terms of MW value (methanol wettability method) and a specific surface area of 30-300m<2>/g. The surfaces of phosphor particles are coated with 0.3-10wt% said bydrophobic fine silica particles and optionally, 0.5-5wt% hydrophobic org. resin (e.g., polyvinyl butyral).

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【発明の詳細な説明】 〔発明の目的〕 (pλ業上の利用分野1 本発明は分散型のtI!場発光発光レクトロ・ルミネセ
ンス、又はEL)素子に関し、特にそのEL蛍光体に関
する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION] (Pλ Field of Application 1) The present invention relates to a distributed tI! Field Emission Electroluminescence (EL) device, and in particular to an EL phosphor thereof.

(従来の技術) 従来、この種のEL蛍光体は、硫化亜鉛(7,n S 
)を母体として、これに付活剤として、銅又はマンガン
を導入したものが一般的に用いられている。
(Prior Art) Conventionally, this type of EL phosphor is made of zinc sulfide (7,n S
) as a matrix and copper or manganese introduced therein as an activator is generally used.

このEL蛍光体は、寿命が短いという欠点を持つている
。特に、湿気を含んだ状態でEL素子を動作すると、上
記硫化亜鉛蛍光体の分解が短時間で進行し発光輝度の劣
化が速くなることがよく知られている。この為、この寿
命特性改良をr1的として、蛍光体自身の改良、EL素
子の改良等の種々の工夫がなされてきている0例えば、
蛍光体自身の改良としては、 ZnSの亜鉛の一部をイ
オン半径の大きいカドミウムに置換し、共付活剤に通常
用いられる塩素、アルミニウムの代ね11に臭素を用N
、 いた蛍光体は劣化が小さくなるとの報告や提案がなされ
ている。ELi子の改良には、例えば、EL素子の外側
を3フツ化塩化エチレン等からなる防湿保護フィルムで
覆っであることが件通に行われている。
This EL phosphor has the disadvantage of a short lifetime. In particular, it is well known that when an EL device is operated in a humid state, the zinc sulfide phosphor decomposes in a short period of time and the luminance deteriorates quickly. For this reason, various efforts have been made to improve this lifetime characteristic, such as improving the phosphor itself and improving the EL element.
To improve the phosphor itself, part of the zinc in ZnS was replaced with cadmium, which has a large ionic radius, and bromine was used in place of the chlorine and aluminum normally used as co-activators.
There have been reports and proposals that the degradation of phosphors that have been used is reduced. To improve ELi devices, for example, it is common practice to cover the outside of the EL device with a moisture-proof protective film made of trifluorochloroethylene or the like.

(発明が解決しようとする問題点) しかしながら、これら種々の工夫にもかかられず、まだ
寿命特性は、他の液晶等の他の表示素子と比較して、ま
だかなり劣るものである0本発明は上記状況にかんがみ
、高いEL発光輝度を持ち、発光輝度の寿命特性の良好
なEL蛍光体を提供することを目的とする牛ノのである
(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, despite these various efforts, the life characteristics are still quite inferior compared to other display elements such as other liquid crystals. In view of the above situation, Ushino's purpose is to provide an EL phosphor that has high EL luminance and has good lifetime characteristics of luminance.

〔発明の構成〕[Structure of the invention]

(問題点を解決するための手段) 本発明者等は上記目的を達成するために、従来から行わ
れてきた蛍光体自身の改良、EL索子の改良の他に、E
L蛍光体粒子表面に種々の物質の被覆処理実験を行って
きた。その結果、EL蛍光体粒子表面に、疎水性シリカ
微粒子を被覆することによって、高輝度で寿命特性の優
れたEL蛍光体が得られることを見出し、本発明に至っ
た。
(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present inventors have made improvements to the phosphor itself and the EL string, which have been conventionally carried out.
Experiments have been conducted to coat the surfaces of L phosphor particles with various substances. As a result, it was discovered that by coating the surface of EL phosphor particles with hydrophobic silica fine particles, an EL phosphor with high brightness and excellent lifetime characteristics could be obtained, leading to the present invention.

すなわち1本発明のEL蛍光体は、蛍光体粒子表面に、
疎水性シリカ微粒子を0.3乃至10重量%被覆したこ
とを特徴とする。より好ましい範囲は0.5〜5重量%
である。
That is, the EL phosphor of the present invention has the following properties on the surface of the phosphor particles:
It is characterized by being coated with 0.3 to 10% by weight of hydrophobic silica fine particles. A more preferable range is 0.5 to 5% by weight.
It is.

