Orange emitting ZnS:Mn,Cu,Cl phosphor was synthesized by solid state reaction method for ACPEL. The phosphor was synthesized using ZnS, MnCO3, CuSO4, MgCl2, NaCl, BaCl2 and many other additives. In this paper, we investigate the dependence of the opti...
Orange emitting ZnS:Mn,Cu,Cl phosphor was synthesized by solid state reaction method for ACPEL. The phosphor was synthesized using ZnS, MnCO3, CuSO4, MgCl2, NaCl, BaCl2 and many other additives. In this paper, we investigate the dependence of the optical property on the firing condition, activator concentration and many other additives concentration.Primary, we found the activator concentration to obtain the best EL property. Maximum luminescence of orange EL device was observed at Cu 0.06 mol%, Mn 0.35 mol% in the 1st firing step and Cu 1.0 mol%, Mn 6.0 mol% in the 2nd firing step.Secondary we could obtain maximum EL intensity of the phosphor which was 1st fired at 1,150℃. The particle size increased with increase of the 1st firing temperature. The particle size of ZnS:Mn,Cu,Cl phosphor which fired at 1,150℃ was above 20 ㎛ with hexagonal phase. Before the 1st firing step, many kinds of fluxes added to increase the particle size. The best composition of flux was the mixture of MgCl2 and NaCl. MgCl2 increase the EL intensity and NaCl increase the particle size. Total amount of the flux mixture was 9.0 mol% of the total amount of ZnS. Next, we wanted to optimize the sulfur concentration. When 20 mol% sulfur added before 1st firing, we can obtain the maximum EL intensity.First step firing at 1,150℃ gave the hexagonal phase of the ZnS phosphor particles. After first firing, the phosphor showed photoluminescence emitting at 580nm, but did not show any electroluminescence property at this stage. Cubic phase for ZnS:Mn,Cu,Cl phosphor is essential for electroluminescence. Second step firing at 750℃ in the presence of CuSO4 and MnCO3, not only increased the photoluminescent brightness but also produced electroluminescence. Low intensity hand milling was carried out to convert hexagonal phase partially to the cubic phase of the phosphor before 2nd firing. The phase of the phosphor changed from hexagonal to cubic with hand milling and 2nd firing step. Especially, we can obtain the maximum EL intensity by hand milling for 40 minute and fast cooling after 2nd firing. Before 2nd firing step, we add some additives to increase EL intensity. We could obtain increased EL intensity by adding 2.0 mol% MgSO4 and 4.0 mol% ZnO.As a result, orange luminance of 70.43 cd/m2 was obtained at 400Hz pulse and 100 V driving conditions.