Tunable and white emission from ZnO: Tb3+ nanophosphors for solid state lighting applications

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 255, Issue , 2014, Pages 541-552

  Kumar, Vinod ^a   Som, S ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Kumar, Vinay ^a,b   Ntwaeaborwa, O M ^a   Coetsee, E ^a   Swart, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Colour tunability; Defects; TOF SIMS; White light emission; XPS

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

DOPING CONCENTRATION; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; SOLID-STATE LIGHTING APPLICATION; SOLUTION COMBUSTION METHOD; TOF SIMS; TUNABILITIES; WHITE LIGHT EMISSION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84904359934     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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