本発明においては、蛍光体粒子表面に疎水性シリカ微粒
子とともに疎水性有機樹脂を0.5乃至5電歇%の範囲
内で被覆することも特徴である。そめ結果′寿命特性は
より向上する。
The present invention is also characterized in that the surface of the phosphor particles is coated with a hydrophobic organic resin in a range of 0.5 to 5% in addition to hydrophobic silica fine particles. As a result, the life characteristics are further improved.

5’を量%を超えると蛍光体の分散性が悪くなるので好
ましくない。
If the amount of 5' exceeds a certain amount, the dispersibility of the phosphor deteriorates, which is not preferable.

本発明において被覆した疎水性シリカ微粒子は、比表面
積が30〜300rrf/IFの範囲にあり、疎水化度
がMWfm (メタノールウェツタビリテイ−法で、す
なわち粒子が完全にぬれるメタノールの容量%の値)で
20乃至70の範囲にあるのが好ましい。より好ましい
範囲は比表面積が50乃至150rrf/#、疎水化度
がMW値で50乃至70である0本発明の蛍光体に用い
る疎水性シリカ微粒子は通常のシリカ微粒子の表面の親
水性のシラノール基をジメチルジクロルシラン、ヘキサ
メチルジシラザン、オクチ、ルトリメトキシシラン、シ
リコーンオイル、ブチルアルコール等で疎水基に置換し
たシリカ微粒子を用いることができる。
The hydrophobic silica fine particles coated in the present invention have a specific surface area in the range of 30 to 300 rrf/IF, and a hydrophobic degree of MWfm (by the methanol wettability method, that is, the volume % of methanol that completely wets the particles). (value) is preferably in the range of 20 to 70. A more preferable range is that the specific surface area is 50 to 150rrf/# and the degree of hydrophobicity is 50 to 70 in terms of MW value.The hydrophobic silica fine particles used in the phosphor of the present invention have hydrophilic silanol groups on the surface of ordinary silica fine particles. Silica fine particles in which a hydrophobic group is substituted with dimethyldichlorosilane, hexamethyldisilazane, octyl, lutrimethoxysilane, silicone oil, butyl alcohol, etc. can be used.

(作用) 第1図は、本発明のEL蛍光体すなわちヘキサメチルジ
シラザン処理した疎水化度60の疎水性シリカ微粒子を
1型破%被覆したZnS:Cu、 CI蛍光体のEL発
光輝度の寿命特性を示したものである。
(Function) Figure 1 shows the lifetime of the EL luminance of the EL phosphor of the present invention, that is, the ZnS:Cu, CI phosphor coated with type 1 breakage% hydrophobic silica fine particles treated with hexamethyldisilazane and having a degree of hydrophobicity of 60. It shows the characteristics.

EL素子は蛍光体とひまし浦を80 : 20の重量比
でよく練りあわせたものを、マイカ、テフロン等の薄膜
の絶縁性のスペーサーを介して、電極間にEL蛍光体層
を形成する。一方の電極は透明電極とする。第1図のR
1軸は、5に1に、 200 Vの交流電圧を印加した
ときの相対発光輝度、横軸には、動作時間を表す。曲m
Aは本発明の蛍光体のものであり、曲線Bは比較の為、
疎水性シリカ微粒子を被覆してない従来の蛍光体のもの
であるにの図から明らかなように、本発明の蛍光体は従
来の蛍光体に比較して、初期輝度は従来の約95%とや
や低いが、寿命(発光輝度が1/2になる時間)は、従
来の蛍光体の約1.6倍の800時間に大幅に伸びてい
る。
The EL element is made by mixing phosphor and Himashiura in a weight ratio of 80:20, and forming an EL phosphor layer between electrodes with an insulating spacer made of a thin film such as mica or Teflon interposed therebetween. One electrode is a transparent electrode. R in Figure 1
The first axis represents the relative luminance when an AC voltage of 200 V is applied, and the horizontal axis represents the operating time. song m
Curve A is for the phosphor of the present invention, and curve B is for comparison.
As is clear from the figure below, which shows a conventional phosphor not coated with hydrophobic silica particles, the phosphor of the present invention has an initial brightness of about 95% of that of the conventional phosphor. Although it is a little low, the lifespan (the time for the luminance to decrease to 1/2) has been significantly extended to 800 hours, which is about 1.6 times that of conventional phosphors.

