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"Process For Producing Quantum Splitting Phosphors And Novel Compositions"

Abstract: Quantum splitting phosphors with host lattices activated by praseodymium +3 where covalency of the Pr+3-ligand bond is maintained so that the center of gravity of the Pr+3 4f5d band level is located above the 1So level and the host lattice has a band gap of greater than about 5eV.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
15 January 1997
Publication Number
36/2016
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
CHEMICAL
Status
Email
Parent Application

Applicants

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
1 RIVER, SCHENECTADY, STATE OF NEW YORK 12345, U.S.A.

Inventors

1. ALOK MANI SRIVASTAVA
2A4 SHERIDIAN VILLAGE, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK 12308, U.S.A.
2. WILLIAM WINDER BEERS
11481 CHAPIN STREET, CHESTERLAND, OHIO 44026, U.S.A.

Specification

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING QUANTUM SPLITTING PHOSPHORS AND NOVEL COMPOSITIONS The invention was first conceived or reduced to practice in the performance of work under a United States Government contract with NIST, having Government Contract Number 0670 NANB 3H1372. The Government may have certain rights to the invention. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a process for producing quantum splitting phosphors and novel compositions. More specifically, this invention relates to quantum splitting in a host lattice by activating the host with the praseodymium ion in the +3 state (Pr+3) . Even more specifically, this invention relates to rules for obtaining a quantum splitting phosphor. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Quantum splitting is generally described as the conversion of a single ultraviolet photon into two visible photons with the result that the quantum efficiency of luminescence exceeds unity. Quantum splitting materials are desirable for use as phosphors in applications requiring light to be generated. A suitable quantum splitting material can in principle produce a significantly brighter light source. Quantum splitting has been demonstrated previously in fluoride-base materials. A material comprising 0.1% Pr+3 in a matrix of YF3 has been shown to generate more than one visible photon for every absorbed ultraviolet (UV) photon when excited with 185nm radiation. The measured quantum efficiency of this material was 145%±15%, and thus greatly exceeded unity. The critical conditions that yield quantum splitting by the Pr+3 ion have been achieved in fluoride-based materials. Recently, quantum splitting in oxide host lattices activated by Pr+3 have been disclosed by applicants in an oxide material having the formula: Lai-xPrxMgB5O10, where 0

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# Name Date
1 117-del-1997-abstract.pdf 2011-08-21
1 117-del-1997.pdf 2011-08-21
2 117-del-1997-claims.pdf 2011-08-21
2 117-del-1997-gpa.pdf 2011-08-21
3 117-del-1997-correspondence-others.pdf 2011-08-21
3 117-del-1997-form-6.pdf 2011-08-21
4 117-del-1997-description (complete).pdf 2011-08-21
4 117-del-1997-form-4.pdf 2011-08-21
5 117-del-1997-form-2.pdf 2011-08-21
5 117-del-1997-form-1.pdf 2011-08-21
6 117-del-1997-form-1.pdf 2011-08-21
6 117-del-1997-form-2.pdf 2011-08-21
7 117-del-1997-description (complete).pdf 2011-08-21
7 117-del-1997-form-4.pdf 2011-08-21
8 117-del-1997-correspondence-others.pdf 2011-08-21
8 117-del-1997-form-6.pdf 2011-08-21
9 117-del-1997-claims.pdf 2011-08-21
9 117-del-1997-gpa.pdf 2011-08-21
10 117-del-1997.pdf 2011-08-21
10 117-del-1997-abstract.pdf 2011-08-21