WO2003095588A1 - Method of manufacturing a luminescent material - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method of manufacturing a europium-doped (Ca ⁇ - x Sr x )S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material with a short decay time and a high thermal extinction temperature, to the luminescent material itself, and to its use in light-emitting components such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes coated with luminescent materials.
- a europium-doped (Ca ⁇ - x Sr x )S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material with a short decay time and a high thermal extinction temperature to the luminescent material itself, and to its use in light-emitting components such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes coated with luminescent materials.
- LEDs light-emitting diodes
- Sulfates, carbonates, oxalates, or oxides are generally used as basic materials for manufacturing alkaline earth sulfide fluorescent powders in the prior art.
- High temperatures of more than 900 °C are necessary for the manufacture of such powders so as to reduce oxygen-containing bonds to the corresponding sulfide compounds and to achieve as complete as possible a distribution of activators and co-activators in the host lattice.
- the method mentioned third is based on the alkali-polysulfide melting method by means of which very well crystallized phosphor particles are obtained, as is described by Okamoto et al. in US Pat. No. 4, 348, 299.
- This method has several disadvantages for the manufacture of SrS. ⁇ u luminescent materials.
- a molten mass is usually obtained after calcination, which is to be washed with an aqueous solution so as to dissolve the recrystallized alkali polysulf ⁇ de melt.
- the method mentioned can be very well used in the case of a calcium sulfide phosphor, because this material is stable in aqueous surroundings. This is not true, however, for materials comprising strontium sulfide, because these are not stable in aqueous surroundings, so that the method is unsuitable for this.
- a further disadvantage is that an excess of alkali atoms is present in the host lattice, so that these alkali acceptors are to be compensated for equalizing the charge. This is achieved, for example, by oxidation of Eu(II) to Eu(III), which is accompanied by a strong reduction in the desired Eu(II) emission, as represented below:
- Ammoniumchloride and bromide readily react with sulfide compounds, after thermal dissociation during calcination, whereby the corresponding halogen compounds are formed, while a reducing atmosphere is created by the evolving NH 3 , as shown below:
- the strontium halide SrX 2 has a much lower melting point than strontium sulfide, so that a liquid phase is formed during the heating step, surrounding the SrS particle.
- a dissolution and recrystallization of the strontium sulfide at the solid-liquid boundary surface leads to a grain growth of the particles and to an improved particle morphology.
- well-crystallized particles and a good particle morphology are important factors which are decisive for the efficiency of the luminescent properties of the material, especially if the excitation wave line lies in the visible spectral range.
- a europium-doped (Ca ⁇ . x Sr x )S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material with a short decay time and a high thermal extinction temperature can be manufactured in that europium-doped (Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x )S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) is exposed to at least a first calcination step at high temperatures in the presence of at least one iodine compound.
- the (Ca;. x Sr x S:Eu,I) (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material should be calcinated at least once in a reducing atmosphere.
- Suitable reducing atmospheres are formed by an inert atmosphere, such as argon or nitrogen, which comprises sulfur, preferably sulfur in elementary form.
- the europium dopant is present as a cation and the iodine as an anion in the lattice of the (SrS:Eu,I) luminescent material.
- the afterglow period can be shortened and the brightness can be increased in that the luminescent material is crushed, for example in a ball mill, and is subsequently subjected to a calcination step.
- the temperatures of the calcination step or steps may be > 900 °C in the methods used according to the invention.
- the temperatures preferably lie in a range from 950 °C to 1500 °C, preferably 1050 °C to 1200 °C.
- the luminescent material is fired in an inert atmosphere containing sulfur, preferably 2 to 4% of sulfur by weight, possibly in the presence of small quantities of hydrogen.
- the quantity of added europium lies between 0.001 and 0.5 atom%, preferably between 0.005 and 0.2 atom%, with respect to the Ca ⁇ . x Sr x S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1).
- At least one iodine compound preferably chosen from the group comprising I 2 vapor, ammonium iodide (NH I), strontium iodide (Srl 2 ), calcium iodide (Cal 2 ), magnesium iodide (Mgl 2 ), zinc iodide (Znl 2 ), and/or barium iodide (Bal ), is added.
- the proportion of added iodine compounds should lie in a range of between 0.1 and 5 atom%, preferably in a range of between 0.5 and 4 atom%, and preferably in a range of between 1 and 3 atom%, with respect to the Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1).
- the iodine anion content of the luminescent material according to the invention should be ⁇ 5000 ppm, preferably ⁇ 1000 ppm, more preferably ⁇ 500 ppm, even more preferably ⁇ 300 ppm, highly preferably ⁇ 200 ppm, and most preferably ⁇ 100 ppm.
