Rare-earth activated nitride phosphors: Synthesis, luminescence and applications

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3777-3793

  Xie, Rong Jun ^a   Hirosaki, Naoto ^a   Li, Yuanqiang ^a   Takeda, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

LED; Luminescence; Nitride

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE PARTICLES; HIGH COLOR RENDERING INDEX; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; LUMINESCENT PROPERTY; RARE-EARTH NITRIDES; THERMAL QUENCHING; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NITRIDES; PHOSPHORS; RARE EARTHS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84884563312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3063777     Document Type: Article

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