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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/kcers.2012.49.4.375

Highly Reliable White LEDs Using Nitride Phosphors  

Xie, Rong-Jun (Sialon Group, Sialon Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
Hirosaki, Naoto (Sialon Group, Sialon Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
Takeda, Takashi (Sialon Group, Sialon Unit, Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
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Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society / v.49, no.4, 2012 , pp. 375-379 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nitride phosphors are now attracting significant attention of material scientists and phosphor engineers, because they promise red-shifted photoluminescence spectra, small Stokes shift, high quantum efficiency and low thermal degradation. A number of interesting nitride phosphors have been developed and practiced for producing white light with LED chips. In this paper, the applications of nitride phosphors in highly reliable wLEDs will be overviewed.
Keywords
Phosphor; Nitride; LED; Sialon; Photoluminescence;
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