本発明の蛍光体に用いる疎水性シリカ微粒子の被yIj
&は、0.3重量%以下では、寿命に対して効果が少な
く、又10重量%を越えると、初期輝度の低下が大きく
なり、好ましくない、又1本発明の蛍光体に用いる疎水
性シリカ微粒子の比表面積は30乃至300nr/lの
範囲にあるものが、効果がある。
Coverage of hydrophobic silica fine particles used in the phosphor of the present invention
If & is less than 0.3% by weight, it will have little effect on the lifespan, and if it exceeds 10% by weight, the initial brightness will decrease significantly, which is undesirable. Fine particles having a specific surface area in the range of 30 to 300 nr/l are effective.

比表面積は、大きければ、大きい程好ましい、30イ/
り以下では、寿命に効果あるようにする為には、被覆量
をかなり多くしなければならず、これにより、輝度低下
が著しくなり、実用的でない。
The larger the specific surface area, the better, 30 i/
Below this, the amount of coating must be considerably increased in order to have an effect on longevity, which results in a significant reduction in brightness and is not practical.

更に好ましい範囲は比表面積が50rrr/!)以上で
ある。上限は実用的かつ製造できるものとしては」−記
の300rrr/lとしてよい。又1本発明の蛍光体に
用いる疎水性シリカ微粒子の疎水化度すなわちMW値(
メタノールウェツタビリテイ−法で、すなわち粒子が完
全にぬれるメタノールの容量%の値)も大きければ、大
きい程好ましい、MW値が20以下では、寿命に対して
効果がみられず、更に好ましい範囲はMW値が50以上
である。上限は実用的かつ製造できるものとしては上記
の80としてよい。
A more preferable range is a specific surface area of 50rrr/! ) That's it. The upper limit may be set to 300 rrr/l, as long as it is practical and manufacturable. Furthermore, the degree of hydrophobicity, that is, the MW value (
The larger the methanol wettability method (that is, the volume % value of methanol that completely wets the particles), the better.If the MW value is 20 or less, no effect on the life is observed, and a more preferable range is has a MW value of 50 or more. The upper limit may be set to 80 as mentioned above as long as it is practical and can be manufactured.

〔実用例〕[Practical example]

本発明の蛍光体に用いる疎水性シリカ微粒子は通常のシ
リカ微粒子表面の親水性のシラノール基をジメチルジク
ロルシラン、ヘキサジメチルジシラザン、オクチルトリ
メトキシシラン、シリコーンオイル、ブチルアルコール
等で疎水基に置換したシリカ微粒子を用いることができ
る。この疎水性シリカ微粒子を適当量、メタノール、エ
タノール、酢酸ブチル等の有機溶媒に懸濁して必要な場
合には、ボールミル等の手段で分散する。これとは別に
、適当量の蛍光体の上記有機溶媒の懸濁液を作る。この
両者を混合、かくはんして乾燥、ふるい工程を通して得
られる。上記有機溶媒中に適当量のポリビニルブチラー
ル(PVB)ニトロセルロース(NC)等の非水溶性の
有機樹脂を溶解したものを用いると更に特性が向上する
。以下EL蛍光体には1粒径約30μのZnS : C
u、CI緑色発光蛍光体の場合の本発明の蛍光体の実施
例について説明する。
In the hydrophobic silica particles used in the phosphor of the present invention, the hydrophilic silanol groups on the surface of ordinary silica particles are replaced with hydrophobic groups using dimethyldichlorosilane, hexadimethyldisilazane, octyltrimethoxysilane, silicone oil, butyl alcohol, etc. fine silica particles can be used. An appropriate amount of the hydrophobic silica fine particles are suspended in an organic solvent such as methanol, ethanol, butyl acetate, and if necessary, dispersed by means such as a ball mill. Separately, a suspension of an appropriate amount of the phosphor in the above organic solvent is prepared. It is obtained through mixing, stirring, drying, and sieving processes. The properties can be further improved by using an appropriate amount of a water-insoluble organic resin such as polyvinyl butyral (PVB) or nitrocellulose (NC) dissolved in the above organic solvent. Below, the EL phosphor contains ZnS with a particle size of about 30 μm: C
An example of the phosphor of the present invention in the case of u, CI green-emitting phosphor will be described.