- the iodine anion content of the luminescent material according to the invention should ideally be as close to zero as possible.
- 2 atom% of ammonium iodide is calcinated together with the Ca ⁇ . x Sr x S:Eu (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) and with 2 to 4% by weight of sulfur in a loosely closed, argon-filled corundum tube at temperatures of between 1050 °C and 1150 °C for 1 to 2 hours in a nitrogen flow.
- the use of a corundum tube is advantageous for keeping hydrogen iodide, which is formed in the thermal dissociation of ammonium iodide, in the reaction zone so that the hydrogen iodide thus formed reacts with the strontium sulfide, forming a temporary liquid phase at the particle surfaces.
- Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S:Eu,I (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material exhibits a strong afterglow.
- the afterglow can be shortened and the brightness can be increased in that the luminescent material is crushed, for example by means of a ball mill, followed by a final firing or calcinating step in a reducing nitrogen atmosphere, preferably also containing sulfur, for 1 to 2 hours at temperatures of 950 °C to 1050 °C.
- This subsequent second calcination step renders it possible to remove most lattice defects of the luminescent material, i.e. iodine anion atoms in sulfur atom locations and strontium cation atom defects or Ca ⁇ - x Sr x cation atom defects, while in addition surface defects of the particles are restored again.
- Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S:Eu,I (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material emitting in the 610-655 nm wavelength range can be obtained by the method according to the invention as described above.
- the absorption of the Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S:Eu,I (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent material lies in a range from 350 nm to 500 nm, depending on the Ca content.
- the method according to the invention renders it possible to manufacture, for example, SrS:Eu,I luminescent material which has the properties listed in Table I below.
- the strongly luminescing, europium-doped Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S:Eu,I (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) materials comprising iodine anions, as manufactured by the method according to the invention, have the following advantages over europium-doped Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) luminescent materials manufactured in accordance with the prior art: 1. the use of an iodine-sintered flowing agent for manufacturing luminescent europium- doped Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S material comprising iodine ions yields optimized particles with a high degree of absorption in the blue spectral range and a high conversion efficiency. The material manufactured in accordance with the invention is accordingly particularly suitable for color conversions in blue LEDs.
- the material according to the invention can be subsequently processed in a reducing atmosphere, preferably in a nitrogen atmosphere containing sulfur, without further measures, whereby a material of high efficiency, a short decay time, and a high thermal extinction temperature can be obtained.
- a suitable color converter for a lighting means such as LEDs or laser LEDs coated with the luminescent material according to the invention, because the operating temperatures of an LED chip will exceed 200 °C in the near future.
- the decay time of the materials according to the invention is even shorter than the time reported for SrS:Eu materials known from the prior art, which are calcinated in the presence of a strontium metal vapor.
- the heating of Ca ⁇ _ x Sr x S;Eu,I (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) according to the invention in a reducing atmosphere, in particular a nitrogen atmosphere containing sulfur is a method that can be readily implemented on a large scale, whereas this is not possible for a method in which the luminescent material is exposed to a strontium metal vapor, because this method requires specially developed, expensive reaction chambers made from non-reactive materials.
- the luminescent material according to the invention may thus be advantageously used as a luminescent means, preferably as a coating of luminescent material on lighting means.
- Lighting means in the sense of the present invention comprise in particular also light-emitting components, liquid crystal picture screens, electroluminescent picture screens, fluorescent lamps, light-emitting diodes, and laser diodes coated with the luminescent material according to the invention.
- a tubular firing chamber comprising a corundum tube was used, through which nitrogen with 1% of hydrogen by volume added thereto was made to flow.
- the europium-doped strontium sulfide mixed with ammonium iodide and sulfur was introduced into two aluminum oxide boats. Each boat was placed in an argon-filled corundum tube and moved to the hottest spot during calcination.
- the SrS:Eu thus formed was milled into a powder in a ball mill after the addition of cyclohexane, and subsequently the dry powder was mixed with 3.0 g NH I (99.99% purity) and 10 g sulfur (99.99% purity).
- the mixture was put in an aluminum oxide boat and then introduced into a loosely closable, argon-filled corundum tube and heated for one hour at 1100 °C in a flow of nitrogen. Any inert gas may be used instead of argon.
- the luminescent material SrS:Eu,I was then washed with water-free methanol, dried, and milled for 30 minutes in a ball mill in cyclohexane.
- the resulting SrS:Eu,I powder was once more calcinated in a nitrogen flow containing sulfur for 1.5 hours in a loosely covered aluminum oxide boat in a corundum tube at 1000 °C.
- the resulting SrS:Eu,I luminescent material was subjected to an ultrasonic treatment in water-free ethanol for 15 minutes, dried, and sieved (mesh size 45 ⁇ m).
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