実施例1−15 上記ZnS蛍光体に対して上記の製造方法にて疎水性シ
リカ微粒子を上記有機樹脂と共に、下記第1表に示すよ
うな本発明の蛍光体を試作した。このようにして得られ
た蛍光体とひまし油を8:2の重量比で透明電極上に発
光層を形成してEL素子を作製して、これらの輝度、寿
命を測定した。
Example 1-15 Using the above manufacturing method for the above ZnS phosphor, hydrophobic silica fine particles were added together with the above organic resin to produce a phosphor of the present invention as shown in Table 1 below. An EL device was prepared by forming a light-emitting layer on a transparent electrode using the phosphor thus obtained and castor oil at a weight ratio of 8:2, and the brightness and lifetime of the device were measured.

このEL索子の特性は、 5KHz、200Vの交Af
fi圧を印加したときの発光輝度を従来の蛍光体の輝度
を100%としときの相対輝度で表し、寿命は初期輝度
の半減時間で定義した。得られた結果を下記第1表に示
す。
The characteristics of this EL cord are as follows: 5KHz, 200V alternating current Af
The emission brightness when the fi pressure was applied was expressed as the relative brightness when the brightness of the conventional phosphor was taken as 100%, and the lifetime was defined as the half-life time of the initial brightness. The results obtained are shown in Table 1 below.

(以下余白) 第1表 A弔 ポリビニルアルコール    闇 ニトロセルロ
ース拳:親水性シリカ粒子を用いた場合 第1表から明らかなように、いずれの場合も、寿命は比
較例の500時間を越え、輝度も比較例とほぼ同等であ
り、優れた発光特性を示すものである。
(Leaving space below) Table 1 A Condolence Polyvinyl Alcohol Dark Nitrocellulose fist: When using hydrophilic silica particles As is clear from Table 1, in all cases, the lifespan exceeds the 500 hours of the comparative example, and the brightness also decreases. It is almost the same as the comparative example, and exhibits excellent light emitting characteristics.

尚、比較例1はシリカ微粒子を被覆しなかったもの、比
較例2は親水性シリカ微粒子を被覆したものである。
Note that Comparative Example 1 was not coated with silica fine particles, and Comparative Example 2 was coated with hydrophilic silica fine particles.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は1本発明の蛍光体の発光の寿命特性を示したも
のであり1図中曲線Aは本発明の蛍光体のものであり、
Bは従来の蛍光体のものである。 代理人 弁理士 則 近 憲 佑 同  大胡典夫
Figure 1 shows the lifetime characteristics of light emission of the phosphor of the present invention, and curve A in Figure 1 is that of the phosphor of the present invention.
B is a conventional phosphor. Agent Patent Attorney Nori Chika Yudo Norio Ogo

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)蛍光体粒子表面に疎水性シリカ微粒子を0.3乃
至10重量%被覆したことを特徴とする電場発光蛍光体
(1) An electroluminescent phosphor characterized in that the surface of the phosphor particles is coated with 0.3 to 10% by weight of hydrophobic silica fine particles.
(2)蛍光体粒子表面に疎水性シリカ微粒子とともに疎
水性有機樹脂を0.5乃至5重量%被覆したことを特徴
とする特許請求の範囲第1項記載の電場発光蛍光体。
(2) The electroluminescent phosphor according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the phosphor particle is coated with 0.5 to 5% by weight of a hydrophobic organic resin together with hydrophobic silica fine particles.
(3)蛍光体粒子表面の疎水性シリカ微粒子は比表面積
が30乃至300m^2/gの範囲にあり、疎水化度が
MW値(メタノールウェッタビリティー法で、すなわち
粒子が完全にぬれるメタノールの容量%の値)で20乃
至70の範囲にあることを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第
1項記載の電場発光蛍光体。
(3) The hydrophobic silica fine particles on the surface of the phosphor particles have a specific surface area in the range of 30 to 300 m^2/g, and the degree of hydrophobicity is the MW value (by the methanol wettability method, that is, the methanol wettability method where the particles are completely wetted). 2. The electroluminescent phosphor according to claim 1, wherein the electroluminescent phosphor has a value (capacity %) ranging from 20 to 70.
JP61166635A 1986-07-17 1986-07-17 Electroluminescent phosphor Pending JPS6323987A (en)

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